- Hail to the chief? .. Archived Message
Posted by Shyaku
on November 28, 2019, 5:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Ephraim Mirvis "
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Keith has a phrase for this .. "Jewish law provides no support for the post of a "chief rabbi" since every rabbi has equal authority in principle.[citation needed] The position arose in Europe in the Middle Ages from governing authorities largely for secular administrative reasons such as collecting taxes and registering vital statistics, and for providing an intermediary between the government and the Jewish community, for example in the establishment of the Crown rabbi in several kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, the rab de la corte in Kingdom of Castile or the arrabi mor in Kingdom of Portugal, likely influenced by the expectations of their Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican governments and neighbors.[2] Similarly, in the 19th century there was a Crown rabbi of the Russian Empire.[3]" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Rabbi |