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Gematria, Jewish system of assigning numerical value to a word or phrase. Hebrew calendar; Hebrew numerals; Jewish and Israeli holidays 2000–2050; Lag BaOmer, 33rd day of counting the Omer. Notarikon, a method of deriving a word by using each of its initial letters. Sephirot, the 10 attributes/emanations found in Kabbalah.
The Hebrew reflex of the root šql is found in the Hebrew words for "to weigh" (shaqal), "weight" (mishqal) and "consideration" (shiqqul). It is cognate to the Aramaic root tql and the Arabic root ṯql (ث ق ل, in words such as thiqāl "weight", thāqil "heavy" or mithqal, a unit of weight).
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
The Jewish English Lexicon was created by Sarah Bunin Benor, an associate professor of Jewish studies at the Los Angeles division of Hebrew Union College.Benor, a scholar of the varieties of Jewish English spoken in the United States, created the lexicon in 2012 with the support of volunteers who contribute to the growth of the lexicon's database.
Being Yiddish, the meaning can change by the use of gestures and a change in tone, so that tsatskele can become the favorite child. Leo Rosten, author of The Joys of Yiddish, combines the two main meanings and gives an alternative sense of tchotchke as meaning a young girl, a "pretty young thing".
Pintele is a diminutive Yiddish word for "little point" and Yid is a term for a Jewish person, so pintele Yid can be translated literally as "the little point of a Jew". [4] The Hebrew language equivalent of the term is "Nitzotz HaYehudi".
According to traditional Jewish law, in the absence of a grown free Jewish male expert, anyone who has the required skills is also authorized to perform the circumcision, if they are Jewish. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Yet, most streams of non-Orthodox Judaism allow women to be mohalot ( Hebrew : מוֹהֲלוֹת , plural of מוֹהֶלֶת ...