heder

[khey-duh r; English khey-der, -hey-]

noun, plural ha·da·rim

[khuh-dah-rim] /xəˈdɑ rɪm/, English he·ders. Yiddish.

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

Also cheder.

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Examples from the Web for heder

Historical Examples of heder

There was nothing in what the boys did in heder that I could not have done—if I had not been a girl.
The Promised Land
Mary Antin
Promptly when custom prescribed, Pinchus, the petted only son, was sent to heder.
The Promised Land
Mary Antin
The heder was the only beginning allowable for a boy in Polotzk, and to heder Joseph must go.
The Promised Land
Mary Antin
These developed later into the ivy leaf , or heder distinguentes.
Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering
Edward Johnston
Attendance at the heder was compulsory for all children of school age, approximately from six to thirteen.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I (of 3)
S. M. Dubnow

British Dictionary definitions for heder

heder

noun plural hadarim (xadaˈriːm)

a variant spelling of cheder

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