Rabbi - translation to german
![Rabbi [[Moshe Feinstein]], a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Judaism of the second half of the twentieth century.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reb Moshe Feinstein.jpg?width=200 "Rabbi [[Moshe Feinstein]], a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Judaism of the second half of the twentieth century.")
![chaplain]] insignia, U.S. Air Force](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USAF Jewish Chaplain Insignia.jpg?width=200 "chaplain]] insignia, U.S. Air Force")
.jpg?width=200 "In 1972, the first denominational ordination took place at Hebrew Union College (Ohio)")
![In the early 1900s, [[Henrietta Szold]] was admitted into a rabbinical school on condition she would not receive ordination](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henrietta Szold (1922).jpg?width=200 "In the early 1900s, [[Henrietta Szold]] was admitted into a rabbinical school on condition she would not receive ordination")
.JPG?width=200 "Mural depicting Deborah serving as judge")
![[[Sally Priesand]] becomes the first formally ordained woman rabbi in Reform Judaism in 1972](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabbi Sally Priesand (cropped).png?width=200 "[[Sally Priesand]] becomes the first formally ordained woman rabbi in Reform Judaism in 1972")
Wikipedia
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as semikha – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic (167 BCE–73 CE) and Talmudic (70–640 CE) eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance.
Within the various Jewish denominations, there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion regarding who is recognized as a rabbi. For example, only a minority of Orthodox Jewish communities accept the ordination of women rabbis. Non-Orthodox movements have chosen to do so for what they view as halakhic reasons (Conservative Judaism) as well as ethical reasons (Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism).
