A religious teacher, scholar or pastoral leader. Someone qualified to make decisions on points of Jewish law.

"Teacher". Authorized teacher of the Jewish tradition. Rabbis replaced the ancient Temple priesthood when the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. Rabbis serve as legal and spiritual guides for their congregations, as they have mastered traditional Jewish sources. There are different rabbinic schools for each of the modern traditions of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist. There is no overarching authority (like a "chief rabbi") who makes binding decisions for the entire community. Each Jewish community is autonomous.

Title given to an individual ordained as an authority of Jewish Law. In the Reform Movement women may be ordained as Rabbis.

A religious teacher and person authorized to make decisions on issues of Jewish law. When we speak generally of things that were said or decided by "the rabbis," we are speaking of matters that have been generally agreed upon by most of authoritative Jewish scholars over the centuries.

"Teacher" a Jewish minister who teaches Judaism. Leads the people into worship.

A scholar of Jewish law who acquires knowledge and authority through study, in this case primarily of Torah and Talmud.

A qualified authority in Torah learning.

a scholar in the Jewish community who often leads ceremonies for his community, acts as a source of advice and interprets the halakha for those in need. He teaches the Torah and other books to the young, and is part of a long tradition of keeping the law and practice of Judaism alive. Most rabbis are male, but female rabbis are becoming more common in Liberal and Progressive communities.

spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law

a human being like everyone else, but one whose vision has been sharpened with the lens of Torah

a Jewish preacher

a Jewish scholar who

a Jewish spiritual leader

a leader of the Jewish people, someone who is knowledgeable about Jewish history and ceremony

a licensed Jewish oriented Wedding Service who can perform Marriage Ceremonies on the day of the blessed union

an expert on the Torah

a person trained in Jewish law, ritual, and tradition and ordained for leadership of a Jewish congregation, especially one serving as chief religious official of a synagogue

a scholar of Jewish law who acquires his knowledge and authority through "left-brain" book learning

Officiant who usually presides over a Jewish wedding but does not marry the bride and groom per se -- they marry each other.

usually the officiant at a Jewish wedding, but in Jewish weddings the rabbi does not marry the bride and groom per se, they marry each other. Therefore, it is not essential that a rabbi perform the ceremony. Cantors (known for singing prayers during Jewish services) commonly lead the ceremony as do other Jewish scholars.

An official leader of a Jewish congregation trained and ordained for professional religious leadership in the Jewish faith.

Literally means teacher. A recognized person knowledgeable of Jewish law. Usually ordained at a seminary and empowered to conduct services, weddings, and burials.

A Jewish person who teaches and explains Jewish religious law

a word which means "teacher," it refers in particular to a person who studies and who helps others to know the Torah. This came to be the common title for a leader among the Jews in the period after the destruction of the Second Temple, on account of which the Judaisim of this period is called "rabbinic" Judaism.

Leader of a Jewish congregation, similar to the role of a priest or minister.

My teacher

chief official of a Jewish synagogue

teacher and spiritual leader, as well as religious legal decisor for community

Rabbi is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "teacher."

Jewish scholar learned in Torah and qualified to make judgements on points of Jewish belief, practice and law

(rab'-), Hebr. A title accorded to men distinguished for learning and authorized to teach the law. As used in the present work, rabbi is identical with the official title of rav, which see.

(Hebrew, "teacher"). Jewish spiritual leader. See Practices.

Rabbi, in Judaism, means "teacher", or more literally "great one". The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means "great" or "distinguished (in knowledge)". Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbī; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbī is derived from a recent (18th century) innovation in Ashkenazic prayer books, although this vocalization is also found in some ancient sources.