Talk:Rebbetzin

message: Suppose we are talking about a married couple, in a situation where the husband is not addressed as "Rabbi" or "Mister", but as "Reb". I was under the impression that in such a situation, the proper way to address the wife is "Rebbetzin". Am I wrong? This article seems to say that "Rebbetzin" is valid only for the wife of a Rabbi or Rebbe or Rav, etc. --Keeves 05:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it is a silly thing to say. Jon513 16:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Prior to IZAK's revision as of 12:30, 5 March 2006, the See Also section contained only references to "Rabbi" and "Role of women in Judaism". Those seem very appropriate to me, but all the others which are currently there do not really relate to Rebbetzin at all. Put them on the "Role of women in Judaism" page, but not here. I will delete them soon if there are no objections. --Keeves 15:18, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  the See Also section 

message: In more liberal movements of Judaism, there are rabbis who are married to other rabbis - thus resulting in rabbis who are rebbetzins. Interesting phenomenon, no? 152.163.100.11 06:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In the more liberal movements, the women don't like being "granted" titles based on their husbands achievements. Especially if they are of the mindset to pursue rabbinic ordination. Hence, there would probably be very few women who'd like to be referred to as rebbetzin, and even fewer of them who are Rabbi's in their own right. Omegarad (talk) 18:26, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rabbis who are rebbetzins 

message: Hi Everybody,
What do you think about adding an external links section on the Rebbetzin page? For example, providing a link to Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis's website would be helpful to those looking for more information on what a Rebbetzin "does". 
I have no affiliation with the Rebbetzin or her website I just thought it would be a helpful link.
Thanks - --Itsabouttime (talk) 09:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question about External Links Section for Rebbetzin Page 

message: I've deleted a sentence that was confused on the issue of nouns and gender.  In English most nouns do not have a gender (thus articles are not gendered) - so it doesn't make sense to say that "rabbi" is a male form. Sure, "rav" in Hebrew is male - but that has nothing to do with the use of the word rabbi in English, at least not in grammatical terms.  Anyway, it's not clear to me what this issue has to do with "rebbetzin". Nomoskedasticity (talk) 18:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rabbi is a male noun?? 

message: Anyone know what the etymology of this is? I take in the -in in the German feminine suffix. What about the -tz-? Is that Hebrew, so that we have two feminine suffixes, or also German? — kwami (talk) 18:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Got an answer back elsewhere that the tz is Slavic, and the in German, and it is two fem. suffixes. kwami (talk) 05:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  etymology 

message: Any proof for this claim? It seems very POV and controversial to me.
;The term "Rabbanit" has, in very recent times, been offered as the title for women "Rabbis" in the Orthodox community. Although most in the Orthodox community do not currently recognize the legitimacy of female Rabbis, recently some more liberal elements support the concept. Yehoishophot Oliver (talk) 13:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  claim 

message: What would a "male rebbetzin" be called? Is there even a word for the male spouse of a female rabbi or gay male rabbi? Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 17:56, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Male Rebbetzin