heder

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

/ ˈxeɪ dər; English ˈxeɪ dər, -ˈheɪ- /

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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).

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Also cheder.

Words nearby heder

Hecuba, he'd, Hedda Gabler, heddle, hedenbergite, heder, hedera, hedge, hedge apple, hedge fund, hedge garlic

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How to use heder in a sentence

Non vincant heder bracchia flexiles, Conch non superent oscula dulcia, Emanet pariter sudor et ossibus Grato murmure ab intimis.
Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects|Giorgio Vasari
Is it credible that a Clarendon Press editor should be ignorant that ivydoctarum heder prmia frontiumis the emblem of the poet?
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
The boys came to heder before nine in the morning, and remained until eight or nine in the evening.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin
Five years old when he entered heder, at eleven he was already a yeshibah bahur—a student in the seminary.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin

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.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin

British Dictionary definitions for heder

heder

/ Hebrew (ˈxɛdɛr, English ˈheɪdə) /

noun plural hadarim (xadaˈriːm)

a variant spelling of cheder

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