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semikah

semikah is the alternative form of semikhah.

Meaning of semikhah

Noun

semikhah (countable and uncountable, plural semikhot)

  1. (Judaism) The ordination of a rabbi.
    • 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.2010 March 8, cindys, “How Nazism Shaped Islamist Views”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Questions about semikah

What is semikah the alternative form of?
Semikah is the alternative form of semikhah.

Words near semikah in the dictionary

  1. semijoin
  2. semijoins
  3. semijubilee
  4. semijudicial
  5. semijuridical
  6. semikah
  7. semikernels
  8. semiketal
  9. semiketals
  10. semikhah
  11. semikhot

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