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Meaning of semikhah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The ordination of a rabbi.

Judaism, countable, uncountable

Examples

“One black hat shul in my neighborhood, when looking for a new pulpit rabbi, listed as one of their requirements that the rabbi needed to hold a four-year secular university degree in addition to his semicha.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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