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a long life
Used to greet a mourner after someone has died.
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a nechtiker tog
1. an impossible occurrence 2. Not on your life! 3. Whom is he trying to kid? 4. forget about it!
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Birthright
A free 10-day trip to Israel for young Diaspora Jews ages 18-26. Over 400,000 Jews have been to Israel on Birthright.
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Chabad
an outreach-oriented branch of Hasidic Judaism that follows the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chabad has thousands of branches around the world, including at many college campuses.
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chutz la'aretz
Outside of Israel; the disapora, lit. "outside the land."
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from your mouth to God's ears
response to a good wish or blessing that mentions future events: I want that to happen, but I'm not sure it will.
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gebrokts
(2) People who hold by the stringency against eating wetted matzah.
(1) Matzah that is mixed with liquid during cooking; avoided by scrupulously observant because of the possibility that unbaked flour in the matzah could be exposed to the liquid and thereby become chametz, forbidden during Passover.
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get
a writ or deed of divorce
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ghattis
derogatory term for working-class or boorish Afrikaaner person
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kitke
braided egg-bread eaten on the Sabbath (known as challah elsewhere)
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Knesset
Israel's parliament
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kugel
Baked pudding or casserole made with eggs and various ingredients, including noodles, potatoes, or spinach
The South African equivalent of a "Jewish American Princess"
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lapa
An animal's paw, dirty hands, especially that of a child or a lascivious man.
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maccabiah
color war / intra-camp competition in a Jewish summer camp
international Jewish sports competition, known as the Jewish Olympics, held (mostly) every four years since 1932; smaller regional competitions held in Jewish community centers around the world
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madrich
youth counselor or supervisor
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Mishneh Torah
a 12th-century code of religious law in fourteen parts written by Moses Maimonides
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oleh
Immigrant to Israel; a person who makes aliyah.
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ongeshnosket
inebriated, drunk
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Peruvian
an unsavoury character
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Purim
A joyous holiday that takes place in February or March on the 14th of Adar, retelling the story of the Book of Esther.
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Shabbat Shalom
Used as a greeting or departing line (hello or goodbye) on or before Shabbat. Literally "peaceful Sabbath."
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shatnez
mixture of wool and linen in a garment, which is prohibited by Jewish law
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shechita
Kosher animal slaughter.
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shema
prayer recited in most services as well as at bedtime, and when death is imminent; one of the most important and well-known prayers in Judaism
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sofer
A scribe trained in transcribing the Torah, mezuzah, tefillin scriptures and other religious texts on parchment.
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teiglach
a confection of dough balls dipped in honey/syrup and eaten at Rosh Hashanah
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truntor
old broken down car/ jalopy
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tzitzit
The fringes on a tallit (tallis) prayer shawl or on a tallit katan.
A garment worn under the shirt by Orthodox men and boys, with a tassel hanging down from each of the four corners.
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yigdal
hymn often sung at the end of a prayer service, based on Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of Faith
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yok
rowdy non-Jewish hooligan (derogatory)
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Zulik
wild, similar to vilde chaye
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Zulik
The boy is "wild" or "a wilde chaya"
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