Semikhah (ordination): A Study of Its Origin, History, and Function in Rabbinic Literature

according actually adjudicate answer appointed authorised authority Baba Kamma Babylonian rabbis Bekhor Berab bestowed Beth-Din Biblical blemishes Bornstein calendar capital punishment ceremony of Semikhah conferred Court decision Deut diaspora elders Exilarch explanation fact Gamaliel Gaon Geonim Hagigah halakhic hands Hether Bekhoroth High Priest Hilkhoth Hillel Hoshen ibid important intercalation Israel Jacob Berab Jerusalem Jewish Encyclopædia Jewish law Johanan Joshua Judah Nessiah judge judgment Kenas Kohanim Krauss Land laying Levites Maimonides matters of Kenas mentioned Midrash Mishnah moon Moses Mumheh Nahmanides Nasi obtain Semikhah ordained rabbis ordinand Palestine Palestinian rabbis permission person practice priestly problem qualified question quoted Rabbah Rabbinic literature Rashi reason recognised reference regarded religious Resh Gelutha restoration of Semikhah restore Semikhah ritual Rosh Hashanah Samuel sanctify Sanh Sanhedrin says scholars Sefer Semikhah ceased Sifri Simeon suggests teacher three ordained Torah Tosafoth Tosefta traditional verse Yerushalmi Yeshibah Zeirah