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Kashrut
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The laws concerning permitted and forbidden foods |
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Kashering |
the process of making a food Kosher |
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Parve |
Food that it neither meat nor dairy, and so can be eaten at any meal |
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Rosh Ha-shana |
The Jewish New Year, 10 days before Yom Kippur, celebration of the day God created the Earth, feast includes wine, hallah, and apples dipped in honey |
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Selichot |
Penitential prayers recited in Preparation for the high holy days |
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Tishrei |
Month in which the high holy days occur |
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Yom Kippur |
Day of Atonement, ten days after Rosh Ha-shana, 24 hour fast, the services of Avodah, Yizkor, and Neilah celebrated |
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Shofar |
Ram's horn, blown twice on Rosh Ha-shana to awaken people to God's coming |
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Yom Tov |
Holiday with Sabbath-like observances |
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Shelosh Regalim |
The pilgrim holidays (Passover, Shevout, and Sukkot) |
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Chot Ha-moed |
intermediate days of holidays, particularly Passover and Shevout |
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Sukkot |
Tabernacles, week long holiday feast duinr which the Jews eat in tents to remind them of their time spent traveling in the desert |
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Lulav and Etrog |
Palm branch and citrus fruit, two of the four species waved during Sukkot |
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Shemini Azeret |
8th day of Sukkot, conclusion of the feasts, end of the fall holiday season |
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Simchat Torah |
Rejoicing of the Torah on Shemini Azeret, observed with joyous processions around the synagogue |
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Shavout |
Feast of Weeks, Spring Harvest festival of first fruits, commemorates the giving of the Torah, supposed to stay up all night in preparation for the excitement of receiving the Torah, commemorated by a reading of the 10 commandments |
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Chag Ha-bakkruim |
Holiday of First fruits (another name for Shavout) |
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Tu Be- Shevat |
15th of Shevat, New Year for Trees, supposed to eat all the fruits of Israel |
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Purim |
Festival commemorating the triumphs of Esther or Mordechai over Haman |
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Tisha Be-Av |
9th of Av, feast marking the destruction of the first and second temples |
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Chanakuh |
8 day festival commemorating the triumph of the Maccabees and the purification of the temple |
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Yom Ha-atzmuat |
Israeli day of Independence, rebirth of Jewish national independence on May 14th, 1948 |
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Yom- Ha-Shoah |
Holocaust memorial day celebrated around the anniversary of the jewish rebellion in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 |
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Brit Milah |
circumcision, 8 days after birth |
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Brit Bat |
Covenant ceremony for girls including naming |
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Pidyon-haben |
redemption of the first born male in which father pays a priest 31 days after the boy's birth in return for him not having to complete a religious obligation |
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Bar/Bat mitzvah |
13 years old, understanding of the responsibilities of the Torah |
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Chuppah |
Wedding Canopy |
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Ketubah |
Jewish marriage contract |
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Get |
Jewish writ of divorce |
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Shivah |
7 day mourning period |
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Sheloshim |
30 day mourning period |
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Yahrzeit |
Anniversary of death according to Jewish calendar, usually a donation is made to a charity in their honor, kaddish recited |
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Kaddish |
Prayer confirming belief in God recited by mourners |
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Beit Kennesst |
Synagogue |
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Bima |
Altar |
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Aron Kodesh |
Ark that holds the torah in the front of the temple |
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Ner Tamid |
external light |
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Shulchan |
Table where the Torah is read |
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Sefer Torah |
Torah scroll containing the five books of Moses |
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Keter |
Torah crown |
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Parochet |
Ark curtain |
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Yad |
Pointer |
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Tallit |
Prayer shawl |
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Tefflin |
phylacteries, parts of scripture worn during the morning services written in wooden boxes tied on with leather straps |
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Aliyah |
Being called to read the Torah |
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Berachah |
Blessing |
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Siddur |
Prayer book |
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Chumash |
five books of Moses |
