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14 Cards in this Set
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Rosh Hashanah
"On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the last day of that accursed year..." (49). |
Jewish high holy day that marks the start of the Jewish New Year |
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stricken
"At the place of assembly, surrounded by the electrified barbed wire, thousands of silent Jews gathered, their faces stricken" (49). |
showing the effects of affliction, trouble, or misfortune |
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officiant
"'Blessed the Eternal....' The voice of the officiant had just made itself heard" (49). |
a person who performs a religious service or ceremony |
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benediction
"Thousands of voices repeated the benediction; thousands of men prostrated themselves like trees before a tempest" (49). |
a blessing pronounced by an officiant or religious leader |
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prostrated
"Thousands of voices repeated the benediction; thousands of men prostrated themselves like trees before a tempest" (49). |
to lay oneself facedown on the ground |
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tempest
"Thousands of voices repeated the benediction; thousands of men prostrated themselves like trees before a tempest" (49). |
a violent storm or disturbance |
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profoundly
"Once, I had believed profoundly that upon one solitary deed of mine, one solitary prayer, depended the salvation of the world" (50). |
far beneath the surface; deep meaning |
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lamentation
"This day I had ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation" (50). |
act of expressing grief |
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Kaddish
"The service ended with the Kaddish. Everyone recited the Kaddish over his parents, over his children, over his brothers, and over himself" (50). |
Jewish prayer for the dead |
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Yom Kippur
"Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement" (51). |
Jewish high holy day of repentance, forgiveness |
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emaciated
"Again he tried to smile. A poor, emaciated, dried-up Jew questioned him avidly in a trembling voice..." (53). |
gaunt; haggard; scrawny |
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annihilate
"'Don't let yourself be be fooled with illusions. Hitler has made it very clear that he will annihilate all the Jews before the clock strikes twelve..." (59). |
destroy; wipe out |
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mountebanks
"Everyone had put on several garments, one on top of the other, in order to keep out the cold. Poor mountebanks, wider than they were tall..." (61). |
charlatan; quack; phony; fraud |
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buffoons
"...poor clowns, their ghostlike faces emerging from piles of prison clothes! Buffoons!" (61). |
jester; clown; fool |
