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semicha Judaism.|sɛˈmiːxə|
Also semichah, semikhah, and with capital initial.
[Heb. s⊇mīkhāh, lit. leaning.]
The laying-on of hands by which a rabbi is ordained; the ordination of a rabbi. Also, a diploma of rabbinical ordination.
The laying-on of hands, practised only in antiquity, was later replaced by a proclamation (also called semicha).
1866Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 70/1 Out of the number of the regular disciples (Talmidim) were chosen the Chaberim (Colleagues), who, again, were elected to the dignity of a rabbi by the ‘Semichah’, or imposition of hands by three members of the Sanhedrim. 1914J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VII. 604/2 Among these Rabbis there grew up the desire to re-establish the old Rabbinic supremacy of Palestine. They desired to institute once more the s⊇mîkhāh, or ordination, and thus ordain a Sanhedrin which would be recognized throughout the world. 1962New Jewish Encycl. 438/2 Technically, Semikhah ceased some two thousand years ago, and was not established anew until the 14th or 15th century. In modern times rabbinical students are granted Semikhah, that is, they receive a rabbinical diploma and become ordained as rabbis upon graduation from a rabbinical school or Yeshivah. 1973Jewish Chron. 9 Feb. 22/1 The principal..accepts the fact that some of his best students go on to Gateshead for their semicha, not merely with resignation, but with positive approval. 1976B. Williams Making of Manch. Jewry vii. 184 The possession of Rabbinical semikhah endorsed by European rabbis of unquestioned repute. |