| A | B |
|---|
| chumash | bible with commentary or explanation |
| festival of succos | jewish thanksgiving |
| goyim | non-jew; gentile |
| hanukkah | festival of lights celebrated for 8 days |
| kaddish | special prayer for the dead recited in memory of a deceased family member |
| kiddush | blessing over wine sung by the family on friday evening |
| krias shema | a prayer |
| matzos | ceremonial unleavened bread |
| passover sedorim | special prayer book that contains the service for pesach |
| payos | earlocks, sidecurls, hair growing from the temples that is never cut |
| pesach (passover) | celebrates the time in egypt when the angel of death killed the first-born male of every family in the city except those with lamb's blood on the door |
| rebbe | russian word for rabbi, leader of hasidic community |
| russian hasidic | ultra-orthodox jews who follow a strict interpretation of the talmund |
| shabbat | the jewish holy day that begins on friday at sundown and ends at sundown on saturday |
| sitra achra | the other side; the force of evil |
| tallis | a shawl worn during prayer |
| talmund | basic summary of jewish law based on scholarly interpreation of the torah |
| tefillin | small leather containing verses from the torah that remind of the duties |
| torah | body of divine law, the first five books of the old testament |
| tzadic | hasidic leader believed to have special relationship to god |
| tzittzit | fringes on under shirt always worn outside by hasids |
| yamicha | hat worn by men in synagogue out of respect of god; some men wear all the time |
| yeshiva | jewish school providing secular and religious education |
| yiddish | language spoken by jews, a combination of german and hewbrew |
| yoh ribbon olom | master of the universe; god |
| yom kippur | day of atonement, the highest of holy days |
