cheder

English

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Etymology

From Yiddish חדר‎ (kheyder), from Hebrew חדר‎ (khéder, “room”).

Noun

cheder (plural cheders or chederim or chedarim or chadarim or chadorim)

  1. An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew.
    • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 51:
      A businessman in New York who happened to be in the Midlands at the time was so impressed by Asher's methods that he was funding him to set up a string of chederim – Sunday schools for Jews – all over the United States.

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Ladin

Noun

cheder m (plural cheders)

  1. ambit, scope
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