chumrah

a religious stringency

duchen

A ritual where the kohanim recite the Priestly Blessing (Num. 6:24-26), blessing the rest of the congregation.

gemara

"A compilation of 300 years of rabbis' legal and ethical commentaries on the Mishnah...together, the Gemara and the Mishnah comprise the Talmud." (JPS)

get

a writ or deed of divorce

halevai

"Would that it be so" (Steinmetz, Yiddish and English)

I wish!

If only

ipcha mistabra

"the opposite is more reasonable"; "you have it backwards"

kallah

bride

Jewish communal gathering, conference

sidra

weekly Torah portion