Rebbe
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Usage
- Hasidism
- The Hasidic rebbe {{anchor|Rebbe (Hasidism)}} {{anchor|Chasidic Rebbes}}
- Relationship of Hasidim to their rebbe
- Rebbe as tzadik
- Tzadik HaDor
- Rebbe as conduit
- Hasidic followers of a rebbe
- Functions of a Hasidic rebbe
- Typology of Hasidic rebbes
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Rabbi Yisroel Hopstein of [[Kozienice]]
A rebbe () or admor () is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties. The titles of rebbe and admor, which used to be a general honorific even before the beginning of the movement, became, over time, almost exclusively identified with its Tzadikim.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rebbe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.