They are expected to be learned in Torah. They are often involved in teaching, overseeing kosher food production, or providing spiritual leadership.
It's mostly Orthodox rabbis who are multi-generational rabbis.
I believe rabbis CAN be scribes.
Rabbis are men. They do not get pregnant.
Keshet Rabbis was created in 2003.
No, there are female rabbis, even amongst the Orthodox. (Orthodox female rabbis aren't pulpit rabbis.)
Rabbis are allowed to do and not do the exact same things as any other Jewish male. There are not any additional restrictions placed on rabbis.
AnswerNo. Long before the first rabbis, Jewish priests officiated at the Temple. With the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, the role and purpose of the priests vanished, leaving the rabbis ('teachers') as the remaining religious leaders of Judaism.
Rabbis are teachers and clergy people.
International Federation of Rabbis was created in 2000.
Union of Orthodox Rabbis was created in 1901.
Synagogues ARE temples, and sometimes rabbis visit.
You treat rabbis with the same respect you'd treat anyone else.