Rav muvhak

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Rav muvhak (Hebrew: רב מובהק) refers to the teacher from whom a student rabbi received "most of his knowledge".http://www.dafyomi.co.il/bmetzia/halachah/bm-hl-033.htm - Bava Metzia, daf 33, sourced to R'Meir Thus, muvhak could be understood as "principal", or "primary". Correspondingly, talmid muvhak may refer to a rabbi's primary, or outstanding, student.

The typical usage is to state that a particular student's rav muvhak is rabbi A, whereas the student also studied under rabbi B. Rabo (Hebrew: רבו) means his rav/rebbe/rabbi, hence the term rabo muvhak, i.e. "his principal rabbi".http://www.ateret.org.il/uploads/filebank/pdfeng_0224_OntheAir78.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} According to Jewish law, special honour must be given to a rav muvhak.{{cite web |url=http://daat.co.il/daat/english/ten-daat/bleich2-1.htm |title=Addressing a Teacher by Name: Addressing a Teacher by Name \ Moshe Bleich |access-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918133426/http://www.daat.co.il/daat/english/ten-daat/bleich2-1.htm |archive-date=2008-09-18 }} Rav Muvhak - Rabbi Moshe Bleich, Journal of Jewish Education, Sivan 5758

In modern times most student rabbis are educated by a number of different rabbis. Therefore, the concept rav muvhak is now uncommon.