Glossary of Hebrew Terms(updated regularly)
afikomen - 3rd piece of Pesach matzah ahavah - love aliya - to go up Am Yisrael - people of Israel amidah - central prayer Av - Father Avinu Malkeynu - Our Father Our King baali t'shuvah - master of return / repentance bar mitzvah - son of the commandment bat mitzvah - daughter of the commandment Baruch HaShem - bless the NAME berakhot - blessings Bet Emet - house of truth Bet Lechem - house of bread (Bethlehem) bevakasha - your welcome challah - braided bread chaver - friend chaverim - friends cohen - priest Cohen HaGadol - high priest davven - pray drashot - sermons / teachings echad - one El Elyon - The Most High El Gibbor - Mighty God El Olam - Everlasting God El Shaddai - The Almighty Elohim - one and only God Elohim Krovim - God is near eretz - land etrog - fruit goy - gentile goyim - gentiles haggadah - story told at Pesach halel - psalms of praise hallelujah - praise God HaShem - the NAME hatikvah - hope havdalah - Saturday service closing Shabbat huppah - wedding canopy kaddish - mourners prayer kadosh - holy kashrut - dietary laws kehillat - assembly ketubah - marriage contract kiddush - prayer over wine kippah - also Yalmulke - head covering korban - sacrifice kosher - suitable to eat kvetching - complaining layla tov - good night L'Chaim - to life (a toast) lehittroot - goodbye lulav - palm like branches ma nishma - how are you Magen Dovid - sheild or star of David matzah - unleavened bread mayim - water mayim chayim - water of life mazel tov - congratulations melech - king menorah - 7 branched candlestick mensche - likeable person meshugga - crazy mezuzah - case on doorpost containing Shema mikvah - purification bath minyan - 10 or more for service mishpocha - family mitzvah - commandment / good act mohel - one who performs circumcision Moshe - Moses olam - universe olam haba - world to come Pesach - Passover rabbi - teacher Ruach HaKodesh - Holy Spirit seder - Passover meal Shabbat - Sabbath Shabbat Shalom - Sabbath Peace shalom - peace shalom aleychem - peace to you my friend Shammayim - heaven shauvah tov - good week Shavout - Pentecost Shema - statement of faith, oath, central prayer shofar - rams horn shul - congregation siddur - prayer book Sukkot - Tabernacles tallit - prayer shawl talmid - student talmid chachem - Torah student talmidim - students Talmud -rabbinical writings todah - thanks Torah - first 5 books, the law t'shuvah - return, repent tzaddik - one who has proven himself righteous tzitzit - fringes on the tallit Yahweh - sacred name of God Yerushalayim - Jerusalem yeshiva - religious school yetzer ha'rah - evil inclination yetzer tov - good inclination yirat HaShem - reverant fear Yom Teruah - Day of the blowing of the shofar Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement zakar - remember, imprint
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