chedar
(ˈhɛdə(r))
Also cheder, heder. Pl. chedarim.
[Heb.]
A Hebrew school for Jewish children.
| 1882 tr. L. Kompert's Scenes from Ghetto 188 At Cheder I often put my Rebbe in the greatest embarrassment by proposing to him questions which he could not answer. 1892 Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 143 His father could not afford to send him to a Chedar. 1899 Daily News 17 Jan. 4/7 The Chedarim, or religious schools. 1900 C. Russell & H. S. Lewis Jew in Lond. 125 The cheder, or private Hebrew school. |