rebbetzin

[ reb-i-tsin ]

/ ˈrɛb ɪ tsɪn /

the wife of a rabbi.

Words nearby rebbetzin

rebate, rebated, rebatement, rebato, rebbe, rebbetzin, rebec, rebecca, rebekah, rebel, rebel yell

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.

Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch |Ulrich Frank
Usually the relation was this: the Rav they loved but vexed, the Rebbetzin they hated but feared.

Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch |Ulrich Frank
The "Rebbetzin" is probably a phenomenon belonging to a past epoch.

Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch |Ulrich Frank
The more modest and simple the Rav, the haughtier and more exigent the Rebbetzin.

Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch |Ulrich Frank

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

Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch |Ulrich Frank

rebbetzin

/ (ˈrɛbətsən) /

Judaism the wife of a rabbi

from Yiddish