havurah

or cha·vu·rah

[ Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew khah-voo-rah; English khah-voo-rah ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural ha·vu·roth, ha·vu·rot [kh, ah-voo-, rawt, kh, ah-voo-, rohs], English ha·vu·rahs.

1. a Jewish fellowship, especially an informal one that meets regularly for discussion or prayer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of havurah¹

ḥăbhūrāh literally, company, group

Example Sentences

They got a $440 chunk from the Hill Havurah Congregation, a $25 donation from another “football mom,” scores of anonymous gifts and plenty of encouragement.

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More than 50 households tuned into a Zoom meeting Monday night hosted by Hill Havurah, the Jewish community on Capitol Hill, to discuss the episode and its meaning.

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She sang beautifully and was a force at the Fabrangen Havurah in Chevy Chase.

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Thunemann, 52, once lived in an ashram — or spiritual retreat center — and years later tried to start a havurah, or lay-led Jewish community, outside Seattle.

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Such projects include the creation of new religious institutions such as Hill Havurah, an independent Jewish community, and the revitalization of the Old Naval Hospital into the Hill Center, a cultural and educational center.

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