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Nash (_c. G._), pilfer (dainties).

Niddah (_H._), Talmudical tractate on the purification of women.

Nu (_R._), Well?

Olov Hasholom (_H._), Peace be upon him! (loosely applied to deceased females also).

Omer (_H._), the seven weeks between Pa.s.sover and Pentecost.

 

Parna.s.s (_H._), President of the Congregation.

Pesachdik (_H._), proper for Pa.s.sover.

Pidyun Haben (_H._), redemption of the first-born son.

Piyut (_Hebraicised Gk._), liturgical poem.

Potch (_c. G._), slap.

Pullack (_c. G._), Polish Jew.

Ras.h.i.+ (_H._), Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, whose Commentary is often printed under the Hebrew text of the Bible.

Schlemihl (_H._), unlucky, awkward person.

Schmuck (_c. G._), lubberly person.

Schmull (_c. G. schmollen_), pout, sulk.

Schnecks (? _c. Schnake_, gay nonsense), affectations.

Schnorrer (_c. G._), beggar.

Seder (_H._), Pa.s.sover-eve ceremony.

Selaim (_H._), old Jewish coins.

Sephardim (_H._), Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

Shaaloth u-Teshuvoth (_H._), questions and answers; casuistical treatise.

Shabbas (_H._), Sabbath.

Shadchan (_H._), professional match-maker.

Shaitel (_c. G._), wig worn by married women.

Shammos (_c. H._), beadle.

Sha.s.s (_H. abbreviation_), the six sections of the Talmud.

Shechitah (_H._), slaughter.

Shemah beni (_H._), Hear, my son! = Dear me.

Shemang (_H._), Confession of the Unity of G.o.d.

s.h.i.+dduch (_H._), match.

s.h.i.+ksah (_H._), non-Jewish girl.

Shnodar (_H._), offer money to the synagogue. (An extraordinary instance of Jewish jargon--a compound Hebrew word meaning 'who vows'--being turned into an English verb and conjugated accordingly in _-ed_ and _-ing_).

Shochet (_H._), official slaughterer.

Shofar (_H._), trumpet of ram's horn, blown during the Penitential season.

Shool (_c. G._), synagogue.

Shulchan Aruch (_H._), a sixteenth-century compilation, codifying Jewish law.

Simchath Torah (_H._), festival of the rejoicing of the Law.

Snoga (_Sp._), Sephardic synagogue.

Spiel (_G._), play.

Takif (_H._), rich man; swell.

Talith (_H._), a shawl with fringes, worn by men during prayer.

Tanaim (_H._), betrothal contract or ceremony.

Terah, Torah (_H._), Law of Moses.

Tephillin (_H._), phylacteries.

Tripha (_H._), ritually unclean.

Wurst (_G._), sausage.

Yiddish, Yiddishkeit (_c. G._), Jewish Judaism.

Yigdal (_H._), hymn summarising the thirteen creeds drawn up by Maimonides.

Yom Kippur (_H._), Day of Atonement.

Yom Tov (_H._), lit. good day; Festival.

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