cheder

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cheder

/ˈxɛdəɹ/
/ˈxɛdɛəɹ/
/ˈxejdəɹ/

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From Yiddish חדר (kheyder), from Hebrew חֶדֶר (khéder, “room”).

noun cheders · chederim · chedarim · chadarim · chadorim · cheider

Judaism An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew. A businessman in New York who happened to be in the Midlands at the time was so impressed by Asher's methods that he was funding him to set up a string of chederim – Sunday schools for Jews – all over the United States.

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noun school

हिन्दी	ख़ेदेर xeder
Deutsch	Cheder, Chederschule
Русский	хе́дер xɛ́dɛr
العربية	كُتَّاب kuttāb
עברית	חֶדֶר khéder

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@misc{cheder_2026,
  title = {cheder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}