Cities with large Jewish communities may also have their own chief rabbis; this is especially the case in Israel but has also been past practice in major Jewish centers in Europe prior to the Holocaust.
擁有大型猶太社區的城市也可能擁有自己的首席拉比;在以色列尤其如此，但在大屠殺之前，歐洲主要猶太人中心也有首席拉比。