rebbe

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rebbe

/ˈɹɛbi/
/ˈɹɛbə/

Rhymes with -ɛbi, -ɛbə

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Borrowed from Yiddish רבי (rebe). Doublet of rabbi.

noun rebbes

Judaism The spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish community. Born in Riga in 1909 into a vast cousinage that included the Lubavitcher rebbes, Isaiah Mendelevich Berlin was taken to Petrograd as a small boy, and then to London in 1921 when the Bolsheviks allowed his prosperous (and fortunate) parents to leave.
Similar: admor
Judaism A teacher of Torah, especially in a primary school. Since their was no kollel that Shlomo could enter immediately, he would stay in the house and learn all day. When I came home at night, he would be my own private rebbe-chavrusa.

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noun leader of a Hasidic group

日本語	ラビ rabi, 祭司 saishi
中文	（猶太教哈西德派）精神領袖 /（犹太教哈西德派）精神领袖
עברית	אדמו״ר 'admo"r

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@misc{rebbe_2026,
  title = {rebbe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rebbe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}