Lubavitcher

[ loo-buh-vich-er, loo-bah-vi-cher ]

noun

1. a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Lubavitchers or their movement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lubavitcher¹

< Yiddish lubavitsher, equivalent to Lubavitsh (< Byelorussian Lyubavichi ) a town which was the center of the movement, 1813–1915 + -er -er ¹

Example Sentences

Even today, older Lubavitchers call those violent days a “pogrom,” a Russian word for ethnic cleansing.

From Washington Post

Over the next three days, a race riot erupted, in which black residents protested the police, stormed the Lubavitcher headquarters, and targeted Jewish businesses.

From New York Times

The real estate entrepreneur is not a Lubavitcher but admired the rabbi and his teachings and has visited the site several times.

From Washington Times

Riots erupted after his arrival, after a Lubavitcher driver struck and killed a black child and in retaliation a group of young black men fatally stabbed a rabbinical scholar.

From New York Times

On Fridays, he ate in a kosher dining hall, either Hillel or the Chabad house, which is affiliated with the Lubavitcher Hasidim.

From The New Yorker