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Not a priest, not a boss — just the person who out-studied everyone else in the room.
means A Jewish teacher and spiritual leader, ordained through study of Torah and Talmud, who guides a congregation in religious law and practice.
from From Hebrew 'rabbi,' meaning 'my master' or 'my teacher' — built from 'rav' (great one, master) plus the possessive suffix '-i' ('my'). It entered the New Testament's Greek as 'rhabbi' and passed into English through biblical translation, where it kept its original sense: not a title of command, but of respect from student to teacher.
- the word
- literally means my teacher in Hebrew
- no hierarchy
- any qualified Jew can become one, no church needed
- job description
- interprets law, mostly settles arguments about it
- not required
- you can be fully Jewish without ever needing one