Meaning of "Rabbi" Among the Jews.
SOME people not knowing what "rabbi" means, give that name to any Jewish teacher, or to one who administers circumcision, and thus lower the dignity of the title as understood among the Jews. In the strict sense of the term it is applied only to persons who have studied a certain amount of Hebrew literature, and who have attained a high standard of conduct both moral and spiritual, and there are few such rabbis in America.—The Chosen People.