The Chief Rabbinate of Israel (Hebrew: הָרַבָּנוּת הָרָאשִׁית לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, Ha-Rabbanut Ha-Rashit Li-Yisra'el) is recognized by law [1] as the supreme rabbinic authority for Judaism in Israel. The Chief Rabbinate Council assists the two Chief Rabbis, who alternate in its presidency.

Rabbinate (Hebrew: רַבָּנוּת) may refer to: Most often, the office or function of a rabbi; Chief Rabbinate of Israel, the supreme Jewish religious governing body in the state of Israel; Military Rabbinate, an Israel Defense Forces unit that provides …

The Chief Rabbinate represents a continuation of the ancient trend in Jewish society to confer on one or more persons central religious authority, if possible for the whole of Jewry, or otherwise at least for a country or region.

The rabbinate and the functions of the rabbi in modern Israel differ fundamentally from their counterparts in any other part of the Jewish world, whether ancient or modern. A number of factors have contributed toward this unique state of affairs.

chief rabbinate, in Judaism, a supreme religious authority whose decisions bind all those under its jurisdiction. The prototype of the chief rabbinate was the Great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem, which, until the destruction of the Second Temple in ad 70, issued legislation and interpreted Jewish Law for all the Jewish people. The Patriarchate ...

In England from the second half of the 18 th century the rabbi of the Great Synagogue in London was informally recognized as chief rabbi and from 1845 officially designated Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire (subsequently Commonwealth).

2010年7月2日 · The rabbinate has a fascinating history, having greatly evolved in different ways in various locales. By late antiquity, scholars had emerged as the leading spiritual (and occasionally political...

One of the great scholars and mystics of the Jewish people, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook is credited with starting the Chief Rabbinate in the modern State of Israel — but even in his lifetime he knew it did not turn out the way he envisioned it would be.

How the Chief Rabbinate of Israel can be effective in bridging the gap between religious and non-religious through a full understanding of its vitally important role.

RABBINATE: THE RABBINATE IN PRE-MODERN JUDAISM. The rabbinate as an institution of intellectual, spiritual, and religious leadership developed relatively late in the history of the Jewish people. It is found neither in the Bible nor in other Jewish literature from the biblical period.