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cheder
[ khey-duhr; English khey-der, hey- ]
cheder
/ ˈheɪdə; ˈxɛdɛr /
noun
- (in Western countries) elementary religious education classes, usually outside normal school hours
- more traditionally, a full-time elementary religious school
- informal.a place of corrective instruction; prison
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cheder1
literally: room
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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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