rebbe
noun
a teacher in a Jewish school.
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rebbe
American
[reb-uh]
/ ˈrɛb ə /
noun
Yiddish.
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a teacher in a Jewish school.
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(often initial capital letter) a title of respect for the leader of a Hasidic group.
Rebbe
British
/ ˈrɛbə /
noun
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the usually dynastic leader of a Chassidic sect
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an individual's chosen spiritual mentor
Etymology
Origin of Rebbe
Yiddish, from Hebrew rabbī rabbi
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“We needed that damn rebbe already,” one trader wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
The rebbe had goals for an expansion in the 1980s and 1990s, seeing it as “further preparatory act for the messiah’s arrival,” Glinter said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The Sacred Tribe’s members are happy to have their rebbe, or spiritual leader, back in front of the congregation.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
“Above the synagogue of the Kotzker rebbe: Jews don’t despair.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
The rebbe never had occasion to use the birch on him.
From The Promised Land by Mary Antin
"When the Israelites came into their promised land, they didn't just march in and take it," Rebbe Mastriano told the faithful.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
But the Rebbe saw pure, holy souls brought to this world for a reason, with a mission no one else could accomplish.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
One particularly exuberant man insisted on giving him a tour of the Mitzvah Tank, a truck used to spread the teachings of their late leader, the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Say what you want about Rebbe Teitelbaum and the Satmar, but they’re not antisemites.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2019
My grandfather came to spend Rosh Hashanah with us so as to attend the services of the celebrated Rebbe of Borsche.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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