rebbe
Yeshiva spiritual guide
A rebbe is a Jewish spiritual leader, specifically in Hasidic communities.
The term carries more weight than rabbi—a rebbe is not just a teacher but a revered guide whose wisdom and blessing followers seek in personal matters.
Hasidic Jews often identify by their rebbe's dynasty: the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Satmar Rebbe.
We traveled to Brooklyn to see the rebbe.
Hasidic Jewish outreach movement
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- tishDismissive exclamation
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
miracle · wonder · Baal Shem Tov · Kabbalah
One who instructs others
- guideLeader or instruction book
- masterAuthority or controller
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- advisorOne who gives guidance
counselor · instruction · wisdom · learning · student · disciple · relationship · transmission
Chabad
Hasidic Jewish outreach movement
blessing · miracle · wonder · Baal Shem Tov · Kabbalah
teacher
One who instructs others
advisor · counselor · instruction · wisdom · learning · student · disciple · relationship · transmission · tradition
rosh yeshiva
Head of Talmudic academy
- shtetlHistoric Jewish village
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- Jewish FiguresMoses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Aaron
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
- Orthodox JudaismTorah study, yeshiva, kosher, shabbat, Hasidic
- Rabbinicsdayan, rosh yeshiva, Torah scholar, codifier, halacha
rebbelayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
lay person · secularist · professor · academic · freethinker