Jewish Religious Words Anglicized © Talleres de la Imaginación (Madrid 2010)
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agunah |
Deserted Jewish woman (can't remarry) |
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aleichem |
Traditional Jewish greeting 'peace upon you' |
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Ashkenazic |
Jews of north Europe (lit: German) |
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Atarah |
Jewish divine diadem |
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ayin |
Jewish void or intangible universe |
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Binah |
Jewish intuition, understanding or divine intellegence |
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brit milah |
Jewish Covenant of Circumcision |
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chazzan |
Lead singer in Jewish synagogue |
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Chesed |
Jewish Mercy |
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Chokhmah |
Jewish Wisdom |
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devekut |
Jewish bond to God |
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Din |
Jewish divine judgment |
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Ein Sof |
Jewish concept of eternal |
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Gedullar |
Jewish divine greatness |
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Gevurah |
Jewish divine power or strength |
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gezeirah |
Rabbinical direction with force of law |
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haftarah |
conclusion of Jewish readings |
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Haggadah |
Jewish narratives |
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Halacha |
Jewish legal ruling |
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Halakhah |
Jewish law - practice & rules (pathway) |
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Hasidism |
Jewish sect for whom behaviour transcends learning |
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Hesed |
Jewish divine love |
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Hod |
Jewish Majesty |
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Hokhmah |
Jewish divine wisdom |
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Kabbalah |
Accepted Jewish secret (mysticism: cabal) |
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Kashrut |
Jewish dietary law |
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kavvanah |
Jewish names of god or divine |
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Keter Elyon |
Jewish divine or supreme crown |
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kiddushin |
Jewish betrothal |
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Kodaahim |
Jewish Sacred law |
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kohein |
Jewish priest |
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Kosher |
Fit Jewish food compliant to Kashrut |
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Levite |
Assistant Jewish priest : Deacon |
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Magen David |
Star of David Jewish symbol |
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Malkhut |
Jewish divine kingdom or emination of God |
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Malkut |
Jewish Sovereignty |
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mamzerim |
illegitimate Jewish children - bastards |
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masekhtot |
divisions of Jewish texts into topics: tractates |
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menorah |
seven-branched Jewish candle holder |
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mezuzah |
doorpost receptacle for Jewish religious text |
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midrash |
Study or analogy leading to Jewish law |
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minhag |
Worthy Jewish custom - not law but enforced |
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Minyan |
Quorum of 10 Jewish men for religious ceremonies |
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Mishnah |
Record of Gemara written about 2nd - 5th Cent CE |
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mitsvot |
Jewish God's commandments |
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mitzvah |
Jewish commandment |
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Mo'ed |
Jewish Festival & cultural law |
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mohel |
Jewish circumcission practitioner |
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Nashim |
Women (Jewish Marriage & divorce law) |
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Netzach |
Jewish Victory |
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Nezah |
Jewish divine lasting endurance |
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Nezikin |
Damages (Jewish Civil law) |
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nisuin |
Jewish marriage |
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phylacteries |
Amulets, personal charms or jewellery |
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qedeshim |
Male (esp. temple or religious homosexual partner/prostitute) |
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rabbi |
Jewish legal expert |
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Rahamin |
Jewish divine compassion |
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Rebbe |
Jewish master & guide sometimes 'grand rabbi) |
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sedarim |
Orders within Mishnah |
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sefer k'ritut |
Jewish divorce notification (also: get) |
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Sefirah |
component of Jewish Sefirot. |
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Sefirot |
Systematic Jewish explanation of the attributes of God |
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Sephardic |
Mediterranean Jews (lit: Spanish) |
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Shabatt |
Seventh (rest) day |
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shalom |
Traditional Jewish greeting 'peace upon you' |
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Shekhinah: |
Jewish for God's presence. |
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takkanah |
Rabbinical (developed) Jewish law |
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tallit |
Jewish religious shirt or shawl |
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Talmud |
Traditional oral interpretations of Torah (Gemara) |
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tefillin |
Jewish personal pouch for religious text |
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Tiferet |
Jewish divine beauty |
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Toharot |
Jewish Purity Law |
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Torah |
Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy |
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tzitzit |
Jewish tribal tassels worn on clothes |
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yadha |
To know (esp. unlawful sex) |
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Yahweh |
Jewish name for God also Jehovah (‘to be’ ‘I am’ or ‘he is’): |
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yarmulke |
Jewish skullcap |
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Yesod |
Jewish Foundation |
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Yesod Olam |
Jewish divine foundation of the world |
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Zaddick |
divine Jewish righteous |
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Zera'im |
Seeds - Jewish Agricultural law |