chavrusa

English

Alternative forms

• chavruta, havrusa, havruta

Etymology

From the Ashkenazic pronunciation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חברותא (khavrúta), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Aramaic חברותא (ħavrutaʔ)

Noun

chavrusa (countable and uncountable, plural chavrusas)

1. (Judaism, countable) A pair, typically yeshiva students, who study Talmud and other topics in Judaism together; by extension, any working pair
2. (Judaism, uncountable) The system of studying in this manner

Translations

a pair who study topics in Judaism together

• Hebrew: חַבְרוּתָא (he) (khavrúta)
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• Yiddish: חברותא (khavrusa)

the system of studying Judaism with a partner

• Hebrew: חַבְרוּתָא (he) (khavrúta)
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• Yiddish: חבֿרותא (khavruse)