rebbe

[ reb-uh ]

/ ˈrɛb ə /

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noun Yiddish.

a teacher in a Jewish school.

(often initial capital letter) a title of respect for the leader of a Hasidic group.

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Words nearby rebbe

rebarbative, rebate, rebated, rebatement, rebato, rebbe, rebbetzin, rebec, Rebecca, Rebekah, rebel

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How to use rebbe in a sentence

The bottom line is simple: if the Rebbe issues a directive, the Chassidim carry it out.
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So says Grand Rabbi Y. A. Korff, Rebbe of the Zhvil-Mezbuz Hasidic sect.
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Being obedient disciples, they got in their carriages and followed their rebbe.
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The rebbe looked at one of the peasants and put out his hand with his palm to the ceiling.
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Everyone circled around the rebbe and the Jews as they walked to the center of the dance floor.
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When times were bad, and her husband came home with his goods unsold, she borrowed and begged, till the rebbe's fee was produced.
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Uncles and cousins came, and perhaps my brother's rebbe, to examine his pupil in the hearing of the family.
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The rebbe put his hands behind his coat tails, declining the traveller's hospitality.
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I continued reading by the hour, after the rebbe was gone, though I understood about one word in ten.
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We sat one on each side of the rebbe, reading the Hebrew sentences turn and turn about.
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British Dictionary definitions for rebbe

Rebbe

/ (ˈrɛbə) /

noun Judaism

the usually dynastic leader of a Chassidic sect

an individual's chosen spiritual mentor

Word Origin for Rebbe

Yiddish, from Hebrew rabbī rabbi

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