| A | B |
|---|
| shofar | a wind instrument made from a ram's horn |
| tallit | a shawl for prayer |
| kabbalah | a book of Jewish mysticism |
| mitnaged | a sect which apposed the Hasids |
| shtibblach | the name for the house of worship in a Hasidic sect |
| shul | school |
| ark | an enclosure in a synagogue or temple for the scrolls of the Torah |
| caftan | a long garment like a jacket |
| kaddish | a prayer for someone who has died |
| challah | type of bread |
| amalek | heathen |
| b'kuit | simple interpretations of the Talmud |
| nu | "good." "well." "continue;" the word has many different connotations; similar to "so." |
| gematriya | a mystical method of interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures based upon the numerical value of the letters in the words |
| havdalah | a brief service at the end of Shabbat |
| goy | a non-Jew |
| kashruth | the laws applying to food preparation |
