Look up semikhah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Semikhah (Hebrew: סְמִיכָה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination. The original...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Denomination Modern Orthodox Judaism (Open Orthodoxy) Alma mater Yeshiva University (B.A., M.S., Th.D., Semikhah) (M.A.) Occupation Rabbi Semikhah RIETS...

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

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

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

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...

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

leader Successor Rabbi Yosef Heber Position Principal Yeshiva Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy Buried Jerusalem, Israel Semikhah Torah Vodaath...

Reform Judaism Alma mater Drury College Position Rabbi Emeritus Synagogue Rodef Shalom Congregation Began 1955 Ended 1997 Semikhah Hebrew Union College...

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...

through a theology of integrity, justice, and tolerance. YASHRUT includes a semikhah initiative as well as programs for rabbinic leaders. Landes has ordained...