How to Use rabbi in a Sentence

rabbi

noun
  • The next day, the rabbi was asked to name the least expensive meat.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Lieberman asked his wife on the ride home from the event, per the rabbi's retelling.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Popal was on a train to Brussels from Paris when the rabbi got back to her.
    Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The bride and groom did their own vows in front of their nearly 600 guests and a rabbi.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This is the strength Mattie Pil and the rabbi have built with 40 years of their patience and love.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The Hasid stated his business, and to his surprise, the rabbi agreed.
    Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The rabbi returned with a can of soda and a plastic cup.
    Bobby Ross Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • To honor the Jewish sabbath, the rabbi will not be on mic.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The rabbi sounded a burst of short blasts, followed by one long blast.
    Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The sushi chef works under the guidance of a rabbi, who comes to the restaurant every day to bless the food.
    Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The rabbi said that during the services, while his back was turned to Akram in prayer, the suspect pulled a gun.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The statute is named for Josef Neumann, who was stabbed to death at a rabbi’s home during Hanukkah of 2020.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But in the last hour of the day, prosecutors played the 911 call that the rabbi made from his hiding place amid the shooting.
    Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 30 May 2023
  • Moral of the story: Never hire a drunk rabbi to perform a bris.
    Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Your spouse, your priest/rabbi, your child, your neighbor and your best friend are all going to take the mic.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In 2006, Cytron-Walker joined as its first full-time rabbi.
    Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
  • His Jewish mother, the wife of a rabbi, would not have drawn a cross atop each page of a message to her son.
    Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021
  • With his back turned to the man, the rabbi recalls hearing a click, turning around, and seeing a gun.
    Jack Durschlag, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Dear Amy: Our rabbi thought our noon wedding was at 6 p.m.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022
  • On the last day of shiva, the rabbi offered to lead a brief reading of Kaddish herself.
    Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The stranger then began his verbal barrage and tore off part of the rabbi’s clothing.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The synagogue's rabbi was believed to be among the hostages, one of the officials said.
    Gabrielle Duncan, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The synagogue’s rabbi was believed to be among the hostages, one of the officials said.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Brody plays Noah, a rabbi in Los Angeles, in the 10-episode, half-hour series.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The rabbi’s sermon on this subject never made any sense to me.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2021
  • There are lawyers and accountants in her life, yes, but her mom is a judge, and her niece dreams of being a rabbi.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2021
  • All of it was inspired by the true story of a New Jersey rabbi who had his wife murdered in 1994.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022
  • The captives were eventually able to flee when the rabbi threw a chair at the gunman.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Michael Schudrich, chief rabbi of Poland, said the museum was right to call the police.
    Jack Guy and Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022
  • In one photo shared, the singer and her daughters could be seen at the service reading prayers alongside their rabbi.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024

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