The Grandchildren of the Ghetto Part 45

Cabbalah (_H._), Cabbulah (_c._), lit. tradition; mystic lore.

Calloh (_H._), bride, _fiancee_.

Chazan (_H._), cantor.

Chevrah (_H._), small congregation; a society.

Chine (_H._), playful humour; humorous anecdote.

 

Chocham (_H._), wise man.

Chomutz (_H._), leaven.

Chosan (_H._), bridegroom, _fiance_.

Chuppah (_H._), wedding canopy.

Cohen (_H._), priest.

Dayan (_H._), Rabbi who renders decisions.

Din (_H._), law, decision.

Droshes (_H._), sermons.

Epikouros (_H. from Gk._), heretic, scoffer; Epicurean.

Froom (_c. G._), pious.

Gelt (_c. G._), money.

Gematriyah (_Hebraicised Gk._), mystic, numerical interpretation of Scripture.

Gemorah (_H._), part of the Talmud.

Gonof (_H._), thief.

Goyah (_H._), non-Jewess.

Hagadah (_H._), narrative portion of the Talmud; Pa.s.sover-eve ritual.

Halachah (_H._), legal portion of the Talmud.

Havdalah (_H._), ceremony separating conclusion of Sabbath or Festival from the subsequent days of toil.

Imbeshreer (_c. G. ohne beschreien_), without bewitching; unbeshrewn.

Kaddish (_H._), prayer in praise of G.o.d; specially recited by male mourners.

Kehillah (_H._), congregation.

Kind, Kinder (_G._), child, children.

Kosher (_H._), ritually clean.

Kotzon (_H._), rich man.

Link (_G._), lit. left, _i.e._, not right; hence lax, not pious.

Longe Verachum (_G._ and _c. H._), lit. The long 'and He being merciful.' A long extra prayer, said on Mondays and Thursdays.

Lulov (_H._), palm-branch dressed with myrtle and willow, and used at the Feast of Tabernacles.

Maaseh (_H._), story, tale.

Machzor (_H._), Festival Prayer-Book.

Maggid (_H._), preacher.

Mazzoltov (_H._), Good luck, congratulations.

Megillah (_H._), lit. scroll. The Book of Esther.

Meshuggah, Meshuggene (H.), mad.

Meshumad (_H._), apostate.

Metsiah (_H._), lit. finding, cp. Fr. _trouvaille_; bargain.

Mezuzah (_H._), case containing a scroll, with Heb. verses (Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-21), affixed to every door-post.

Midrash (_H._), Biblical exposition.

Minchah (_H._), afternoon prayer.

Minyan (_H._), quorum of ten males over thirteen necessary for public wors.h.i.+p.

Mishpochah (_H._), family.

Mishnah, Mishnayis (_H._), collection of the Oral Law.

Missheberach (_H._), synagogal benediction.

Mitzvah (_H._), a commandment, _i.e._, a good deed.

Mizrach (_H._), East; a sacred picture hung on the east wall in the direction of Jerusalem, to which the face is turned in praying.

Narrischkeit (_c. G._), foolishness.