HEDER


Meaning of HEDER in English

I. ˈhēdə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: probably from he (II) + deer (animal)

dialect England : a male sheep ; especially : one past eight or nine months old that has not been sheared

II. noun

or che·der also che·dar ˈḵādər, ˈḵed-

( plural ha·da·rim ḵəˈdärə̇m, -dȯr-, -ˌrēm ; or he·ders ˈḵādərz, ˈḵed-)

Etymology: Yiddish kheyder, from Hebrew ḥedher room

: an elementary Jewish school in which children from about 7 to 13 years of age are taught to read the Pentateuch, the Prayer Book, and other books in Hebrew — compare talmud torah

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