rebbetzin
Noun
Meaning
(Judaism) The wife of a rabbi.
(Judaism) Mrs
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
While Harav Baruch Alter Cohen, founder of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, gave the pre-siyum Daf Yomi shiur, the women were listened raptly to the enlightening words of Rebbetzin Rena Tarshish, principal of the Mesoras Rochel Seminary in Jerusalem.
Since New York’s shutdown began in mid-March, I have not needed that armor, and the multiple roles they represent: the straight dark one is “serious journalist;” the wavy long one, “Upper East Side rebbetzin.”
Rebbetzin Guta Shapiro, a’h, was born in Russia to Rav Peretz Motzkin, z’tl, and immigrated to the United States a few years after her marriage to Rav Levi Yitzchak Shapiro, z’l.
The rebbetzin, the backbone of the family, was abruptly taken away on the second day of Chol Hamoed, during the worst of the pandemic.
But to me, the Rebbetzin was my dear “Ema,” to my children and grandchildren, their beloved “Bubba.”