Semikhah (Hebrew: סְמִיכָה) is the traditional term for rabbinic ordination in Judaism. The original semikhah tradition is that of the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses to Joshua described in Numbers 27:23; the Talmud records Chazal debating the process in tractate Sanhedrin 13b.
Semikhah (Hebrew: סְמִיכָה) is the traditional term for rabbinic ordination in Judaism. The original semikhah tradition is that of the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses to Joshua described in Numbers 27:23; the Talmud records Chazal debating the process in tractate Sanhedrin 13b.
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