| Far from opposing the delusion of the multitude, he encouraged it, as did the rabbinate of Venice. |
| The rabbinate had placed itself in the pillory, and undermined its own authority. |
| So Mouravanke sent a messenger to the young Charif, offering him the rabbinate. |
| In time the patriarchate and exilarchate disappeared, but the rabbinate, nourished by independent rabbinical academies, survived. |
| The rabbinate, which is a government-paid body, has a monopoly over family life. |
| Sevi's promise of redemption conquered rich and poor, and much of the rabbinate too. |
