cheder
Americannoun
noun
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(in Western countries) elementary religious education classes, usually outside normal school hours
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more traditionally, a full-time elementary religious school
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informal a place of corrective instruction; prison
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cheder
literally: room
Example Sentences
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Kecel had no yeshiva, so Menahem gained an elementary knowledge of Hebrew and Jewish law and ritual at a cheder, a Jewish primary school.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022
One of twelve brothers & sisters, he went to school in the one-room village cheder, where the rabbi's goat stumbled about among the drying wash and tumbling babies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shall he waste his precious years helping his father teach cheder?
From Rabbi and Priest A Story by Goldsmith, Milton
These cheder teachers were usually a haggard-looking lot with full beards and voices hoarse with incessant shouting.
From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham
This was followed by similar scenes at the houses of my cousins, until finally I was allowed to resume my studies, sometimes at the same cheder, sometimes at some other one.
From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham
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