Ab Beth Din |
Presiding judge of an ecclesiastical court. |
Aliyah |
To be called to the Reading of the Law. |
Aliyoth |
Callings to the Reading of the Law. |
Almemah |
The raised dais in the synagogue. |
Ashkenazi(m) |
Eastern European Jew(s), or those who pray according to their rites. German(s). |
Atuas |
Gods. |
Bameh Madlikin |
"With what does one light?" An extract from the Talmud recited in some synagogues at the Friday evening services. |
Bate Din |
Ecclesiastical courts. |
Barmitzvah |
Literally "a son of the commandment". A lad who becomes thirteen years of age; the ceremony associated with it. |
Ba'al Koreh |
The Reader of the Law. |
Beth Din |
An ecclesiastical court. |
Beth El |
The House of God. |
Bimah |
The raised dais in the synagogue. |
Brith |
A covenant. A circumcision. |
Chevra Kadishah |
Burial Society. |
Choveve Zion |
Lovers of Zion. |
Eben Sappir |
Sapphire stone. |
Eretz Israel |
The Land of Israel. |
Ethrog |
A citron. |
Gabbai d'Beth Almin |
Treasurer or supervisor of the cemetery. |
Gere Zedek |
Righteous proselytes. Those who convert to Judaism because of belief. |
Get |
A Jewish divorce. |
Habonim |
The builders. A society of that name. |
Hagesher |
The Bridge. |
Haka |
A native Maori dance. |
Hathan Bereshith |
"The Bridegroom of the Beginning". The person called to read the first portion of Genesis on the Festival of the Rejoicing of the Law. |
Hathan Torah |
"The Bridegroom of the Law". The person called to read the last portion of the Pentateuch on the Festival of the Rejoicing of the Law. |
Haphtorah |
The selection from the prophets read in the synagogues on Sabbaths and Festivals. |
Hazzan |
Cantor. Reader. |
Hevra Kadishah |
Burial Society. |
Kaddish |
A mourner's prayer. |
Kashered |
Made fit to be consumed or used according to Jewish dietary laws. |
Kashruth |
Appertaining to Jewish dietary laws.
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Kehilah |
Congregation. Community. |
Knesseth Israel |
The Assembly of Israel. |
Ketubah. Ketuboth |
Compulsory Jewish marriage maintenance agreement(s). |
Kiddush |
Sanctification prayer recited over wine on Friday and Festival nights and on Sabbath and Festival mornings. |
Kosher |
That which is fit to be consumed according to Jewish dietary laws. |
Kol Nidre |
The Day of Atonement evening service. |
Lulav |
A branch of the palm tree. |
Matzah |
Unleavened bread. |
Megilah |
A scroll. The scroll or the Book of Esther. |
Metahar House |
Mortuary Chapel. The place where a dead body is cleansed. |
Mezuzah. Mezuzoth |
The prayer(s) affixed to the right door posts of Jewish homes. |
Minyan(im) |
A quorum of ten men over thirteen years of age, necessary if a service is to be considered a public service. A group (s) who conduct services in a room. |
Minhag Polen |
The Polish custom. The Polish rite. |
Mikvah |
A ritual bath. |
Mizrahi |
Of the east. A society of that name. |
Mohel(im) |
Circumcisor(s). |
Morenu |
Our Teacher. |
Neveh Zedek |
A righteous habitation. A name usually given to an orphanage. |
Pa |
A fortified Maori village. |
Padraos |
Portuguese coins. |
Pakeha |
White man. |
Purim |
The Feast of Lots. The Feast of Esther. |
Rangatira no Uropi |
A gentleman from Europe. |
Rosh Hashanah |
The Jewish New Year. |
Sandek |
The person who holds the child during the circumcision ceremony. |
Seder |
Order. The service at home on the first and second nights of the Passover. |
Sedra |
The portion of the Law read in the synagogues on Sabbaths. |
Sefer Barmitzvah |
The Barmitzvah Book of the Jewish National Fund. |
Sefer Hamdinah |
The State Book of the Jewish National Fund. |
Sefer Hayeled |
The Children's Book of the Jewish National Fund. |
Sefer Torah |
The Scroll of the Law. |
Sephardi(m) |
Spanish and Portuguese Jews and those who follow their ritual. |
Sgan |
Vice. A person who stands next to the Reader of the Law and elects who should be called to the Torah. |
Shehitah |
The act of ritual slaughtering. |
Shema |
Hear. A prayer recited in the evening and morning which commences with that word. |
Shivah |
The seven days of mourning for a close relative. |
Shmud |
Conversion to Christianity. |
Shofar |
A ram's horn. |
Shohet(im) |
Ritual slaughterer(s). |
Shool ganav |
Synagogue thief.
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Sifre Torah |
Scrolls of the Law. |
Simhas Torah |
The Festival of the Rejoicing of the Law. |
Succah |
A booth used during the Tabernacle Festival. |
Succoth |
The Tabernacle Festival. |
Talith |
A praying shawl. |
Torah |
The Law. The Scroll of the Law. |
Trefah |
Unfit for consumption according to the Jewish dietary laws. |
Tu B'Shvat |
The 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat. Arbour Day. The New Year for Trees. |
Utu |
Compensation, revenge (Maori). |
Whare |
A Maori dwelling. |
Yahrzeit |
The anniversary of a death. |
Yeshivah. Yeshivoth |
Talmudical college(s). |
Yekum Purkon |
May salvation be granted. A prayer recited on Sabbath mornings. |
Yom Kippur |
The Day of Atonement. |