The same as today. Guiding the community in the ways of the Torah.
The primary role of a rabbi is to teach, he also is responsible for the Jewish legal rulings within his community and guiding their spiritual development.
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.
Rabbis are teachers and clergy people.
Union of Orthodox Rabbis was created in 1901.
International Federation of Rabbis was created in 2000.
A Rabbi is a Jewish teacher, but rabbis in modern times also have other functions:Prayer leader (including weddings and funerals)Kosher food supervision (orthodox rabbis only)Religious counselingReligious school principals
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.