In time the patriarchate and exilarchate disappeared, but the rabbinate, nourished by independent rabbinical academies, survived. |
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Sevi's promise of redemption conquered rich and poor, and much of the rabbinate too. |
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Even those who simply wished to reform the rabbinate lost out, as the dovish candidate, Rabbi David Stav, was soundly defeated. |
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Just last week, Gershom Gorenberg argued in these pages for the abolishment of the chief rabbinate. |
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The rabbinate, which is a government-paid body, has a monopoly over family life. |
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The Orthodox chief rabbinate was originally granted a monopoly over matters of personal status, such as conversion, marriage and burial, but Israel's supreme court has gradually eaten away at it. |
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The rabbinical seminaries of these movements hold that one must first earn a bachelor's degree before entering the rabbinate. |
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There is no chimney at the headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate in north London. |
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