HEDER


Meaning of HEDER in English

/khay"deuhrdd/ ; Eng. /khay"deuhr, -hay"-/ , n. , pl. hadarim /kheuh dah"rddim/ , Eng. heders . Yiddish.

1. (esp. in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.

2. (in the U.S.) See Talmud Torah (def. 2).

Also, cheder .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .