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Meaning of chalutz | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
xəˈluːt͡s

Definitions

A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.

historical

Equivalents

עברית חלוץ

Examples

“Rabbi Avraham Yitzḥak Hacohen Kook was asked in 1935 by Moshe Yurevich, a member of the Torah Va'avodah Hakhsharah movement in Pressburg, about mixed dancing. The question probably referred to dancing the Hora, which was popular at the time among ḥalutzim and members of kibbutzim.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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