rabbinate

Examples

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• In the dominant Jewish community, these organs include the administrative staff of the Chief Rabbinate, the rabbinical courts, and the local religious councils, as well as the state religious education system.

  Academic text (1999)

• We had made inquiries about how Isaac could begin studying for the rabbinate because that's what he asked us to do.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Religious institutions of all kinds, from the Chief Rabbinate to the religious court system to local religious councils, represent such accommodations.

  Academic text (1996)

• A few spectators rose briefly to their feet, but it was more as a sign of respect for the rabbinate than reverence for the judiciary.

  Fiction book (1996)

• For purposes of conversion in Israel, only bateidin approved or recognized by the Rabbinate could oversee conversions.

  Academic text (1999)

• Following lengthy debate, in 1975 the Israeli Rabbinate ruled that they were "legally Jews," and consequently eligible to become Israeli citizens under the Law of Return.

  Academic text (2006)

• Many visitors have taken advantage of this permission, but most observant Jews continued to follow the instructions of the chief rabbinate, which prohibit Jews from entering the mount because of the issue of ritual impurity.

  Academic text (2013)

• When the British took over, they insisted on the installation of a Chief Rabbinate to oversee Jewish religious issues in the Yishuv (as well as governing bodies for Muslims and Christians).

  Academic text (1999)

• More than that, in its most current form, the "Conversion Bill" would have codified the religious status quo in effect in Israel by granting the Chief Rabbinate exclusive jurisdiction over who is a Jew for purposes of marriage, divorce, circumcision, and burial in Israel.

  Academic text (1999)

• Many of the community's leaders are part of the rabbinate, guiding religious practices and traditions.

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