How many rabbis do they have in a synagogue?

Answer 1

Rabbi
A rabbi is not a priest, neither in the Jewish sense of the term nor in the Christian sense of the term. In the Christian sense of the term, a priest is a person with special authority to perform certain sacred rituals. A rabbi, on the other hand, has no more authority to perform rituals than any other adult male member of the Jewish community. In the Jewish sense of the term, a priest (kohein) is a descendant of Aaron, charged with performing various rites in the Temple in connection with religious rituals and sacrifices. Although a kohein can be a rabbi, a rabbi is not required to be a kohein.

A rabbi is simply a teacher, a person sufficiently educated in halakhah (Jewish law) and tradition to instruct the community and to answer questions and resolve disputes regarding halakhah. When a person has completed the necessary course of study, he is given a written document known as a semikhah, which confirms his authority to make such decisions.

Since the destruction of the Temple, the role of the kohanim has diminished, and rabbis have taken over the spiritual leadership of the Jewish community. In this sense, the rabbi has much the same role as a Protestant minister, ministering to the community, leading community religious services and dealing with many of the administrative matters related to the synagogue.

Chazzan
A chazzan (cantor) is the person who leads the congregation in prayer. Any person with good moral character and thorough knowledge of the prayers and melodies can lead the prayer services, and in many synagogues, members of the community lead some or all parts of the prayer service. In smaller congregations, the rabbi often serves as both rabbi and chazzan. However, because music plays such a large role in Jewish religious services, larger congregations usually hire a professional chazzan, a person with both musical skills and training as a religious leader and educator.

Gabbai
A gabbai is a lay person who volunteers to perform various duties in connection with Torah readings at religious services. Serving as a gabbai is a great honor, and is bestowed on a person who is thoroughly versed in the Torah and the Torah readings.

A gabbai may do one or more of the following:
-choose people who will receive an aliyah (the honor of reciting a blessing over the Torah reading)
read from the Torah
-stand next to the person who is reading from the Torah, checking the reader's pronunciation and chanting and correcting any mistakes in the reading

Kohein
The kohanim are the descendants of Aaron, chosen by G-d at the time of the incident with the Golden Calf to perform certain sacred work, particularly in connection with the animal sacrifices and the rituals related to the Temple. After the destruction of the Temple, the role of the kohanim diminished significantly in favor of the rabbis; however, we continue to keep track of kohein lineage. DNA research supports their claims: a study published in Nature in June 1997 shows that self-identified kohanim in three countries have common elements in the Y-chromosome, indicating that they all have a common male ancestor. For more information about this and other recent genetic studies, see The Cohanim/DNA Connection at Aish.com.

Kohanim are given the first aliyah on Shabbat (i.e., the first opportunity to recite a blessing over the Torah reading), which is considered an honor. They are also required to recite a blessing over the congregation at certain times of the year.

Levi
The entire tribe of Levi was set aside to perform certain duties in connection with the Temple. As with the Kohanim, their importance was drastically diminished with the destruction of the Temple, but we continue to keep track of their lineage. Levites are given the second aliyah on Shabbat (i.e., the second opportunity to recite a blessing over the Torah reading), which is considered an honor. The common Jewish surnames "Levin" and "Levine" are derived from the tribal name "Levi," but not all Levins or Levines are Levites and not all Levites have surnames that suggest the tribal affiliation.

Tzaddik
The word " tzaddik" literally means "righteous one." The term refers to a completely righteous individual, and generally indicates that the person has spiritual or mystical power. A tzaddik is not necessarily a rebbe or a rabbi, but the rebbe of a Chasidic community is considered to be a tzaddik.

Answer 2

It depends on the size of the congregation. There are several synagogues where I live that have two rabbis and a cantor. Many small communities don't have a rabbi and conduct their own services. The only requirement for a synagogue is that they have a Torah scroll. A Torah scroll may cost as much as $30,000 so very often a scroll is borrowed from a larger synagogue.

Where I attend services, we often have several rabbis sitting in the congregation as well as our rabbis and cantor on the bimah.

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Answer 3

Generally 1 Rabbi and 1 Cantor, but it does indeed depend on the size of the Synagogue.

Answer 4

In each Synagogue there is one appointed Rabbi who runs it whereas of the congregants there may be Rabbis amongst them who are qualified to be Rabbis yet not for that synagogue (and not necessarily for any synagogue actually). :)

Answer 5

good question --. to answer direct -- it all depends on how large the "synagogue" is -- space wise and also the number of attendees (congregation or attendees) -- specially on shabbat or on holy days. While most synagogues have one main rabbi on duty, there is always someone or 2/3 among the attendees who help read --portion of the sacred books (the torah), the kaddish (mourners' prayers) etc. Hope it helps. Thanks for your interest. the religious rituals, including the rabbi/s is an interesting part of the tradition in the Jewish religion. hope it helps, and happy Hanukkah.

Answer 6

a lot more after Bush became President

He gave them $23 Million a year in Protection money = Terrorist US tax $$$

How much did your church get?

Answer 7

Why do they have a bad lightbulb?