20 random words retrieved
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merkaz
central area (of a given space)
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alte bubby
old woman, great-grandmother
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zall
study hall; beis medrash (lit. "hall")
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sidra
weekly Torah portion
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bragas
underwear
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gurnisht
"nothing, zilch, zero" (JPS)
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justo
True, right.
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Katschke
A Duck
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pushke
"The little container...in which money to be donated to charity is accumulated." (Rosten)
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Borscht Belt
region in the Catskill Mountains with many summer resorts frequented by Jews, especially in the mid twentieth century
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Land of Israel
not just the state of Israel but the physical place
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bechina
examination, particularly for rabbinic ordination
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ghattis
derogatory term for working-class or boorish Afrikaaner person
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Sheket
Quiet!
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middos
character traits (singular: "middah")
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shtadlan
an elected or self-appointed Jewish emissary pleading the cause of his people before the authorities
an intercessor
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alter bocher
a man that is too old not to be married
an old yeshiva student who really should have been married off by now
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unetaneh tokef
a particular High Holiday prayer recited on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
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shawarma
Thinly cut meat (usually lamb, but may be chicken, beef, or other meat) cooked on a vertical rotating spit. Often served on a laffa (large pita type bread, but flat like a pizza dough and without a pocket) and with French fries ("chips" in Israel). Sometimes served on pita.
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apikoros
heretic, non-believer, especially one with great knowledge of Judaism