Other forms: rabbis
A rabbi is a Jewish teacher and leader of a congregation. Ask the rabbi, the local rabbi, become a rabbi.
The role is teaching and interpretation rather than priesthood — a rabbi is not needed for most rituals, which any competent adult may lead. Ordination follows years of study of the texts. Note that the Hebrew means my master, and that rebbe is the same word in Yiddish.
1nounrabbiA Jewish teacher and leader of a congregation.
“The rabbi read from the Torah at the synagogue on Saturday morning.”
rabbi is a religious leader.
Hebrew rabbi means my master, from rav, great or master. Rebbe is the same word through Yiddish.
Hebrew
רַבִּי — my master
grc-koi
ῥαββί
Ecclesiastical Latin
rabbi
Middle English
raby
English, today
rabbi
From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source grc-koi ῥαββί, from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (“my master”), from רַב + ־ִי. Compare late Old English rabbi. a doublet of rebbe and related to rav.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA