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Does every Rabbi have an academic (secular) formation/degree?

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No. Within the Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist movements, the vast majority of rabbis hold a bachelors degree and it's an expectation for admission. read more

Things are different in Orthodox circles, some (probably most) Modern Orthodox rabbis go to college before they become rabbis, but in Haredi circles where few people get secular education, it’s much less likely that the rabbis will have a secular degree. read more

"In Israel, the rabbis have grown apart from education," said Prof. Menachem Friedman, who researches haredi society and links the phenomenon to the Holocaust. "After the most advanced and modern nations deteriorated so far so as to do the most monstrous thing of all, a clear trend indicating the assurgency of religion and the decline of academia can be seen. read more

How to Become a Rabbi Two Parts: Getting the Necessary Qualifications Finding as Position as a Rabbi Community Q&A As a rabbi, you will act as a spiritual guide for a Jewish community and hold many responsibilities, from leading worship services at a synagogue to counseling your congregation members to working as a community leader. read more

Within the various Jewish denominations there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion regarding who is to be recognized as a rabbi. For example, Orthodox Judaism does not ordain women as rabbis, but other movements have chosen to do so for halakhic reasons (Conservative Judaism) as well as ethical reasons (Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism). read more

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