chavrusa

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chavrusa

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From the Ashkenazic pronunciation of Hebrew חברותא (khavrúta), from Aramaic חברותא (ħavrutaʔ).

noun chavrusas · chavruta · havrusa · havruta · chevruta · chevrutah

  1. Judaism, countable A partner with whom one studies Talmud and other topics in Judaism; by extension, any study partner. A bachur who takes arguments personally will very quickly find himself without a chavrusa.
  2. Judaism, countable A pair of students who study together.
  3. Judaism, countable A study session with a partner. I have a Chumash chavrusa with Shlomo every Thursday at 9 pm.

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noun a partner for studying topics in Judaism

עבריתחַבְרוּתָא khavrúta

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@misc{chavrusa_2026,
  title = {chavrusa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chavrusa},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}