Timeline for Calling a Muslim leader an "Imam"
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| Nov 22, 2017 at 7:29 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/933235938230259712 | ||
| Dec 27, 2013 at 21:44 | comment | added | user3318 | @ShmuelBrin There's a big controversy about the correct nikkud... it might have been Rabbi, Rebbi, Ribbi, or even Rubbi (no joke). | |
| Dec 27, 2013 at 20:02 | comment | added | user3318 | @ShmuelBrin (1) It's not obvious that one may only call a person "Rav" if they were notel reshus. (2) The term "Rabbi" was certainly not just an honor in the time of the gemara. | |
| Dec 27, 2013 at 18:45 | comment | added | user3318 | @ShmuelBrin Are you sure? We don't have halachic smicha nowadays. | |
| Dec 27, 2013 at 2:45 | history | edited | user3318 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 6, 2013 at 13:57 | comment | added | user3318 | That's exactly my point. R' Moshe did use the word "ראביי" which means "Rabbi" (lit. "my leader", though in corrupted form), but he wouldn't give kavod to non-Orthodox Jewish clergy by calling them Rebeim). Similarly, could there be a problem with giving kavod to Muslim clergy by directly calling them by this honorific title? | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 6:25 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @Malper What does "ראביי" mean besides "Rabbi"? | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 4:03 | comment | added | msh210♦ | Perhaps related to these comments: the comments on judaism.stackexchange.com/a/3787 | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 3:58 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 6, 2013 at 3:49 | comment | added | Seth J | That doesn't clarify my confusion. Why is "leader" a problem? You're not saying "my leader", are you? It's not like "father", either, which suggests something more than a simple acknowledgment that other people follow him. | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 3:45 | comment | added | user3318 | @SethJ I was wondering whether it's appropriate to give kavod in this manner to someone who is publicizing ideas that go somewhat counter to Torah. Note that this is a fairly well-known issue in the context of using the term "Rabbi" to refer to non-Orthodox Jewish clergy (e.g. Rav Moshe writes ראביי instead of רבי). | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 3:42 | comment | added | Seth J | Why would "leader" be a term that would be Asur to use? | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 3:15 | comment | added | user3318 | According to Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85#Arabic), it literally means something like "leader". | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 3:14 | comment | added | termsofservice | what does imam mean? then you will have an answer | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 2:44 | history | edited | Isaac Moses♦ |
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| Nov 6, 2013 at 2:42 | comment | added | Fred | Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/q/31928 | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 2:35 | history | asked | user3318 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |