Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A study hall.
  

• n. A religious school or synagogue's Hebrew school.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• בית מדרש bet midrash, "house of study/interpretation"
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Regions

• North America
• Great Britain
• South Africa
• Australia / New Zealand

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

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