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The Qualifications of a Rabbi

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 6, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 14.

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The Qualifications of a Rabbi

The American Israelite says:—
"Holiness and sanctity of thought and belief, in the sense in which our Christian brethren understand them, are not demanded of the rabbi. Aside from intellectual ability, eloquence, and scholastic requirements, there is nothing asked of him further than the morality, charity, and good breeding that the world looks for from every man who desires to be ranked as a gentleman."