semikhah

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semikhah

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Borrowed from Hebrew סְמִיכָה (s'mikha).

noun semikhot · semicha · semikah · smicha

Judaism, countable, uncountable The ordination of a rabbi. One black hat shul in my neighborhood, when looking for a new pulpit rabbi, listed as one of their requirements that the rabbi needed to hold a four-year secular university degree in addition to his semicha.

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@misc{semikhah_2026,
  title = {semikhah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/semikhah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}