Rabi

Rabi (kutoka Kiebr. רַבִּי rabbi) ni cheo cha heshima kwa mtaalamu wa Torati katika dini ya Uyahudi  anayehudumia kama mwalimu wa dini na kiongozi wa kiroho.

Jina 
Neno lenyewe Rabi (pia Rabbi) linatoka katika lugha ya Kiebrania likimaanisha kiasili "Bwana wangu, mkuu wangu". Umbo la msingi ni "rab" (bwana, mkuu) na  kuongeza "i" kunaleta maana ya "bwana wangu". "Rabi" inaeleweka sasa kama "ustadh", "profesa", "mwalimu". Maana hiyo inaonekana katika taarifa za Agano Jipya, ambamo Yesu anaitwa mara nyingi "rabi" au anapotaja walimu wa sheria kama "rabi". 

Neno "rabb" liko pia katika lugha ya Kiarabu (رب) kwa maana ileile ya "Bwana" na pia kwa umbo la "rabi" kama "bwana wangu". Ila hapa matumizi yake ni ya kumtaja Mwenyezi Mungu. Katika sura ya kwanza ya Kurani Allah anaitwa "rab" kwa maana ya "Bwana". Maana hiyo imeingia katika Kiswahili hasa katika lugha ya kidini ya Waislamu.

Wajibu 
Kazi yake kuu ni kufundisha Torati akijua vema majadiliano ya Talmudi na mafundisho mbalimbali ya sheria ya kidini ya Uyahudi. Kwa karne nyingi marabi walifanya kazi za kawaida, hawakulipwa kwa mafundisho yao. Tangu karne ya 19 imekuwa kawaida, angalau kati ya Wayahudi wa Ulaya, kwamba rabi aajiriwe na sinagogi au shule akitekeleza kazi zinazofanana na mchungaji wa Kiprotestanti kama kuhubiri, kuongoza ibada, kufundisha na kubariki sherehe za maishani.

Masomo na elimu
Kwa kawaida Myahudi anaweza kuitwa rabi kama amemaliza masomo kwa muda baina ya miaka 5 hadi 8 katika chuo cha Talmudi au pia kwenye vyuo vingine vinavyofundisha habari za Torati, Talmud, falsafa na historia ya Uyahudi pamoja na sheria ya kidini ya Kiyahudi. Mara nyingi masomo hayo yanamalizika kwa mtihani na cheti, lakini kuna pia marabi waliosoma kwa muda mrefu na kukubaliwa baadaye kama kiongozi wa sinagogi au jumuiya kutokana na elimu, hekima na sifa zao hata bila vyeti.

Shughuli
Mara nyingi rabi atapata ajira katika sinagogi au kama mwalimu wa vyuoni. Katika mazingira ya kisasa hasa Ulaya ya Magharibi na Marekani marabi wanatekeleza shughuli nyingi zinazofanana na kazi ya mchungaji katika Kanisa la Kikristo kama vile kuongoza ibada ya sinagogi, kutoa hotuba ya Sabato, kufundisha watoto na vijana, kuwandaa wahaharusi kwa ndoa zao, kutoa ushauri kwa watu wenye maswali au matatizo na kuongoza sinagogi kwa jumla. Lakini ibada ya sinagogi si lazima kuendeshwa na marabi, lazima ni wanaume wazima Wayahudi . 

Katika madhehebu makubwa ya Uyahudi wa Kiorthodoksi ni wanaume pekee wanaoweza kuwa rabi. Mielekeo mingine inaruhusu pia wanawake.

Marejeo

Kujisomea

Kuhusu marabi kwa jumla

 Rabbi, Rabbinate, article in the Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed., vol. 17, pp. 11–19, Keter Publishing, 2007.
 Aaron Kirchenbaum, Mara de-Atra:  A Brief Sketch, Tradition, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1993, pp. 35–40
 Aharon Lichtenstein, The Israeli Chief Rabbinate:  A Current Halakhic Perspective, Tradition, Vol. 26, No. 4, 1992, pp. 26–38
 Jeffrey I. Roth, Inheriting the Crown in Jewish Law:  The Struggle for Rabbinic Compensation, Tenure and Inheritance Rights, Univ. of South Carolina Press, 2006
 S. Schwarzfuchs, A Concise History of the Rabbinate, Oxford, 1993

Wanawake katika Uyahudi usio Orthodoksi
 Nadell, Pamela. Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889–1985, Beacon Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8070-3649-8.

Wanawake katika Uyahudi wa Kiorthodoksi
 Mason Delugoda
 Debra Nussbau, Cohen, Jewish tradition vs. the modern-day female, March 17, 2000, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
 Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, The Next Feminist Revolution, The Jerusalem Post, March 17, 2005
 Moshe Y'chiail Freidman, Women in the Rabbinate, Jewish Observer, 17:8, 1984, 28–29.
 Laurie Goodstein, Causing a Stir, 2 Synagogues Hire Women to Aid Rabbis, February 6, 1998, New York Times
 Jeff Helmreich, Orthodox women moving toward religious leadership, Friday June 6, 1997, Long Island Jewish World
 Marilyn Henry, Orthodox women crossing threshold into synagogue, Jerusalem Post Service, May 15, 1998
 Jonathan Mark, Women Take Giant Step In Orthodox Community: Prominent Manhattan shul hires ‘congregational intern’ for wide-ranging spiritual duties, The Jewish Week December 19, 1997
 Emanuel Rackman, (Women as Rabbis) Suggestions for Alternatives, Judaism, Vol.33, No.1, 1990, p. 66–69.
 Ben Greenberg, Women Orthodox Rabbis: Heresy or Possibility?, First Things, October 2009
 Gil Student, When Values Collide, First Things, September 2009
 Mimi Feigelson, Yeshivah Student, Feminine Gender , Eretz Acheret  Magazine

Viungo vya Nje
 Rabbi, Jewishencyclopedia.com
 The American Rabbi - Rabbinic resource of sermons, stories, anecdotes and writings for today's rabbis.
  – A pre-Vatican II Catholic view of the development of the Rabbinical office
 A book review by Rabbi Twersky that deals with advanced study of Torah in relation to Orthodox Jewish women

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