chalutz

English

Etymology

From Hebrew חָלוּץ.

Noun

chalutz (plural chalutzes or chalutzim)

  1. (historical) A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
    • 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Mixed Dancing Really Forbidden At Weddings?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 242:
      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.
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