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as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
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Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
At every grill along the road, there was pork along with beef, chicken, and lamb: defying rabbinic law seemed another sign of such Israelis’ wondrous temerity.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
In fact, the Zionist pioneers, the precursors of Israel’s liberals, were secular modernizers who were appalled by the rabbinic strictures that alienated Jews in Eastern European cities.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
Accordingly, after the United Nations required, in 1947, that the new state adopt a constitution, several proposals were drafted—the most prominent of which would have overturned rabbinic privileges inherited from the British Mandate.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
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Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
At every grill along the road, there was pork along with beef, chicken, and lamb: defying rabbinic law seemed another sign of such Israelis’ wondrous temerity.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
In fact, the Zionist pioneers, the precursors of Israel’s liberals, were secular modernizers who were appalled by the rabbinic strictures that alienated Jews in Eastern European cities.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
Accordingly, after the United Nations required, in 1947, that the new state adopt a constitution, several proposals were drafted—the most prominent of which would have overturned rabbinic privileges inherited from the British Mandate.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
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The southern tradition is rooted partly in a century-old revolt against the privileges granted to Brahmans, the priestly caste that sits at the top of Hinduism’s ancient social hierarchy.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has made several visits to Rebibbia since becoming pope in 2013 while also including prison visits in many of his foreign trips.Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Many had been duped by ads promising clerical, technical or customer service jobs in Southeast Asia.Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Sponsor reserves the right to correct clerical or typographical errors in promotional materials.Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 20 Dec. 2024
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On October 28, 2024, the Spanish Ministry of Finance published a ministerial order specifying the technical requirements for these billing systems.Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Its brand is now recognizable across the country from bicycle stands in cities to ministerial meetings.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The resignation came after The News asked Adams’ office late Thursday for comment about the fact that Bernard, who leads the city’s largest evangelical church, maintains a residency on Long Island.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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From the June 2022 issue: How politics poisoned the evangelical Church Pretty straightforward, and a head-on challenge to the world.James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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How to Watch It: Prime Video. Conclave Photo: Focus Features The Awards Chatter: This papal drama has been everywhere in the awards-season chatter and is on its way to a likely Best Picture nod.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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The acclaimed drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal who uncovers secrets and scandals at the Vatican while organizing a papal conclave to elect the next pope.Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Pope Francis's stop in East Timor is part of his ongoing apostolic journey across four countries between Sept. 2 and Sept. 13.Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
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Through the eyes of Mercedes (Elisa Zulueta), a married mother working for the judge on the case, Alberdi explores how patriarchal societies push women into nearly inescapable domestic roles.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Prophecy centers the power of women in a patriarchal society in a way that feels authentic and shows the breadth of how ripe Frank Herbert’s books are for Hollywood reimagining.refinery29.com, refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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