Quotes About Cheder

I did go to cheder and was a bar mitzvah. We were members of an Orthodox synagogue, although we were not religious. My grandfather was Polish. He came to Ireland in the '30s.

Two cheder students were discussing how hard and tiring their studies had become, and impulsively one blurted: "Let's run away!" "Run away? … Our fathers would catch up with us and give us a sound thrashing." "So we'll hit them back!" "What? Hit your father?! You must be mad. Have you forgotten the Commandment—always to honor your father and mother?" "Mmh…. So you hit my father and I'll hit yours.