Meaning

Of or relating to rabbis, their writings, or their work..

Example Sentences

1581, Robert Parsons, A Brief Censure vppon Two Bookes Written in Answere to M. Edmonde Campions Offer of Disputation, Doway: John Lyon, “Towching the Societie,” section heading, Three kyndes of Rabbinical expositions of the Law.

1766, Elizabeth Griffith, The Double Mistake, London: J. Almon et al., Act I, Scene 3, Her father was a very learned divine, and who can tell but she may understand the rabbinical text?

to gain a little Rabbinical Learning, and find out some unobvious signification of a Word or Phrase, he must devour the tedious and voluminous Rhapsodies that make up the Talmud, in many of which he can scarce learn any thing but the Art of saying nothing in a multitude of words;

Deronda was reading a piece of rabbinical Hebrew under Ezra’s correction and comment […]

Oh, please, […] I’m a big boy now—so you can knock off the rabbinical righteousness. It turns out to be a little laughable at this stage of the game.

The new book enlarges the genealogical pyramid, connecting it to Rabbi Jehiel Lurie, head of the 13th-century rabbinical court in Brest-Litovsk, then back to Rashi and beyond.

Having invited an audience to watch the premiere of the show’s second season, which began streaming in full last week, Rabbi Stein opened with a brief rabbinical teaching about the power of words to “create worlds.” […] The show has had Jewish writers and rabbinical consultation from Season 1 on, but Rabbi Brous brought additional perspective.

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