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'''''Rav''''' (or '''''Rab''''', Modern Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|רב}}) is the Hebrew generic term for a person who teaches Torah or is a Jewish spiritual guide or a rabbi. For example, Pirkei Avot (in the Talmud) states (1:6) that: {{quotation|(..) Joshua ben Perachiah says, "Set up a teacher [''RaB''] for yourself. And get yourself a friend [HaBeR]. And give everybody the benefit of the doubt."<ref>Berkson "1:6 Yehoshua ben Perahiah and Nittai of Arbel received from them. Yehoshua ben Perahiah said: Choose for yourself a mentor; acquire for yourself a friend; and judge every person in a favorable light."</ref><ref>The Talmud: what it is and what it says：Jacob Neusner</ref>|author=|title=|source=}}
The term ''rav'' is also Hebrew for ''rabbi''. (For a more nuanced discussion, see semicha.) The term is frequently used by Orthodox Jews to refer to their own rabbi.
==Overview== In the Talmud, the title ''Rav'' generally precedes the names of Babylonian Amoraim; ''Rabbi'' generally precedes the names of ordained scholars in the Land of Israel whether Tannaim or Amoraim.<ref>Adin Steinsaltz, ''The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition; A Reference Guide'' (New York: Random House, 1989), p. 139.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 19, 2003|title=Rav, Rebbe, Rabbi|url=https://forward.com/articles/8176/rav-rebbe-rabbi/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=The Forward|language=en-US}}</ref>
In the Talmud, ''Rav'' or ''Rab'' (used alone) is a common name for the amora named Abba Arikha.
=={{anchor|Rav HaTza'ir}}{{visible anchor|Rav HaTzair}}== The title ''Rav HaTzair'' (or ''Rav HaTza'ir'') refers to an assistant rabbi.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Power of Many |work=Hamodia |url=https://hamodia.com/features/the-power-of-many |quote=the Rav Hatza'ir, .. son of the current Rav}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 25, 2013 |title=Edgware residents unite against free school bid |url=https://images.shulcloud.com/411/uploads/Jewish-Tribune---250413.pdf |quote=Boruch Halberstam, Rav Hatzair of Kiryat Sanz ... last week.}}</ref> ''Tzair'' means young, in Hebrew, and the prefix ''Ha'' means "the"; therefore, the combination can be used to mean the younger of a pair: ''Rav HaTzair'', in context, can refer to the younger of a pair of rabbis,<ref>{{cite web |website=hamodia.com |date=May 1, 2016 |title=Harav Chaim Yeshayah Koenig, zt"l, Yokke Rav |url=https://hamodia.com/2016/05/01/harav-chaim-yeshayah-koenig-ztl-yokke-rav |quote=served as Rav hatza'ir under his father's supervision}}</ref> or Junior Rav.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500073_349837311_349837311/yehoshua-ruv-of-bobov-%D7%90%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A7-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%91-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%90-contender-abd-bobov |title=Contender ABD Bobov |quote=... his younger brother ... the Rav Hatzair (Junior Rav)}}</ref>
==See also== * Rebbe * Honorifics in Judaism * list of people called Rabbi
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Orthodox rabbinic roles and titles