The Reverend Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Judaism=== {{Unreferenced section|date=June 2013}} The primary Jewish religious leader is a [[rabbi]], which denotes that they have received rabbinical ordination (''[[semicha]]''). They are addressed as ''Rabbi'' or ''Rabbi Surname'' or (especially in [[Sephardic]] and [[Mizrahi Jews|Mizrachi]]) as [[Hakham]]. The use of the Christian terms "Reverend" and "minister" for the rabbi of a congregation was common in [[Classical Reform Judaism]] and in the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially if the rabbi had attended a Western-style seminary or university rather than a traditional [[yeshiva]]. Some small communities without a rabbi may be led by a ''[[hazzan]]'' (cantor), who is addressed (in English) as "Reverend". For this reason, and because ''hazzanim'' are often recognized as clergy by secular authorities for purposes such as registering marriages; other hazzanim may be addressed as Reverend, although Cantor is more common. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page