Definition of "heder" [heder]

• An elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts. (noun)

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• "Joseph was in heder all day; the baby was a quiet little thing; Mashke was no worse than usual."
• "I was wild with indignation and pity when I remembered how my poor brother had been cruelly tormented because he did not want to sit in heder and learn what was after all false or useless."
• "Analogizing itself from the modern heders of Eastern Europe (the so-called heder metukkan), these American schools offered girls a supplementary school curriculum that emphasized Hebrew language, grammar, conversation, and literature."