rebbetzin
Pronunciations
rebetzin | (REH-bih-tzin) | listen |
Definitions
n. Wife of a rabbi.
Example Sentences
"Is the rebetzin making Shabbos dinner?"
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
רביצין rébetsn - Rebbe with feminizing -tsin suffix
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- South Africa
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- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
rebbetsen, rebetsen, rebetzin, rebbitzin, rebitzin, rebitsin
Notes
See also rabbanit
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