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ark
"the cabinet at the front of an Ashkenazic synagogue that houses the Torah scroll." (JPS)
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candle lighting
"the custom of lighting candles to welcome the Sabbath" (JPS); the exact time at which holiday and Shabbos candles are supposed to be lit by according to Jewish law.
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day school
Jewish grade school, where students learn both Jewish and secular subjects. "The general name given to private Jewish schools" in the United States and Canada (JPS)
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glatt
Showing consistency of reason (Weiser).
Super-kosher (not only of food), or acceptable to the Haredi community.
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Jew by Choice
A convert to Judaism.
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unveiling
the ceremony marking the unveiling of a deceased person's headstone one year after his or her burial
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