chavrusa

English

Alternative forms
  • chavruta, havrusa, havruta

Etymology

From the Ashkenazic pronunciation of Hebrew חברותא‎ (khavrúta), from Aramaic חברותא‎ (ħavrutaʔ)

Noun

chavrusa (countable and uncountable, plural chavrusas)

  1. (Judaism, countable) A pair, typically yeshiva students, who study Talmud and other topics in Judaism together; by extension, any working pair
  2. (Judaism, uncountable) The system of studying in this manner

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