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My grandfather, a rabbi who died this year, made it out of Europe before the Holocaust.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
However, an earlier sandwich reference comes from stories of Hillel the Elder, a rabbi who suggested a form of a sandwich for Passover, placing lamb and bitter herbs between pieces of unleavened matzah bread.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
The Montgomery County Police Department said that the unnamed rabbi suffered minor injuries from the assault and that the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
In Nobody Wants This, an agnostic-shiksa-slash-podcast-host Joanne (Kristen Bell) and an unconventional rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) meet at a mutual friend’s dinner party and immediately form an undeniable connection.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
However, an earlier sandwich reference comes from stories of Hillel the Elder, a rabbi who suggested a form of a sandwich for Passover, placing lamb and bitter herbs between pieces of unleavened matzah bread.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
The Montgomery County Police Department said that the unnamed rabbi suffered minor injuries from the assault and that the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
In Nobody Wants This, an agnostic-shiksa-slash-podcast-host Joanne (Kristen Bell) and an unconventional rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) meet at a mutual friend’s dinner party and immediately form an undeniable connection.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Rabbi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabbi. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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rabbi
noun
rab·bi
ˈrab-ˌī 
1
: master entry 1 sense 1a, teacher
—used as a term of address for Jewish religious leaders
2
: a professionally trained leader of a Jewish congregation
rabbinic
adjective
rə-ˈbin-ik
ra-
or rabbinical
-i-kəl
Etymology
Old English rabbi "term of address used for Jewish religious leaders," from Latin rabbi (same meaning), from Greek rhabbi (same meaning), from Hebrew rabbī "my master," from rabh "master" and the suffix -ī "my"
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