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Hebrew Glossary
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Each entry in this glossary includes the transliteration, language, and definition. All entries are listed alphabetically by transliteration spellings. Some transliterated spellings vary. If you look for a word under "H" but do not find it, please look under "C/CH" (example: Hanukah would be listed under Chanukah). If you look for a word under "TS" or "TZ" but do not find it, please look under "Z" (example: Tzion or Tsion would be listed under Zion) and vice versa.
T
Ta'amim (pl.) [picture]
Hebrew Symbols above and below the letters of a Chumash acting as musical symbols for the tunes used to chant the Torah
Taanit
Hebrew 1. Public fast days; 2. A tractate of Moed
Taanit Esther
Hebrew A day-fast that commemorates the three-day fast of Esther, Mordechai, and all of Klal Yisrael as described in the book of Esther
Taa'ar Ba'alei Chayim
Hebrew Cruelty to animals
Tachlit (Tachlitot pl.)
Hebrew Purpose
Tachrichin
Hebrew Burial shrouds
Taggin [picture]
Hebrew Crownlets on STaM Hebrew
Takana
Hebrew Amendment, Rabbinic legal term referring to a ruling that changes an existing law, non-Biblical law created by the rabbis for the public welfare
Tallit/Tallis (Tallitot pl.) [picture]
Hebrew Prayer shawl
Tallit Katan [picture]
Hebrew [lit. small garment] A small four-corner garment, with tzitzis attached and customarily worn throughout the day
Talmid Chacham
Hebrew [lit. wise student] Male Torah scholar
Talmidah Chachmah
Hebrew [lit. wise student] Female Torah scholar
Talmud
Hebrew The basic collection of Jewish law, thought, and commentary
Tamid
Hebrew 1. Daily morning and evening sacrifice; 2. A tractate of Kodashim
Tammuz
Hebrew Fourth month of the Jewish year
Tanach
Hebrew 1. Acronym for Torah (the Five Books of Moses), Nevi'im (the Prophets), and Ketuvim (the Writings); 2. Hebrew Scriptures
Tanchuma
Hebrew Commentary on the parsha by Rabbi Tanchum bar Abba
Tanna
Hebrew Rabbi of the Mishnah
Tanna D'Vei Eliyahu
Hebrew Midrashic work
Tante
Hebrew Aunt
Targum [picture]
Hebrew Aramaic translation of the Tanach
Taryag Mitzvot
Hebrew 613 mitzvot
Tashlick
Hebrew Ceremony of casting off one's sins in a live body of water of Rosh Hashanah
Tav
Hebrew 1. Twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 2. Represents the number four-hundred
Techina
Hebrew Prayer
Tefilah (Tefilot pl.)
Hebrew Prayer
Tefilat HaDerech
Hebrew Wayfarer's Prayer
Tefillin [picture]
Hebrew Small black leather cubes containing parchment scrolls inscribed with the Shema and other Biblical passages that are bound to the forehead and arm during morning prayers
Tefillin Shel Rosh
Hebrew [lit. Tefillin of the head] The Tefillin worn on the head
Tefillin Shel Yad
Hebrew [lit. Tefillin of the hand] The Tefillin worn on the arm
Tehillim
Hebrew [lit. praises] The first book of the Ketuvim (Psalms)
Teimanim (pl.)
Hebrew Jews from Yemen
Temurah
Hebrew 1. Exchange of sanctified things; 2. A tractate of Kodashim
Terumot
Hebrew 1. Produce contributions to the priests; 2. A tractate of Zeraim
Teshuvah
Hebrew [lit. return] Repentance
Teshuvot (pl.)
Hebrew Rabbinic responsa
Tet
Hebrew 1. Ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 2. Represents the number nine
Tevet
Hebrew Tenth month of the Jewish year
Tevillah
Hebrew Ritual Immersion
Tevul Yom
Hebrew 1. Cleanness acquired at sunset after daytime immersion; 2. A tractate of Tohorot
Tiferet
Hebrew Glory
Tikkun
Hebrew [lit. repair] Printed books with two columns on the pages - one column has the printed vocalization (trop) of the Sefer Torah, the second column has a copy of the exact text in the Sefer Torah
Tikkun L'eil Shavuot
Hebrew Reparation of the Shavuot Night
Tikkun Olam
Hebrew [lit. repairing the world] Jewish idea that each Jew is responsible for doing his/her share to make the world a better place
Tish B'Av
Hebrew [lit. the ninth of Av] A fast day commemorating the destruction of both Temples
Tishrei
Hebrew Seventh month of the Jewish year
Todah Rabah
Hebrew Thank you very much
Tohoo
Hebrew Without form
Tohorot
Hebrew [lit. purifications] 1. The sixth seder of the Mishnah/Talmud; 2. A tractate of Tohorot
Toivel
Hebrew Dip in mikveh (used to kasher utensils, pots/pans, and dishes)
Tokekha
Hebrew Rebuke
Tom
Hebrew Deep
Torah
Hebrew 1. Chumash; 2. Five Books of Moses; 3. The first five books of the Tanach
Torah Sheb'alpeh
Hebrew Oral Torah (Mishnah)
Torah Shebikhtav
Hebrew Written Torah (Sefer Torah or Chumash)
Tosefta
Hebrew A work that parallels the Mishnah and contains material not in the Mishnah
Treif
Yiddish [lit. torn] Non-kosher food
Trop
Hebrew Symbols above and below the letters of a Chumash acting as musical symbols for the tunes used to chant the Torah
Tsade
Hebrew 1. Eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 2. Represents the number ninty
Tu B'Shevat
Hebrew An agricultural holiday that celebrates the earth and its produce
T'vilah
Hebrew Ritual immersion in the mikveh
Tzaddik (Tzaddikim pl.)
Hebrew A righteous individual
Tzedakah
Hebrew Charity, righteousness
Tzefaniah
Hebrew 1. Prophet of the Jews; 2. The eighteenth book of the Nevi'im (Zephaniah)
Tzelem Elohim
Hebrew Image of G-d
Tzitzit [picture]
Hebrew Fringes
Tzedukim
Hebrew Sadducees
Tzom Gedaliah
Hebrew A day-fast that commemorates the assassination of Gedaliah Ben Achikam
Tzom Kal
Hebrew Have an easy fast
U
Uktzin
Hebrew 1. Fruits and plants susceptible to uncleanness; 2. A tractate of Tohorot
Ulpan
Hebrew The course that teaches Hebrew to new immigrants in Israel
Upsheeren
Hebrew Traditional celebration of a boy's first haircut at age 3
Ushpizin
Aramaic Guests
V
Vav
Hebrew 1. Sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 2. Represent the number six
Vavohoo
Hebrew And void
Vayikra
Hebrew [lit. and He called] The third book of the Torah (Leviticus)
Vchshech
Hebrew And darkness
Vet
Hebrew 1. Second letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 2. Represent the number two
Vruach
Hebrew And wind
V'shinantom Levonecho
Hebrew Torah learning
Vort
Yiddish [lit. Word] A short talk or discussion centred around the Torah portion of the week
W
Wimpel [picture]
Hebrew Cloth binding that encircles the Torah Scroll and holds it closed
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