Posts Tagged Rabbi
Rabbi Shalom Obrany, Bnei Brak
Posted by admin in Aid Services, Bnei Brak, Jewish studies on February 11th, 2010
Moishe Alexander extends help to Rabbi Shalom Obrany
On the road to Bnei Brak
Rabbi Yehudah Gansler, Ramat Vishnitz, Haifa
Donation to Rabbi Gansler from Moishe Alexander
Vishnitz wedding 5770
The governments of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were based on a system of Jewish kings, prophets, the legal authority of the court of the Sanhedrin and the ritual authority of priesthood. Members of the Sanhedrin had to receive their semicha (“ordination”) derived in an uninterrupted line of transmission from Moses, yet rather than being referred to as “rabbis” they were more frequently called judges (dayanim) akin to the Shoftim or “Judges” as in the Book of Judges.
Rabbi Michael Flax, Montreal
Moishe Alexander donates to Rabbi Michael Flax, Montreal, Quebec
Rabbi is not an occupation found in the Torah (i.e. the Pentateuch) as such, and ancient generations did not employ related titles such as Rabban, Ribbi, or Rab to describe either the Babylonian sages or the sages in Israel. Even the very eminent Biblical prophets are referred to as “Haggai the prophet” e.g. The titles “Rabban” and “Rabbi” are first mentioned in Hebrew scriptures in the Mishnah (c. 200 CE). The term was first used for Rabban Gamaliel the elder, Rabban Simeon his son, and Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai, all of whom were patriarchs or presidents of the Sanhedrin.
