Semikhah
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Semikhah is the traditional term for rabbinic ordination in Judaism.
Example semikhah certificate, Yadin Yadin, of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan awarded by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. The wording, as is typical, states that the holder is learned in Shas (ש״ס) – i.e. has wide knowledge of Talmud – as well as in Rishonim and Acharonim – i.e. has deep knowledge of Halakha. The phrase "כל מן דין סמוכין לנא" is often included, and translates "anyone of this [caliber] may be ordained for us"; similarly often included is the phrase "הגיע להוראה" (
Rabbi
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A rabbi is a Jewish preacher and religious leader in Judaism. A person becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi — known as Semikhah — following a course of study of Jewish history and texts,
Semikhah
…Semikhah (Hebrew: סְמִיכָה) is the traditional term for rabbinic ordination in Judaism. The original semikhah tradition is that of the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses to Joshua described in Numbers…
Portrait of a Rabbi, Emil Orlík, 1901
Inscribed door lintel mentioning the beth midrash of 3rd-century rabbi Eleazar ha-Kappar. On display at the Golan Archaeological Museum, Katzrin
Jewish chaplain insignia, U.S. Air Force
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Judaism of the second half of the twentieth century