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单词 semicha
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semichan.

/sɛˈmiːxə/
Forms: Also semichah, semikhah, and with capital initial.
Etymology: Hebrew semīkhāh, lit. leaning.
Judaism.
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).
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semicha1866
1866 Chambers'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.
1914 J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. 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 semîkhāh, or ordination, and thus ordain a Sanhedrin which would be recognized throughout the world.
1962 D. Bridger & S. Wolk New 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.
1973 Jewish 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.
1976 B. Williams Making Manch. Jewry vii. 184 The possession of Rabbinical semikhah endorsed by European rabbis of unquestioned repute.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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