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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
The Talmud, with its rabbinic legal codes and commentaries, its reams of debates and interpretive disagreements, provided a heady way into learning a new religion.
—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
The Talmud, with its rabbinic legal codes and commentaries, its reams of debates and interpretive disagreements, provided a heady way into learning a new religion.
—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
Adjective
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These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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But over the weekend, the Japan Times reported that the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) planned to seek Komeito’s backing for a joint prime ministerial candidate.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
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The most notable change to the ministerial picks was incoming Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, head of the Paris police, who replaces Bruno Retailleau, leader of the conservative Republicans Party and who harbours his own presidential ambitions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Another friend was an evangelical pastor who grew up in the Jim Crow South believing that Black people were subhuman.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Attendance at some evangelical churches in the Valley has increased, but whether that continues remains to be seen.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.—
Fulvio De Bonis,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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That later became the foundational precedent for centuries of papal claims to secular authority over the papal states of the Romagna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 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
Adjective
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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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Indeed, allowing men but not women to have multiple spouses is clearly unequal and entwined with patriarchal ideology that positions women as subordinate or inferior to men.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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The preference for sons is rooted in a patriarchal structure where boys are expected to carry on the family lineage, inherit property, and perform essential last rites for their parents.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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