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 • May 15, 2023

He sat and laid plans for carrying on the education in the Talmud Torah, and he felt so light of heart that he sang to himself for very pleasure.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

Entering the Talmud Torah on Sunday, he was greeted by four empty walls.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

Of the Lodz Talmud Torah a writer says that "no Jewish community, even outside of Russia, possesses such an institution, not excepting the Hirsch schools in Galicia."

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.

"Aber a Talmud Torah School," Rudnik cried; "that's something which you couldn't got no objection to."

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague