Semikhah (Hebrew: סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination. The original semikhah was the formal "transmission of authority" from...

The laying on of hands is a religious practice. In Judaism semikhah (Hebrew: סמיכה, "leaning [of the hands]") accompanies the conferring of a blessing...

Nasi in 425 CE, the transmission of semikhah has been suspended. Attempts in the 16th century to reinstate the semikhah were unsuccessful; Rabbi Yosef Karo...

on a daily basis, except perhaps to study. Because rabbinic ordination (Semikhah) has the features of a post-graduate academic degree, some study to receive...

Jewish organizations in the United States. The Chief Rabbinate confers the semikhah (i.e., Rabbinic ordination) once the candidate has passed a series of six...

knowledge and mastery of the study of Talmud and halakhah, Conservative semikhah also requires that its rabbinical students receive intensive training in...

Yankı (born 1958), Turkish pop music singer, presenter and film actress Semikhah This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an...

covered in traditional rabbinic ordination; see Yeshiva § Jewish law and Semikhah § Varieties of ordination. And numerous scholarly and popular works exist...

U.S. Spouse(s) Margaret Wenig (divorced) Randi Weingarten ​ (m. 2018)​ Education Barnard College (BA) Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Semikhah)...

States Religion Judaism Denomination Conservative Judaism Synagogue Creative Arts Temple, West Los Angeles, California Semikhah Academy for Jewish Religion...

the opinion of Maimonides (1135–1204), who proposed a mechanism by which semikhah and the Sanhedrin could be reestablished. There have been several attempts...

ordination. The ordination of a rabbi within Judaism is referred to as semikhah (Hebrew: סמיכה, "leaning [of the hands]", or semicha lerabanim Hebrew:...

is one of the very few post-Holocaust recipients of the highest Dutch Semikhah, the so-called Moreh degree. In addition to his position of Chief Rabbi...

author and posek. He is the director of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Semikhah Program at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University...

in 425 to suppress the Patriarchate and put an end to the practice of semikhah, formal scholarly ordination. Some modern scholars have questioned this...

Aryeh Lebowitz (born 1977), Modern Orthodox rabbi, posek, Director of Semikhah at RIETS Aryeh Levin (1885–1969), Orthodox rabbi Aryeh Neier (born 1937)...

rabbi and talmudist best known for his attempt to reintroduce classical semikhah (ordination). Berab was born at Maqueda near Toledo, Castilian Spain in...

Chief Rabbi Organisation United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Began 1 September 2013 Residence London, England Semikhah Machon Ariel, Jerusalem...

then received his semikhah by telegraph from Chaim Ozer Grodzinski of Wilna. According to another report, though, he received semikhah much earlier, at...

United States Alma mater Central Lubavitch Yeshiva (Tomchei Temimim) (Semikhah) Boston University (M.A.) Hebrew Union College (Doctor of Hebrew Letters)...

Law for a Sanhedrin, and the inability to form one due to the loss of semikhah. In his magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah, he proposed a procedure to re-establish...

Poland Religion Judaism Alma mater Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin Occupation Reform rabbi Signature Semikhah December 27, 1935...

Semikhah (rabbinical ordination) of women by Weiss' movement has been a source of friction within Orthodox Judaism. Avi Weiss received his semikhah (rabbinical...

mentions, among other evidence of Sabbatai's early rabbinic training and semikhah by Rabbi Joseph Eskapha of his native town of Smyrna: "According to the...

Born 1970 (age 53–54) Education Saint Leo University, BA Clark Atlanta University, MA Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, (Semikhah) Occupation Rabbi...

general semikhah program whereby students receive an extra stipend and are required to take additional courses. The current Director of Semikhah is Rabbi...

Oblast, Ukraine) Religion Judaism Spouse Elka Inna Denomination Chabad Synagogue Beit Menachem Began 2000 Residence Kyiv Ukraine Semikhah Rav Ovadia Yosef...

Conservative Judaism (formerly) Alma mater Brown University, BA Religious Studies Website danyaruttenberg.net Semikhah Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies...

Shach served in that capacity from 1954 until his death. Shach received semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from Isser Zalman Meltzer, and served as chairman...

Yeshiva, author, lecturer Yeshiva Yeshiva of Greater Washington – Tiferes Gedaliah Began 1994 Semikhah Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz and Rav Nachum Partzovitz...