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semikhah

semikhah noun: the ordination of a rabbi.

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)

Forms of semikhah

pluralsemikhot
alternative formsemicha
alternative formsemikah
alternative formsmicha

Origin of semikhah

Borrowed from Hebrew סְמִיכָה (s'mikha).

Questions about semikhah

What does semikhah mean?
Semikhah means the ordination of a rabbi.
What part of speech is semikhah?
Semikhah is a noun.
What is the plural of semikhah?
The plural of semikhah is semikhot.

Words near semikhah in the dictionary

  1. semijuridical
  2. semikah
  3. semikernels
  4. semiketal
  5. semiketals
  6. semikhah
  7. semikhot
  8. semikilled
  9. semikilling
  10. semilabeled
  11. semilaminar

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