heder

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

noun

, Yiddish.

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

1. (especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
2. (in the U.S.) Talmud Torah ( def 2 ).

heder

/ ˈheɪdə; ˈxɛdɛr /

noun

1. See cheder
   a variant spelling of cheder

Example Sentences

Non vincant heder bracchia flexiles, Conch non superent oscula dulcia, Emanet pariter sudor et ossibus Grato murmure ab intimis.

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Is it credible that a Clarendon Press editor should be ignorant that ivydoctarum heder prmia frontiumis the emblem of the poet?

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The boys came to heder before nine in the morning, and remained until eight or nine in the evening.

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Five years old when he entered heder, at eleven he was already a yeshibah bahur—a student in the seminary.

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Joseph was the best Jewish boy that ever was born, but he hated to go to heder, so he had to be whipped, of course.

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