cheder

[ khey-duhr; English khey-der, hey- ]

noun

, Yiddish.

, plural cha·da·rim [kh, uh, -, dah, -, r, im], English che·ders.

1. heder.

cheder

/ ˈxɛdɛr; ˈheɪdə /

noun

1. (in Western countries) elementary religious education classes, usually outside normal school hours
2. more traditionally, a full-time elementary religious school
3. informal.
   a place of corrective instruction; prison

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheder¹

literally: room

Example Sentences

I was a six-year-old Cheder boy, my father a countryman outside Wilna, a householder in a small way.

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He loves the sun, and the Rebbe hangs his caftan across the window, and the Cheder is darkened, so that it oppresses the soul.

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And many more wonderful things Abramtzig tells from the "Cheder."

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Do you think she did not come frequently to the "Cheder" to find out how I was getting on?

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Next morning I arrived at "Cheder" with my Bible in one hand and my dinner in the other.

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