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An example of a rabbi trust applying where an employee receives compensation the taxation of which is deferrable is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan.. A rabbi trust may be applicable when one business purchases another business but wants to set aside part of the purchase price and defer payment as well as taxability to the payee upon the satisfaction of conditions to which both ...
The secular messages were spread by the modern Jewish schools and youth movements, which catered to hundreds of thousands of pupils. [ citation needed ] The logic of redefining the Jews as a modern nation was extended to the criteria for being a Jew, changing them to ethno-cultural markings.
Rabbi Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, former Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue of Great Britain, describes a commonly held Jewish view on this issue: [citation needed] "Yes, I do believe in the Chosen people concept as affirmed by Judaism in its holy writ, its prayers, and its millennial tradition.
This precept is referred to as "lo tasur" (Hebrew: לא תסור) [1] [5] and is sourced from the Book of Deuteronomy which states: According to the law which they will teach you and according to the judgment which they will tell you, you shall do; you should not turn aside ( lo tasur ) from the things that they will declare to you neither to ...
A rabbi (/ ˈ r æ b aɪ / ⓘ; Hebrew: רַבִּי, romanized: rabbī) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. [1] [2] One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as semikha—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud.
In writing, this title is placed before the name, as in "Admor of Pinsk" or "R' (stands for Rabbi, Rav, or Reb) Ploni Almoni, Admor of Redomsk." Shlit"a 'Shlit"a' is an acronym for " Sh eyikhye L irot Y amim T ovim A rukim/ A men," "May he live a good long life" or "May he live a good life, Amen," given to a revered rabbi or to someone's child ...
Torah Umadda (/tɔːrɑ umɑdɑ/; Hebrew: תּוֹרָה וּמַדָּע, "Torah and knowledge") is a worldview in Orthodox Judaism concerning the relationship between the secular world and Judaism, and in particular between secular knowledge and Jewish religious knowledge.
Jewish religious movements, sometimes called "denominations", include diverse groups within Judaism which have developed among Jews from ancient times. Samaritans are also considered ethnic Jews by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, although they are frequently classified by experts as a sister Hebrew people, who practice a separate branch of Israelite religion.