heder

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.

The Promised Land 1912

Joseph was in heder all day; the baby was a quiet little thing; Mashke was no worse than usual.

The Promised Land 1912

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.

Orthodox Judaism in the United States. 2009

The heder was the only beginning allowable for a boy in Polotzk, and to heder Joseph must go.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

The heder was the only beginning allowable for a boy in Polotzk, and to heder Joseph must go.

The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912

Girls occasionally studied in heder long enough to master phonetic Hebrew reading that could be easily adapted to the reading of Yiddish texts which were written in Hebrew letters.

Poland: Early Modern (1500-1795). 2009

She was raised in a traditional-Zionist home and educated in a heder, together with boys.

Hasya Sukenik-Feinsod. 2009

He sent his sons to heder and hired a private tutor for his daughters.

Beba Idelson. 2009

Her father received a Jewish education at heder and yeshiva, while her mother had attended elementary school.

Hadassa Ben-Itto. 2009

She labored to invent new poetical language that was close to the spoken language and free of the residue of the scholarly, textual culture of the heder (European religious schools for young children).

Rahel Bluwstein. 2009