rabbinic

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Recent Examples of rabbinic His death was confirmed to The Guardian Australia by Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, a senior member of Sydney Beth Din, a rabbinic court. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 15 Dec. 2025 Their opponents respond with articles about Hanukkah’s history as a rabbinic holiday and how it has been reinterpreted since the start of the Zionist movement. Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025 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. Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025 In the standard post-Talmudic rabbinic interpretation, this was a natural animosity, a jealous resentment born of God’s decision to choose the Jews for his covenant. Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rabbinic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
Adjective
  • On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall -- normally attended by tens of thousands -- was limited to just 50 people.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026
  • On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall — normally attended by tens of thousands — was limited to 50 people.
    Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Those unions represent school police, school clerical workers and custodial and cafeteria supervisors, among others.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The war has severely weakened Iran's clerical, military and political leadership.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In each of the 11 countries, a national agency or dedicated ministerial department was set up to implement and track the project, with a coordinating entity, the Pan-African Great Green Wall Agency, based in Mauritania.
    Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Opponents also object to the city’s review process for the project, which is ministerial, meaning the applicants do not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Unlike Barnes, who was born and raised Catholic, Imam had found his way to Catholicism later, after growing up in an interfaith household, with a Palestinian Muslim father and an evangelical mother.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Horrified reactions followed from prominent conservative evangelical voices, and that post was deleted.
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Formosus’ corpse was found guilty of violating papal law.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The pope spoke aboard the papal plane on his way to Angola.
    Melissa Adan, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Like his apostolic namesake, Thomas believes unquestioningly in the evidence of his senses.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism share deep historical roots, and both Christian traditions maintain liturgical worship, episcopal leadership (bishops), and sacraments.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Jackson is an Episcopal priest, theological educator and former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida executive.
    Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • But even a young woman struggling with the patriarchal conundrum of cool-girl syndrome (to be independent and accepted) might reveal more of a snappish turn of mind than Grace does.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel, the sequel series returns to the oppressive, patriarchal society, this time through the lens of teenagers Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday).
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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