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Contents 1 Sephardi chief rabbis 2 Simple way to find more rabbis to add to the lists 3 Article title 4 Hahambasi 5 Rabbi Pinchas Feldman 6 St. Louis 7 Germany 8 Who is the Chief Rabbi of Chile

[edit] Sephardi chief rabbis

There's a gap between Rav Ovadiah Yosef and Rav Bakshi-Doron. Does anyone know what happened? JFW | T@lk 23:08, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Simple way to find more rabbis to add to the lists

Google or even Google helps.19:57, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

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There are pictures of all the UK chief Rabbis on Dr Sacks website, would it be possable to add them to the individual Chief Rabbi's pages?

[edit] Article title

Why is the title of this article "Chief rabbi" rahter than "Chief Rabbi"? I would think that if there was an informal groups of rabbis, and one of them was the leader, he'd be the "chief rabbi". But if it is an official title, shouldn't both words be capitalized, like Secretary of State or Queen Mother?--Keeves 12:46, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Do a move request. JFW | T@lk 13:12, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree that when "Chief Rabbi" is an official title, it should be capitalized. Similarly, when speaking of the President of the United States, you capitalize the 'P'. However, when speaking of the presidents of various countries, you don't capitalize the 'p': The respective presidents of France and the United States met today.... Same here: when we're discussing chief rabbis in general, including those of many countries, it should be lowercase.—msh210 07:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hahambasi

Hahambasi is the title of the Turkish Chief Rabbi in Kushta. Someone wanna figure out a way to include that? Tomer^TALK 03:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, but what is Kushta? I know the article Kushta redirects to İstanbul, but that article doesn't mention the word Kushta at all, so I'm not sure what it is: Is it another name for Istanbul? Or what?—msh210 07:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry. "Kushta" is Dzhudezmo for "İstanbul" (and yes, we were there long before the Turks). Tomer^TALK 07:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rabbi Pinchas Feldman

Is he really the chief rabbi of Australia? Who appointed him? I always believed that OZ didn't have a chief rabbi, rather Victoria had Rabbi Ch. Gutnik, and NSW had Rabbi Apple.Hyim 14:36, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

There are leaders of a few Rabbinic councils / organisations. But the only Chief Rabbi of Australia is the Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, R. Sir Jonathan Sacks. jnothman ^talk 02:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

It was more like, he is a chief Rabbi, and is in Australia. Not he is the chief Rabbi of Australia. Its all context mate ;) ems 14:13, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

But then that's deceiving according to the definitions at the opening of the article. Only list him if you also give of what he is Chief Rabbi! jnothman ^talk 00:52, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St. Louis

I know St. Louis has a Chief Rabbi. Currently it's Rabbi Sholom Rivkin. Previously it was Rabbi Eichenstein. Someone have access to the history there? Yoshm 19:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Germany

Does anyone have any data on chief rabbis for Germany and German cities? Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 23:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who is the Chief Rabbi of Chile

I was forced to revert an anonymous user who changed the Chief Rabbi of Chile to Roberto Feldman. I can confirm that Rabbi Feldman does exist, but not that he is the chief rabbi. I await clarification on this point. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 15:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)