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(Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
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(Judaism) A boy who has come of age.
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(Judaism) To recite the Birkat Hamazon.
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A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.
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The Jewish attribute of grace, kindness or love; one of the sephiroth
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one of the Stations of the Exodus
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(Jewish law, most commonly) An eruv chatzerot; ritual aggregation of properties that allows Jews observing traditional Shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines.
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(Judaism) A gathering of Hassidic Jews for the purpose of inspiring each other in religion and spirituality.
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Alternative form of Haftarah [(Judaism) A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah.]
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(offensive) To haggle or swindle in order to obtain a better deal from.
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(Judaism) A meeting of yeshiva students for discussion and studying.
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(Judaism) religious outreach work by Orthodox Jews
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(Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
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(Judaism) The recitation of the Shema.
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(Judaism) A pole used in demarcating an eruv.
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(Judaism, by extension) to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text
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(Judaism) The Torah portion read for or by the person who will read the Haftarah, most often the last few lines of the weekly parashah.
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(Judaism) A sacred Jewish pillar.
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(Judaism) A pleasure; a joy.
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(Judaism) A war not fought out of necessity.
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The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service.
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(Judaism) The style of a prayer service.
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Alternative spelling of ollamh [(historical) In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor.]
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(Judaism) A poster put up in an Orthodox Jewish community, especially a Haredi enclave, to advise on correct behaviour.
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(Judaism) A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning.
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Alternative spelling of Qliphoth [Evil forces in the mystical teachings of Judaism (such as in the Kabballah).]
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Alternative spelling of sefirah [(Kabbalah) Each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself to the universe and man.]
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A closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in the middle of the line of text, with the previous portion ending before the space, and the next portion starting after it.
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A Gentile servant who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on the Sabbath/Shabbat.
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The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
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(Judaism) A holiday of the Beta Israel Ethiopian Jews, celebrated on the 29th day of Cheshvan.
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(biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
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(countable, often in the plural) The Jewish phylactery, consisting of small boxes containing portions of the Torah worn most commonly during prayer by Jewish men and some Jewish women.
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(somewhat informal, chiefly Judaism) Not kosher
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A Jewish confessional prayer
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