chadar ochel

Alternative Spellings

hadar ohel

Definitions

• dining hall, dining room

Example Sentences

• "On Shabbat, we all meet in the chadar ochel for dinner and services."

Languages of Origin

Modern Hebrew

Etymology

חדר אוכל 'dining room'

Who Uses This

Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

None

Notes

At some camps, campers often clip the phrase to "Chadar"