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a man to read the Levite (second) portion of the Torah service, he is called by his Hebrew name, followed by "HaLevi" ("the Levite"). For example, a person of Levite descent named Joshua Rosenberg (Hebrew given name "Yehoshua"), whose father's given name is/was Abraham (Hebrew given name "Avraham"),
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When calling a man to read the priestly (first) portion of the Torah service, he is called by his Hebrew name, followed by "HaKohen" ("the priest"). For example, a person of priestly descent named Aaron Katz (Hebrew given name "Ahron"), whose father's given name is/was Jacob (Hebrew given name
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men, "May he live a good long life, Amen", a euphemism for "the one with that name who is still alive". Having reverted to the original meaning, it is now placed after the name of any revered rabbi, especially one with whom the speaker has a personal connection, but the
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are concurrent positions. In Hasidic groups with similar organizations, the Admo"r will be referred to by the interchangeable titles. In those groups where the positions are divided, they will not. For example, the
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Tzadik is a honorific title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. When applied to a righteous woman, the term is inflected as tzadeket.
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is used for all rabbis. The word can also be used as a prefix to a profession or title to show high rank or proficiency. For example: ืจื‘ ื—ื•ื‘ืœ, rav-sailor, meaning
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abbeinu", a phrase meaning "Our Master, Our Teacher, and Our Rabbi". This is an honorific title given to scholarly leaders of a Jewish community, exclusively to
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Hebrew honorific for a teacher, professor, or learned sage. In Hebrew, Moreh is masculine, Morah is feminine. However, a male rabbi may also be called by the
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for early examples. Isserles himself was often called "shalit" or "shlita" by Ashkenazic contemporaries, in the original sense of "the master".
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means "master" and is traditionally used for a religious teacher. In English in particular, it came to be commonly used to refer to any
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Talmid Chakham is an honorific title which is given to a man who is well versed in Jewish law, i. e., a Torah scholar.
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texts as an independent noun, instead always in the form "master of . . ." and was first commonly used as such by the
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meaning "the master", reached widespread European adoption in the sixteenth century (along with Hebrew ืฉืœื™ื˜
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that vary depending on the status of, and the relationship to, the person to whom one is referring.
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can be used as a generic honorific for a teacher or a personal spiritual guide, similar to
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non-Hebrew speaking world, "Rabbi" is often used as a lesser title, reserving the title
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has instructed and requested all of Bar Mitzvah age and older not to chat when wearing
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decisor) whom the speaker usually consults, or, in Modern-Orthodox communities, to
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ikhye", meaning "May he live". This title is usually placed after the name.
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model but also to emphasize their role as advisors rather than authorities.
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This term is used to point to a leader of the generation, for example, Rav
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or chief justice, of a Hasidic group. In some Hasidic groups, such as
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would be called to the Torah as "Yehoshua ben Avraham, HaLevi.โ€
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of the Hasidic group. This position normally is occupied by the
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groups the Rebbe gives spiritual guidance; but for questions of
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Aramaic Documents from Egypt: A Key-word-in-context Concordance
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can be used colloquially interchangeably with the Yiddish
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Mara d'Atra, which is Aramaic for "master of the place".
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Donati and other early lexicographers confirm this use.
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