rebbe

Definitions

1. The spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish community.
   Judaism
2. A teacher of Torah, especially in a primary school.
   Judaism

Equivalents

2 more languages

Nederlandsrebbe

Polskirebe

Examples

“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⟳.”

“It was to be the first Pesach, after years devoid of light⟳ When the Rebbe of Skulene stood with his son And they announced, There will Matzos! for the Seder Night But enough to only give⟳ each person one”

“But two men who said they spoke with some of those who broke through the synagogue wall said the motive was to hasten an expansion of 770 — a move⟳ that they say⟳ the Lubavitcher movement’s leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the rebbe, called for more than three decades ago.”

“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.”

“The first-grade teacher […] has to be able to project a motherly warmth while at the same time maintain⟳ the image of a rebbe.”

“Now we were no angels, but rebbi stayed on; he saw⟳ something we couldn’t see⟳. Year after year at the front of the class, building the world that would be.”

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