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cheders

cheders is the plural of cheder.

Meaning of cheder

Noun

cheder (plural cheders or chederim or chedarim or chadarim or chadorim)

  1. (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.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 51

Questions about cheders

What is cheders the plural of?
Cheders is the plural of cheder.

Words near cheders in the dictionary

  1. cheddite
  2. cheddites
  3. Cheddleton
  4. cheder
  5. chederim
  6. cheders
  7. chedi
  8. Chediak-Higashi anomalies
  9. Chediak-Higashi anomaly
  10. chedipe
  11. chedipes

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