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  rebbe

  noun

  a teacher in a Jewish school.
• Rebbe
  Rebbe

  noun

  the usually dynastic leader of a Chassidic sect

rebbe

American  

[reb-uh] / ˈrɛb ə /

noun

Yiddish.

1. a teacher in a Jewish school.

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

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Rebbe British  

/ ˈrɛbə /

noun

1. the usually dynastic leader of a Chassidic sect

2. an individual's chosen spiritual mentor

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Etymology

Origin of Rebbe

Yiddish, from Hebrew rabbī rabbi

Example Sentences

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rebbe Rebbe

“We needed that damn rebbe already,” one trader wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Schneerson led Chabad-Lubavitch as the seventh rebbe, or spiritual leader.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

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

Hitherto we had been to heder, to a rebbe; now we were to study with a lehrer, a secular teacher.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

"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