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or rabbinical
as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
But the midrash—the Jewish rabbinic interpretive tradition—tells a different version.
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Ilana Kurshan, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Maimonides and the 8-hour rule Maimonides, the 12th century philosopher, physician, and rabbinic giant, advised that a person should sleep 8 hours each night.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 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
But the particular rule regarding kohanim and converts is rabbinic, not Biblical, which—arguably—allows a degree of discretion.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ilana Kurshan, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Maimonides and the 8-hour rule Maimonides, the 12th century philosopher, physician, and rabbinic giant, advised that a person should sleep 8 hours each night.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 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
But the particular rule regarding kohanim and converts is rabbinic, not Biblical, which—arguably—allows a degree of discretion.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
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The names were common, but for good reason, as the Hasmonean priestly family was so revered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Archbishop Shawn McKnight has launched a preliminary canonical investigation into the issue as well, the archdiocese said, and Storey has been temporarily suspended from priestly ministry, including celebrating Mass and performing pastoral duties.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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But at the time, such ambitions weren’t seen as realistic for women, who were instead steered toward housework or low-wage clerical jobs.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Olivier honors included an unprecedented Best Supporting Actor award to the puppeteers who operate the tiger named Richard Parker (named so because of a clerical error in filing after his capture).—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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Next, approval is needed at the ESA ministerial meeting in Bremen, Germany, in November, allowing a mission definition phase, leading to mission adoption in 2034 and a launch around 2042.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, during a high level ministerial meeting at the U.N. co-presided by Haiti, Canada pledged an additional $40 million Canadian ($29 million US) for the multinational security mission and its successor force.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Another significant alumnus is Jim Daly, who completed his MBA in international business at Regis University in 1997 and has led Focus on the Family, the influential evangelical organization based in Colorado Springs, since 2005.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Dallas Willard was an influential evangelical thinker and philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, who died in 2013.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Another major reason Denmark didn’t focus on the Americas was a 1493 papal bull from Pope Alexander VI.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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For centuries, the land was the private dwelling of emperors and pontiffs until 2014, when Pope Francis opened the papal gardens to the public.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Freddie Clayton The Fisherman’s Ring is a signet ring presented to a new pope at his inauguration, as a symbol of his episcopal authority and as the successor of St. Peter, the fisherman apostle and the first pope, who began his papacy around the year 30.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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There are people critical of us that want to reduce our voice and use patriarchal messaging to do that.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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And some of the patriarchal bias is even my own.—
Allaire Nuss,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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