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ark
"the cabinet at the front of an Ashkenazic synagogue that houses the Torah scroll." (JPS)
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BCE
Before the Common Era (used in place of B.C.). Steinmetz: "...recently, a new awareness of the Christian character of these abbreviations have led many Jewish writers and editors to replace them with [C.E. And B.C.E.]"
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boychick
"A young boy...equivalent of the American expression 'buddy'" (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
Super-kosher (not only of food), or acceptable to the Haredi community.
Showing consistency of reason (Weiser).
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Jew by Choice
A convert to Judaism.
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matzoh ball
dumpling made with matzah meal and eggs and generally served in chicken soup
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Sephardic
Jews whose ancestors came from the Iberian Peninsula before the Jewish expulsion
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shluffy
[to go] to sleep (child-directed speech)
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The Chosen People
refers to the jewish people as a whole having a unique relationship with god; (translation of hebrew phrase "am nivchar")
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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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