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or rabbinical
as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
His death was confirmed to The Guardian Australia by Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, a senior member of Sydney Beth Din, a rabbinic court.
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 15 Dec. 2025
Their opponents respond with articles about Hanukkah’s history as a rabbinic holiday and how it has been reinterpreted since the start of the Zionist movement.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
In the standard post-Talmudic rabbinic interpretation, this was a natural animosity, a jealous resentment born of God’s decision to choose the Jews for his covenant.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 15 Dec. 2025
Their opponents respond with articles about Hanukkah’s history as a rabbinic holiday and how it has been reinterpreted since the start of the Zionist movement.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
In the standard post-Talmudic rabbinic interpretation, this was a natural animosity, a jealous resentment born of God’s decision to choose the Jews for his covenant.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
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On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall -- normally attended by tens of thousands -- was limited to just 50 people.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall — normally attended by tens of thousands — was limited to 50 people.—
Colleen Barry,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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But there also were instances, once the Tribune brought these issues to the attention of the city and the firms, in which the law firms themselves discovered clerical errors (strangely always in their favor).—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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These were not clerical errors.—
Michael Carbonara,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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San Jose city staffers are slated to make a final decision before the end of May regarding a ministerial permit that would be the final step in the municipal approval process, according to a city planner’s email to this news organization.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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In each of the 11 countries, a national agency or dedicated ministerial department was set up to implement and track the project, with a coordinating entity, the Pan-African Great Green Wall Agency, based in Mauritania.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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The filing was part of a lawsuit that the National Religious Broadcasters, an international association of evangelical Christian communicators, and other plaintiffs initiated in 2024.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Jonathan Muir Burgos and his father, Elier Muir Ávila, an evangelical pastor, were arrested on March 16 in Morón, a city in Ciego de Ávila province.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Hours earlier, the pontiff had condemned capital punishment aboard the papal plane, when asked about executions carried out by the Iranian government.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Pope Leo wears more traditional papal clothing than Francis and is less critical than his predecessor of the Latin Mass — a major issue for some Catholic conservatives.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Jackson is an Episcopal priest, theological educator and former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida executive.—
Beth Reese Cravey,
Florida Times-Union,
6 Feb. 2026
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This is a rich, complex memoir in which Foo explores her familial roots, the impact of intergenerational trauma in Asian-American immigrant communities, the failures of American healthcare, and the patriarchal erasure of women’s suffering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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With politics — the culture — is very patriarchal.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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