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kheder

kheder is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of kheder

pluralkheders
pluralkhederim

Questions about kheder

What is kheder the alternative spelling of?
Kheder is the alternative spelling of cheder.

Words near kheder in the dictionary

  1. khedas
  2. khedda
  3. kheddah
  4. kheddahs
  5. kheddas
  6. kheder
  7. khederim
  8. kheders
  9. khediva
  10. khedivah
  11. khedivahs

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