Rabbi (RA-bahy)

A religious teacher and person authorized to make decisions on issues of Jewish law. Also performs many of the same functions as a Protestant minister. When I speak generally of things that were said or decided by "the rabbis," I am speaking of matters that have been generally agreed upon by authoritative Jewish scholars over the centuries.

See:

Rabbis, Priests and Other Religious Functionaries
Sages and Scholars

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