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chalutzim

chalutzim 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 chalutzim

What is chalutzim the plural of?
Chalutzim is the plural of chalutz.

Words near chalutzim in the dictionary

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

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