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as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
Some rabbinic readings attribute Lot’s hesitation to leave Sodom to his immoral greed and inordinate wealth.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 July 2026
Paltrow is the daughter of the late director and producer Bruce Paltrow, who was Jewish and descended from a rabbinical dynasty, and her husband is Jewish.
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Kelly Hartog,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
After years of legal battles, Orthodox Jewish women in Israel can now take the official rabbinic exams.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 May 2026
The institutions where women can learn Talmud and rabbinic law span the Orthodox landscape.
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Michal Raucher,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rabbinic
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 July 2026
Paltrow is the daughter of the late director and producer Bruce Paltrow, who was Jewish and descended from a rabbinical dynasty, and her husband is Jewish.
—
Kelly Hartog,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
After years of legal battles, Orthodox Jewish women in Israel can now take the official rabbinic exams.
—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 May 2026
The institutions where women can learn Talmud and rabbinic law span the Orthodox landscape.
—
Michal Raucher,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.
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Before heading to seminary and taking up the priestly collar, Borba enjoyed red carpets and professional acclaim for his business acumen.
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Support for the clerical leadership is paper thin, analysts say, and the new Supreme Leader, Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei, has not been seen in any new image since being wounded in the strike that killed his father.
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Until then, the new law provides for the superintendent to have several deputies and a skeleton clerical staff.
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Yet the latest prime ministerial switch raises a fundamental question not just for Britain’s political future, but for that of other major European countries such as France and Germany.
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Under the agreement, at least four ministerial posts will change hands, but major strategies are expected to remain the same.
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Another condemned the preference shown for evangelical Christian translations of the Bible instead of a diversity of translations that are inclusive of many denominations.
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Among those in his group were evangelical Christians, some of whom are drawn by the belief that God promised the land of Israel to the Jews, who would rule it until the return of Jesus to Jerusalem for the rapture and to lead their ascent to Heaven.
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The story unfolds amid the frenzy surrounding an impending papal visit.
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Not city officials or the Georgia Department of Transportation, but a mixture of FIFA, broadcasters and maybe the papal conclave.
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On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.
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The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.
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After returning to the United States, Novakovic attended an Episcopal boarding school in San Antonio, Texas.
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On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.
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The debut novel from this English professor and pioneering feminist follows Mira, a suburban homemaker who chafes against patriarchal society, divorces her husband, enrolls in graduate school, and becomes an outspoken advocate for women’s rights.
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And, of course, in the literature of the West, the Iliad and the Odyssey unfurl the proud banner of patriarchal order.
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“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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