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chazak u'baruch
"be strong and be blessed," usually said to someone who participated in a religious service in some way (for example, has an aliyah, makes a donation, opens the ark, etc.)
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Haskalah
19th century Jewish Enlightenment, in which modern philosophy and literature entered Jewish consciousness
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mayofes
a servile person (see note below)
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responsa
Written decisions and legal rulings by rabbis appointed to be legal deciders.
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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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tzitzit
A garment worn under the shirt by Orthodox men and boys, with a tassel hanging down from each of the four corners.
The fringes on a tallit (tallis) prayer shawl or on a tallit katan.
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