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chalutzes

chalutzes is the plural of chalutz.

Meaning of chalutz

Noun

chalutz (plural chalutzes or chalutzim)

  1. (historical) A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
    • Rabbi Avraham Yitzḥak Hacohen Kook was asked in 1935 by Moshe Yurevich, a member of the Torah Va'avodah Hakhsharah movement in Pressburg, about mixed dancing. The question probably referred to dancing the Hora, which was popular at the time among ḥalutzim and members of kibbutzim.2024, David Golinkin, “Is Mixed Dancing Really Forbidden At Weddings?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 242

Questions about chalutzes

What is chalutzes the plural of?
Chalutzes is the plural of chalutz.

Words near chalutzes in the dictionary

  1. chalupa
  2. chalupas
  3. chalupita
  4. chalupitas
  5. chalutz
  6. chalutzes
  7. chalutzim
  8. chalutziut
  9. chalutziuth
  10. Chalvey
  11. Chalvington

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