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as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition.
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Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Many of the million or so new arrivals had never kept kosher or been circumcised, and roughly a quarter of those weren’t considered Jews by Israel’s rabbinic establishment, usually because their mothers, like Zoya’s, weren’t Jewish.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Two paintings, for example, lampoon the rabbinic authorities who enforce religious law.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
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Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Many of the million or so new arrivals had never kept kosher or been circumcised, and roughly a quarter of those weren’t considered Jews by Israel’s rabbinic establishment, usually because their mothers, like Zoya’s, weren’t Jewish.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Two paintings, for example, lampoon the rabbinic authorities who enforce religious law.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
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Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.—
Jacob F. Love,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act Feenstra also introduced the IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act, which requires the IRS to change certain notices involving math or clerical errors.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.—
Robert Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Their efforts were undermined by regular flux at ministerial level, with the UK having had four prime ministers in as many years.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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McKinney grew up attending an evangelical church in Texas where she was taught that her tendency to gossip would keep her from holiness.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Morris, a leading national figure in the American evangelical movement and the founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, was charged Wednesday with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Monegasque royals are regular visitors to Vatican City, and Prince Albert's wife Charlene has worn both white and black for past papal audiences.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Brits handed their prize to Conclave, which feels like the favorite here, too, since the pacing of its papal politicking is as tight as a drum.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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What People Are Saying Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led Wednesday night's gathering, urging the faithful to pray for the pope's swift return to his apostolic mission.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.—
Julia Hobbs,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
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Even single-name female celebrities—Cher, Madonna, Oprah—who operate above the mortal realm might be telling us something about their attitude to the patriarchal tradition of taking on some man’s identity.—
Nell Frizzell,
Vogue,
24 Mar. 2025
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So the women’s struggle has not only forced the Islamic Republic to retreat, but also created cracks in the patriarchal structures of Iranian society.—
Narges Mohammadi,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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