cheder

cheder

(ˈxɛdɛr; English ˈheɪdə) or

heder

n, pl chadarim (xadaˈriːm) or English cheders

1. (Judaism) (in Western countries) elementary religious education classes, usually outside normal school hours

2. (Judaism) (more traditionally) a full-time elementary religious school

3. (Judaism) informal a place of corrective instruction; prison

[literally: room]

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he•der

(ˈxeɪ dər, ˈheɪ-)

also cheder

n.

(esp. formerly in E Europe) a private Jewish school for teaching young children the fundamentals of Judaism.

[1880–90; < Yiddish kheyder < Hebrew ḥedher literally, room]

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