单词 | hebra |
释义 | hebran. (See quot. 1959.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > hebra hebra1880 1880 Jewish Chron. 6 Feb. 9/2 The poorer classes prefer to belong to one of the numerous Hebras which..abound in the East End. 1880 Jewish Chron. 6 Feb. 4/1 Many of these unattached Jews are not wealthy... They..have their Hebras, their customs and peculiarities. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. i. ii. 44 Even in the smallest Chevrah the high hat comes next in sanctity to the Scroll of the Law. 1918 C. G. Montefiore Liberal Judaism & Hellenism v. 259 This oligarchic tendency is counteracted by the little Synagogues and the Chevras. 1959 F. M. Wilson They came as Strangers iii. iii. 195 Thousands of Jews were too poor to be seat-holders in the synagogue, so they formed chevras, which were partly Friendly Societies, and partly groups for public worship and the study of the Talmud. 1960 Economist 25 June 1331/1 Here and there are the little chevras or conventicles whose continued existence so much annoyed the big synagogues. 1960 L. P. Gartner Jewish Immigrant vii. 186 In the hebra..a Jew associated himself with fellow Jews..for..worship and study and conviviality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1880 |
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