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Semikhah (Hebrew: סְמִיכָה) is the
traditional Jewish name for
rabbinic ordination. The original...
- The
laying on of
hands is a
religious practice. In
Judaism semikhah (Hebrew: סמיכה, "leaning [of the hands]")
accompanies the
conferring of a blessing...
- on a
daily basis,
except perhaps to study.
Because rabbinic ordination (
Semikhah) has the
features of a post-graduate
academic degree, some
study to receive...
- Nasi in 425 CE, the
transmission of
semikhah has been suspended.
Attempts in the 16th
century to
reinstate the
semikhah were unsuccessful;
Rabbi Yosef Karo...
-
Jewish organizations in the
United States. The
Chief Rabbinate confers the
semikhah (i.e.,
Rabbinic ordination) once the
candidate has p****ed a
series of six...
-
knowledge and
mastery of the
study of
Talmud and halakhah,
Conservative semikhah also
requires that its
rabbinical students receive intensive training in...
- Ladino-speaking home. He
received his B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Th.D.
honoris causa, and
semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from
Yeshiva University; he also has an M.A. in...
- the
opinion of
Maimonides (1135–1204), who
proposed a
mechanism by
which semikhah and the
Sanhedrin could be reestablished.
Several attempts have been made...
-
covered in
traditional rabbinic ordination; see
Yeshiva § Jewish law and
Semikhah § Varieties of ordination. And
numerous scholarly and po****r
works exist...
- U.S. Spouse(s)
Margaret Wenig (divorced)
Randi Weingarten (m. 2018)
Education Barnard College (BA)
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (
Semikhah)...
