| A | B |
|---|
| cheder | A Jewish school |
| Talmud | Ancient commentary by Rabbis to understand Jewish laws |
| Pentateuch | the first 5 books of the Bible |
| Torah | All of Jewish sacred writing and tradition |
| samovar | a metal urn used to boil water for tea |
| droshky | an open horse-drawn carriage |
| groschen/kopek/ruble | units of money |
| usurer | someone who lends money but demands interest |
| litigant | someone engaged in a lawsuit |
| profligate | a wasteful person |
| Hasid | Jew (of a particular sect of Judaism) |
| chivalrously | galliantly |
| Gehenna | Hell |
| Purim | a Jewish holiday |
| Mishnah | a section of the Talmud |
| clabber | curdled milk |
| bailiff | overseer or steward |
| dandy | a man who is extremely, or overly, elegant with his clothes and manners |
| tumult | an agitation of emotions |
| delicacy | a food treet |
| atonement | amends/apologies |
| recompense | payment or reward |
| gaberdine | a long cloak work by jews |
| scurvy | disease caused by a lack of vitamin C |
| estranged | alienated |
| sycophant | someone who flatters another to win favor |
| feign | to pretend |
| renege | to fail to honr a commitment |
| rebbetzin | wife of a rabbi |
| excommunicated | to be thrown out of a church or religion |
| intrigued | plotted |
| interminable | seemingly endless |
| crone | old woman |
| Cabala | a mystic Judaic philosophy |
| melange | micture |
