rebbetzin

or reb·bitz·in

[ reb-i-tsin ]

noun

, Yiddish.

1. the wife of a rabbi.

rebbetzin

/ ˈrɛbətsən /

noun

1. Judaism the wife of a rabbi

Word History and Origins

Origin of rebbetzin¹

from Yiddish

Example Sentences

The "Rebbetzin" is probably a phenomenon belonging to a past epoch.

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The more modest and simple the Rav, the haughtier and more exigent the Rebbetzin.

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The rabbi also came to the Ring, and with him the Rebbetzin.

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The Rebbetzin has been suffering two or three months with rheumatism, and lies in another room.

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I tell you there was a to-do when they went to receive him and his Rebbetzin; they rode as far as Kandrzin and met him there.

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