cheder
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- noun
- /ˈkheɪdər/
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heder
- During his time at cheder, he developed a deep understanding of the Talmud and other religious texts.
Examples
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As a nine-year-old, Rothko ate breakfast to the sounds of Yiddish and spent his school hours reciting the cheder's Talmud in fluent Hebrew.
Academic text (2008) -
Menaseh had already completed his cheder studies, and after the fall holidays, he was to be apprenticed to a bookbinder.
Fiction book (1999) -
I also went to cheder.
Blog text (4) -
And I was sort of practically forced to go to cheder.
Blog text (4) -
And then from three o'clock to seven, I went to cheder; it's called the Talmud Torah.
Blog text (4) -
Misha—this one, the electrician—was already studying in the cheder by then.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the cafe, he spoke dirty Yiddish, and to the young people born in the village, he spoke the pure, fluent Hebrew he had learned in the cheder.
Fiction book (1996) -
The only religious services provided for children at the settlement were conducted by Reform synagogues, and during the 1920s, the Day Nursery employed a visitor to encourage immigrant children to attend religious schools run by the German-Jewish Hebrew Sunday School Society in place of the traditional cheder.
Academic text (1994) -
At the age of six, she began her education at the cheder, learning Hebrew and religious studies.
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Many Jewish families prioritize sending their children to cheder for a solid foundation in their heritage.
Synonyms
A traditional Jewish school where children learn Hebrew and religion
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cheder comes from the Hebrew chadar meaning 'room', and it came to mean the small classroom where Jewish children learned Hebrew and religion, so cheder is a name for a traditional elementary school.