Jewish Religious Words Anglicized © Talleres de la Imaginación (Madrid 2010)

agunah

Deserted Jewish woman (can't remarry)

aleichem

Traditional Jewish greeting 'peace upon you'

Ashkenazic

Jews of north Europe (lit: German)

Atarah

Jewish divine diadem

ayin

Jewish void or intangible universe

Binah

Jewish intuition, understanding or divine intellegence

brit milah

Jewish Covenant of Circumcision

chazzan

Lead singer in Jewish synagogue

Chesed

Jewish Mercy

Chokhmah

Jewish Wisdom

devekut

Jewish bond to God

Din

Jewish divine judgment

Ein Sof

Jewish concept of eternal

Gedullar

Jewish divine greatness

Gevurah

Jewish divine power or strength

gezeirah

Rabbinical direction with force of law

haftarah

conclusion of Jewish readings

Haggadah

Jewish narratives

Halacha

Jewish legal ruling

Halakhah

Jewish law - practice & rules (pathway)

Hasidism

Jewish sect for whom behaviour transcends learning

Hesed

Jewish divine love

Hod

Jewish Majesty

Hokhmah

Jewish divine wisdom

Kabbalah

Accepted Jewish secret (mysticism: cabal)

Kashrut

Jewish dietary law

kavvanah

Jewish names of god or divine

Keter Elyon

Jewish divine or supreme crown

kiddushin

Jewish betrothal

Kodaahim

Jewish Sacred law

kohein

Jewish priest

Kosher

Fit Jewish food compliant to Kashrut

Levite

Assistant Jewish priest : Deacon

Magen David

Star of David Jewish symbol

Malkhut

Jewish divine kingdom or emination of God

Malkut

Jewish Sovereignty

mamzerim

illegitimate Jewish children - bastards

masekhtot

divisions of Jewish texts into topics: tractates

menorah

seven-branched Jewish candle holder

mezuzah

doorpost receptacle for Jewish religious text

midrash

Study or analogy leading to Jewish law

minhag

Worthy Jewish custom - not law but enforced

Minyan

Quorum of 10 Jewish men for religious ceremonies

Mishnah

Record of Gemara written about 2nd - 5th Cent CE

mitsvot

Jewish God's commandments

mitzvah

Jewish commandment

Mo'ed

Jewish Festival & cultural law

mohel

Jewish circumcission practitioner

Nashim

Women (Jewish Marriage & divorce law)

Netzach

Jewish Victory

Nezah

Jewish divine lasting endurance

Nezikin

Damages (Jewish Civil law)

nisuin

Jewish marriage

phylacteries

Amulets, personal charms or jewellery

qedeshim

Male (esp. temple or religious homosexual partner/prostitute)

rabbi

Jewish legal expert

Rahamin

Jewish divine compassion

Rebbe

Jewish master & guide sometimes 'grand rabbi)

sedarim

Orders within Mishnah

sefer k'ritut

Jewish divorce notification (also: get)

Sefirah

component of Jewish Sefirot.

Sefirot

Systematic Jewish explanation of the attributes of God

Sephardic

Mediterranean Jews (lit: Spanish)

Shabatt

Seventh (rest) day

shalom

Traditional Jewish greeting 'peace upon you'

Shekhinah:

Jewish for God's presence.

takkanah

Rabbinical (developed) Jewish law

tallit

Jewish religious shirt or shawl

Talmud

Traditional oral interpretations of Torah (Gemara)

tefillin

Jewish personal pouch for religious text

Tiferet

Jewish divine beauty

Toharot

Jewish Purity Law

Torah

Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

tzitzit

Jewish tribal tassels worn on clothes

yadha

To know (esp. unlawful sex)

Yahweh

Jewish name for God also Jehovah (‘to be’ ‘I am’ or ‘he is’):

yarmulke

Jewish skullcap

Yesod

Jewish Foundation

Yesod Olam

Jewish divine foundation of the world

Zaddick

divine Jewish righteous

Zera'im

Seeds - Jewish Agricultural law