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apikoros
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a person who knows "the law" (Talmudic law) but does not believe in God.
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ba'al teshuvah
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a returnee to the faith
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balebustah
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1. a boss
2. a matriarch |
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beit midrash
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a study hall
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bekishe
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a long overcoat
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boocher
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an unmarried young man
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boychik
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a youth
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challah
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braided bread
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chaver
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a friend
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cheder
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day school
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daven
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to pray
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etrog
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Sukkot zitron
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gardle
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a belt
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Gemara
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part of the Talmud
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goyim
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non-Jews
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Halakha
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Jewish law
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Haredim
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the Ultra-Orthodox
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Hasidim
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Orthodox Jews who follow charismatic rebbes.
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Haskala
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The Enlightenment
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hegdesh
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a mess
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kapoteh
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overcoat
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Kohan
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a priest in the temple
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kollel
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an advanced institute of talmudic learning for married students
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loshon hora
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gossip
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lulav
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Sukkot reeds
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mamzer
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a bastard, literally
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mashgiach
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inspector of kashrut
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mezuzah
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you kiss this at the doorway
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mikveh
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This you call a bath?!
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mitzvah
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Oy! Where's my embroidered sheet?!
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mohel
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Ay gevalt! He cut my schmuck!
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Moshiach
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The goyim think it's Jesus.
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Mussar
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the study of moral development
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neshuma
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the soul
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parnassah
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This you call a living?!
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payess
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locks by your ears
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pushke
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put your gelt here for charity
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rav
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non-Hassidic rabbinic scholar
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rebbe
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This you call a rabbi?!
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sabra
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1. a person born in Israel
2. a brand of hummus we don't buy because they donate to people who mistreat Palestinians |
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Schachris
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morning prayer services
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Schechting
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ritual slaughter of animals
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schnorr
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to panhandle or beg
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schochet
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the act of Schechting
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sefer
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a book
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Shabbos
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Baruch atah adonai, elahainu melach ha olam, hasher kiddishanu barmitzvah tov lahidlachner shel shabat
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shatnes
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Wool and linen cannot mix because of. . .
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shiduch
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an arranged marriage
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shtiebl
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prayer room
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shtetl
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I'd build a great big house in the middle of the town. . .
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shtreimel
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a hat for Shabbos
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shul
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synagogue
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shmitta
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the sabbatical year when the land must be given a rest
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siddur
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prayer book
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smicha
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rabbi's ordination
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soifer
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a scribe
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tallis
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prayer shawl
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t'fillin
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phylacteries; small leather cases holding inscriptions that are bound to the forehead and arms with leather straps during morning prayers
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tzaddik
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righteousness
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tzedakkah
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charity
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tzitzis
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your strands are showing
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upsherinish
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cutting a boy's hair on his third birthday
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yahrzeit
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annual commemoration of someone's death
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yarmulke
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You wear this on your keppe.
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yeshiva
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seminary
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yiddishkeit
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Jewishness
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yungerleit
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young men
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zmiros
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songs sung on Shabbos
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