A darshan () or baal darshan () is a
Jewish Scriptural interpreter. Since the Middle Ages, it has referred to a professional
sermonizer more broadly.
The title was given to
Abtalion
Abtalion ( he, אַבְטַלְיוֹן ''ʾAbhtalyôn'') or Avtalyon (Modern Hebrew) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era. He was a leader of the Pharisees during the 1st century BCE, and by tradition vice-president of the great Sanh ...
and
Shemaiah in the 1st century BCE.
''Pesachim'' 70b
Since the 1990s, some branches of Liberal Judaism have ordained lay leaders and chaplains as ''darshanim''.
See also
* Maggid
A maggid ( he, מַגִּיד), also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a '' darshan'' (). The title of '' ...
* Moshe ha-Darshan
Moshe haDarshan (circa early 11th century) ( he, משה הדרשן, trans. "Moses the preacher") was chief of the yeshiva of Narbonne, and perhaps the founder of Jewish exegetical studies in France. Along with Rashi, his writings are often cited ...
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