Talmud Torah

American  

[tahl-mood taw-rah, tahl-mood toh-ruh, -muhd, tahl-muhd tawr-uh, tohr-uh, tal-] / tɑlˈmud tɔˈrɑ, ˈtɑl mʊd ˈtoʊ rə, -məd, ˈtɑl məd ˈtɔr ə, ˈtoʊr ə, ˈtæl- /

noun

Hebrew.

1. (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.

2. (in the U.S.) a Jewish religious school for children, holding classes at the end of the secular school day.

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Example Sentences

Her two daughters have started attending a Talmud Torah after-school program: “They teach me now — the songs, their meaning,” she said.

From New York Times

After that closed, it reopened as a Jewish bingo parlor called the Talmud Torah, which the owners occasionally rented out for rock shows.

From Seattle Times

In these verses and on this street, Jews, blacks and Puerto Ricans walked in the spring sunlight, past the avenue’s mainstays at the time — the Downtown Talmud Torah, Blosztein’s Cutrate Bakery, Areceba Panataria Hispano, Nathan Kugler Chicken Store Fresh Killed Daily and others.

From New York Times

The orphans are given free meals by the householders and study in the Talmud Torah.

From Project Gutenberg

On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.

From Project Gutenberg