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gab·bai

 (gä-bī′, gä′bī′, gə-bī′)
n. gab·ba·im (gä-bä-ēm′, gä-bī′ĭm) or gab·bais
A person who assists in the running of a synagogue or its religious services, especially the reading of the Torah.

[Medieval Hebrew gabbay, synagogue treasurer, gabbai, from Mishnaic Hebrew, tax collector, local official, from gābā, to collect, from Aramaic gəbā, gəbi, to collect; see gbʔ in Semitic roots.]
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(16.) Bichuetti DB, Oliveira EM, Boulos Fde C, Gabbai AA.
With his naming as fellow of the RSC, Bazzi joins a distinguished list of Texas A&M chemists who have previously been bestowed with the prestigious honour: Kim Dunbar (2018), Sarbajit Banerjee (2016), Hongcai Joe Zhou (2015), Marcetta Y Darensbourg (2014), Kevin Burgess (2013), Abraham Clearfield (2013), Francois P Gabbai (2013) and James D Batteas (2012).
By becoming a fellow of the RSC, Bazzi joins a distinguished list of Texas A&M chemists who have previously been bestowed with the prestigious honour - Kim Dunbar (2018), Sarbajit Banerjee (2016), Hongcai Joe Zhou (2015), Marcetta Y Darensbourg (2014), Kevin Burgess (2013), Abraham Clearfield (2013), Francois P Gabbai (2013) and James D Batteas (2012).
(6.) Dutra LA, Goncalves CR, Braga-Neto P, Pedroso JL, Gabbai AA, Barsottini OG, et alhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=de SouzaAW%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=22169955.
Afflicting one's soul through fasting is a means of attaining humility and developing discipline, said Orin Rotman of Buffalo Grove, a gabbai who facilitates Torah and Talmud studies and is a member of Congregation Beth Judea in Long Grove.
Tzvi Gabbai, who was then the deputy head of Israael's Foreign Ministry Asia desk, told Kan that Israel had offered to help North Korea with "agriculture or perhaps financially, but only if they would stop selling weapons to Syria and Iran or if they would open diplomatic relations with Israel." Gabbai said the offer was rejected.
Cambridge graduate Edward Gabbai, who enjoyed dominant role-playing sex like the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' title character, was described as a "sexual adventurer" who averaged three new women a week.
Edward Gabbai, who lives in Borehamwood, was house-sitting at properties in the capital in 2016 where he lured his victims back to and raped the.
Yaakov Gabbai, head of the Negev District's Fire and Rescue Services, told Israel Hayom that the incendiary devices sent across the border from Gaza are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Gabbai et al., "Optimizing outcomes in multiple sclerosis: consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis in Latin America," Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, vol.