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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:SMURF::FENSTER
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1524
Total number of notes:18709

950.0. "Chavurot" by ALEX::CONN (Alex Conn, ZKO) Tue Jun 19 1990 05:52

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950.1Some help with namesALEX::CONNAlex Conn, ZKOTue Jun 19 1990 05:5915
I belong to a small Jewish group that is trying to find a new name.  A
number have been suggested mostly revolving around Havurah or Chavura(h).

I have been searching through my Hebrew dictionary and the Jewish catalogs 
and find I need help (my Hebrew training is marginal).  As far as I can
tell, Havurah stands for "friends" or "fellowship."  Is that correct?  How
do I know whether to use Havurat or Havurah?  (One of the potential names
is Havurat Shalom, if that is correct...)

Another name suggested is Adat Shalom.  I do not find "adat" in my
dictionary, but somebody said it stood for "community."  Is that correct?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Alex
950.2I knew those ulpan classes would help me someday.ERICG::ERICGEric GoldsteinThu Jun 21 1990 15:1513
.1> ... Havurah stands for "friends" or "fellowship."  Is that correct?

"Fellowship" is a pretty good translation.


.1> ... do I know whether to use Havurat or Havurah?  (One of the potential
.1 names is Havurat Shalom, if that is correct...)

The noun is "havura", though it's often transliterated as "chavura", because it
starts with the gutteral letter "chet".  If you decide to call it Foo, then the
correct form would be Havurat Foo (or Chavurat Foo).  The ending of chavura is
changed because it is the first word in a compound noun; the technical term (in
Hebrew) for this grammatical construct is "smichut".
950.3Chavurot Shalom - great tradition!FDCV30::ROSENZWEIGThu Jun 21 1990 23:1417
    Technically speaking, your group already is a Havura or havurah, a
    group of friends meeting together to study, worship, or pursue some
    cause together.  There is a national Havura movement that meets
    annually in August for all the above reasons.  I forgot the national
    and/or local address but the Hillel people at any college (try
    Brandeis) would know or call Temple Beth El in Sudbury (508) 443-9622.
    
    By the way Havurot Shalom was one of the first organized in the greater
    Boston area to become an alternative Jewish community in Somerville.
    Many of our leading rabbis who are now in the forties either lived,
    studied, or worshipped there. They are still located at 113 College 
    Ave and the present residents usually answer most of my questions
    about Jewish matters. Their phone is (617)-MADFERN.  (really!)
    
    RR
    
    Good luck!