Talk:Chavurah

message: Perhaps this article should mention the role of the Reconstructionist_Judaism in popularizing the chavurah? (Oddly enough, that article hardly mentions them.) 
However, the website of the movement lists both Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot on the same page, suggesting they give both equal importance. (Perhaps as chavurot often evolve into sunagugyes; this phenomenon is hardly limited to reconstructionism.)
Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot: 
http://www2.jrf.org/cong/directory-all.php
Neil Fein 23:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mentioning others

message: I think it would be great if the regional retreats were added to this page (but can't add them because I am a publicity manager for one such retreat).
--AnnaLilliman 17:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regional Retreats 

message: This article says that the purpose of a havurah inculdes Jewish learning. Does this mean that a havurah could maintain a bet midrash? Prsaucer1958 (talk) 00:52, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bet Madrash 

message: Riv-Ellen Prell. Prayer and Community: The Havurah in American Judaism. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1989.
This book may be helpful if anyone wishes to expand this entry? 
131.111.184.102 (talk) 13:46, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prayer and Community: The Havurah in American Judaism (1989) 

message: As a native speaker of Hebrew, I feel that this is more suitable for a wiktionary article, not a Wikipedia one. Chavurot are just like groups of friends. It's like if someone wrote an article about a special type of community organisations in English speaking countries called "bros" Mèþru (talk) 02:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Note:  This discussion has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. 02:27, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess my Israeli is showing. Did not know North American Jews have a narrow meaning Mèþru (talk) 17:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   תודה!  Hello Chavurah, Warshy has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!   Smile at others by adding  to their talk page with a friendly message. warshy (¥¥) 17:07, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you for withdrawing the nomination to delete. IZAK (talk) 21:34, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

text:  Thank you for reverting the proposed suggestion to delete. IZAK (talk) 21:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed deletion 

message: When a group makes matzes together, those matzes are called "chabureh matzes", and the people are called a "chabureh". The same word as "chavurah", with informal pronunciation. Can be added to the article. Debresser (talk) 16:50, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chabureh matzes 

message: Hi there, is there a reason the page is titled Chavura instead of Chabura? My understanding of Hebrew phonology is that the ב is the start of the second syllable of the word, and so would be voiced with a "b" sound, as it is in common speech as far as I am aware. Also, if this is not a reference to a the word but to a specific American practice, maybe the page can be retitled "Chavura (Religious organization)" or something of that nature? Ak0015 (talk) 14:11, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: As for your "Hebrew phonology" question, you are mistaken, the Hebrew pronunciation of the word is chavurah, with a v sound, since the letter ב does not have a dagesh in modern spoken Hebrew. The title is fine with me as is. Thank you, warshy (¥¥) 15:26, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: To clarify, the reason for this is that, while a bet which followed a patah ("a") would normally be geminated ("b"), in this case the patah is hataf, which works like a schwa and raphates to following bet into "v". The first letter is a heth, which as a gutteral cannot take a mobile schwa, but in form it's the same as gevurah (strength) or kevurah (grave) -- chavurah (group). Some users, mistaking the hataf patah, which is really a type of schwa, for a full patah, pronounce it chaburah. GordonGlottal (talk) 14:11, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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