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rabbi
In Judaism, a person qualified by study of the Hebrew scriptures and the Talmud to serve as spiritual leader of a Jewish community or congregation. Ordination can be conferred by any rabbi, but it usually depends on a written statement issued by the candidate's teacher. Though rabbis are considered teachers rather than priests, they conduct religious services, assist at bar mitzvahs, perform marriages, and are present at funerals. In questions of divorce, a rabbi's role depends on an appointment to a special court of Jewish law. The rabbi also counsels and consoles members of his congregation and oversees the religious education of the young.


rabbit
Any small, bounding, gnawing mammal of the family Leporidae. Rabbits have long ears, a short tail, long hind legs, and two pairs of upper incisors--one pair behind a larger, functional pair. Most species are gray or brown. They grow to 10-18 in. (25-45 cm) long and weigh 1-4 lbs (0.5-2 kg). They feed primarily on grasses. Their reproductive rate is very high; unlike hares, rabbits are born naked, blind, and helpless. Most species are nocturnal and live alone in burrows, but the European, or Old World, rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) of Europe and Asia, ancestor to all domestic breeds, lives in warrens consisting of many burrows. The 13 species of N. Amer. cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus) have white on the underside of the tail.


Rabin
First native-born prime minister of Israel. He fought in the Israeli war of independence and became chief of staff in 1964. His strategies helped win the Six-Day War in 1967. After retiring from the army (1968), he served as ambassador to the U.S. (1968-73). As head of the Israel Labour Party, he twice served as prime minister (1974-77, 1992-95). During his first tenure, he secured a cease-fire with Syria in the Golan Heights and ordered the raid on Entebbe (see Entebbe incident). As defense minister (1984-90), he responded forcefully to the Palestinian intifada. In 1993 secret negotiations with the Palestinians at last yielded a political settlement calling for limited Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, for which he shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with S. Peres and Y. Arafat. He was assassinated by a right-wing Jewish extremist.


bobbin
Elongated spool of thread, used in the textile industry. In modern processes, the spun fibers are wound on bobbins; the weft filling in weaving comes off bobbins. Bobbins are essential to the manufacture of bobbin lace (see lacemaking). The first bobbin lace probably originated in Flanders in the early 16th cent. Early bobbin lace consisted of rows of deep acute-angled points worked from a narrow band, and the patterns were usually similar to those of the needle laces. It was much used for ruffs and collars in the 16th-17th cent. See also tapestry.


carbine
Light, short-barreled musket or rifle. First used in ...

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