rabbi
part of speech
noun (a rabbi, rabbis)
meaning for a pupil
A rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher who leads a community, explains the Jewish holy books and leads services in a synagogue. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: A rabbi is a teacher of the Torah. The title is also given to the great sages and the later commentators on Sefer Yetzirah, such as Rabbi Luria and Rabbi Abraham. In the primary lessons: In religious education: a rabbi teaches the Torah, leads prayers on the Sabbath and helps at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs and funerals. Many visit schools to explain Jewish festivals such as Passover and Hanukkah. Phrases: the rabbi of the synagogue, ask the rabbi, the chief rabbi.
examples
- The reading of Rabbi Luria is as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- A Version with the commentary of Rabbi Abraham (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- A Version with the commentary of Rabbi Abraham F. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The rabbi read from the Torah. tree →
- Our class visited a synagogue and met the rabbi. tree →
- The rabbi explained what happens at Passover. tree →
- She wants to become a rabbi when she grows up. tree →
- The rabbi helped the family when their grandfather died. tree →
- Rabbis are teachers as well as leaders. tree →
- I pointed out an early instance of this, quoted by a Rabbi of the second century, in my Fables of Aesop, i. 105. tree →
note
Plural: rabbis. Spelled with double b and ending in -i. Jewish places of worship are synagogues; Christian leaders are priests, ministers or vicars; Muslim prayer leaders are imams — do not mix them up.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rabbi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.