What is a teacher of Jewish faith called?

Answer 1

A student in a yeshiva will refer to his teacher as "Rebbe" both to others and in third person to his teacher out of respect. For example, "Can Rebbe explain it to me again". However, amongst his colleges he'll be call Rabbi (in most English speaking countries) e.g. Rabbi Gold will be here today.

Answer 2

A teacher of Jewish faith is called Rabbi. If it is a Rabbi's wife, she is often called Rebitzin. Someones teacher is usually called their Rebbi.

Answer 3

There are lots of Hebrew words for teacher. Melamed is a common word for teacher, specifically a teacher of young children. The root is the same root as talmud and, meaning learning. The prefix "me" means with. In terms of the traditional curriculum for teaching Jewish children, Torah was the subject matter for elementary reading instruction, so most Jewish children learned Torah from a melamed. Another word is moreh. That is the most general word for teacher, typically used at all levels of the education system, whether secular or religious, from elementary to yeshiva or college levels. Finally, there are rabbis; rabbi is a title that can be taken to mean master in much the same way as the word is used in schoolmaster or master craftsman or masters' degree. This title was granted 2000 years ago and now to indicate that a person had mastered the Torah at a level allowing them to judge cases in Jewish law as well as teach the meaning of that law. Rabbis 2000 years ago were ordained (the Hebrew word is semikhah) by their teacher, through a ritual of laying on of hands (that is the literal meaning of semikhah). Today, rabbis are mostly trained at seminaries. 2000 years ago, there were as yet no seminaries, but rabbis typically had disciples who they trained and, when they were ready, ordained.