Adonai - The L-rd
Bar mitzvah – Son of the commandment
Baruch haba – Welcome
Baruch haba b'shem Adonai–Blessed is he who come in the
Name of the L-rd
Bat Mitzvah – Daughter of the commandment
Beit B’ReSheet – House of New Beginnings.
Bemah – Pulpit
Bikkurim – First fruits
B'rit Chadasha – New Covenant
Chag sameach – Holiday greetings
Chanukah – Festival of Rededication
Chava – Friend
Elohim – Plural form of the name of G-d.
Goy – A non Jew
Goyim – Multiple non Jew’s
Hashem – G-d
Havdalah – Separation
Kashrut – Jewish Dietary Laws
Kehilat – Congregation, gathering
Kesher – Connection
Kippah – A cloth, hemispherical or platter-shaped
skullcap often worn by Orthodox Jewish men to fulfill the customary
requirement that their head be covered at all times.
Kosher - Something that is acceptable to Jews
L'Chaim – To life!
Mazel tov – Congratulations!
Mezuzah - A piece of parchment (often contained in a
decorative case) inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the
Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21). These verses comprise the
Jewish prayer "Shema Yisrael”, beginning with the phrase: "Hear, O
Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One"
A mezuzah is affixed to the doorframe in Jewish homes
to fulfill the mitzvah (Biblical c ommandment) to inscribe the words
of the Shema "on the doorposts of your house" ( Deuteronomy 6:9).
Midrash – Jewish saying
Mishpocheh – Family
Mitzvah – Commandment, good deed
Nachala – Heritage, legacy
Nosh - To nibble; a light snack
Oneg Shabbat - "Sabbath delight," and usually refers to
a Sabbath afternoon gathering
Parasha – Portion
Pesach – Passover
Purim – Festival of Lots
Rabbi – Teacher, religious leader
Rosh HaShana – Jewish New Year
Ruach HaKodesh – Holy Spirit
Shabbat – Sabbath
Shabbat Shalom – Sabbath peace
Shalom – Peace
Shammas – Deacon
Shavuah tov – Good week
Shavuot – Festival of Weeks (Pentecost)
Shema Yisrael - first two words of a section of the
Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is a centerpiece of the morning and
evening Jewish prayer services.
Shofar – A horn, traditionally that of a ram, used for
Jewish religious purposes. Symbolic for the voice of the L-rd.
Siddur – Prayer book
Sukkot – Festival of Booths (Tabernacles)
Tallit - A Jewish prayer shawl
Talmidim – Disciple
Talmud – Jewish Commentary
Tanakh – Old Covenant
Tefillin (phylacteries ) - A set of small cubic leather
boxes painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with
verses from the Torah, with leather straps dyed black on one side,
and worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers
Torah – Law (Five Books of Moses, Pentateuch)
Tzadik – Righteous one
Yeshua – Jesus
YHWH or Yahweh - Tetragrammaton (
