havurah

Alternative Spellings

havura, chavurah, chavura

Definitions

• A group of friends, frequently a social or religious group, either within a synagogue or apart from one.

Example Sentences

• My Havurah meets monthly for Shabbat dinner and to socialize. The Havurah meets at Moshe's house this week for Shabbat services.
• "the Movable Minyan, an over twenty-year-old chavura-size, independent congregation." (http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/blogs.php?Itemid=4778)

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew, Aramaic, Modern Hebrew

Etymology

Heb חבורה

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).