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arba kanfot
A tallit katan (see tzitzit)
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batlan
"An unemployed or lazy man" (Rosten).
"Someone with intellectual pretensions and half-baked ideas" (Rosten).
"Layabout" (Glinert)
"One who consistently wastes time: Bum, FaineĢant" (Weiser).
"A misfit, such as a Talmud student of no promise" (Rosten).
"naive, impractical person" (Steinmetz)
"Someone without a trade or regular means of livelihood" (Rosten).
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besamim
"Literally, 'spices.' It almost always refers to the spices in the spice box used for the Havdalah ceremony" (JPS).
Spices
"Modern Israeli slang for illegal drugs" (JPS).
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bris
circumcision ceremony; the celebration surrounding it. Lit. covenant.
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chassidus
"Chasidism" (Glinert)
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cheder
Hebrew and religious classes (often on Sundays) for elementary school children.
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chevreman
"One of the guys" (Glinert)
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chochmah
"Brains; wisdom; a brilliant idea" (Glinert)
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mazik
a mischievous person, often a child
(with verb "to be") to ruin partially; damage (Yeshivish usage)
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mazume
"A group of three or more adult males who join together to recite the after-meal blessings..." (Steinmetz).
"ready money, cash" (Steinmetz)
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mechuten
In laws, more generally (http://www.pass.to/glossary/gloz2.htm#letm).
the father of one's child's spouse, though can sometimes be used to refer to the grandfather of one's grandchild's spouse.
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naches
"Proud pleasure, special joy--particularly from the achievements of a child... 2. Psychological reward or gratification." (Rosten)
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sheymes
n., such content
adj., of or relating to printed material, such as a book or even an audio recording, that contains the name of God, and therefore must not be erased, put on the floor, etc., out of respect for the Divine Name
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yontif
a Jewish holiday, especially one on which work is prohibited (in contrast to chol hamoed)
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