heder
Americannoun
plural
hadarim,plural
heders-
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
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(in the U.S.) Talmud Torah.
noun
Example Sentences
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My parents enrolled me in the heder when I was five years old.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
I had an edge on my classmates, since I had learned from my brothers, imitating them as they were doing their heder homework even if I didn't understand what they were studying.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
September through May, I went to public school in the morning and to heder, Jewish school, in the afternoon.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
With a mournful melody, it tells of a rabbi teaching the Hebrew alphabet to his young students, just the way I was learning those letters in heder.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
The sons were sent to heder, like all respectable boys; and they were taught, in addition, writing and arithmetic, enough for conducting a business.
From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary
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