aravah – willows

Aharaon – Aaron

Avraham – Abraham

Beit HaMikdash – the Holy Temple

Bereishit – the book of Genesis

Bereishit Rabbah – the Midrash on the book of Genesis

Bemidbar – the book of Numbers

bikkurim – the first ripening fruits of the seven species, brought as an offering to the Holy Temple

Binyamin – Benjamin

chareidi – ultra-Orthodox

Chavakuk – Habakkuk

Chizkiyahu – Hezekiah

Devarim – Deuteronomy

Devorah – Deborah

Divrei HaYamim – the book of Chronicles

Eichah – the boof of Lamentations

Eretz Yisrael – the Land of Israel

hesder yeshivah

Ketubot – one of the tractates of the Tamud

Kohen (pl. kohanim)  – priest

kohen gadol – high priest

Melachim – the book of Kings

Mesechta – Tractate

mikvaot – plural of mikveh, a ritual bath into which a person or an object is immersed to attain ritual purity

Mikvaot – one of the tractates of the Talmud

Mishkan – the Tabernacle

Mishlei – the book of Proverbs

Moshe – Moses

Noach – Noah

olim – immigrants to the land of Israel

Rashi – eleventh century on the Bible

Rosh HaShanah - one of the tractates of the Talmud

Rut Rabbah – the Midrash on the book of Ruth

Sanhedrin – the Supreme court of ancient Israel

Sanhedrin – one of the tractates of the Talmud

Shemot – the book of Exodus

Shir HaShirim – the book of Song of Songs

Shmuel – Samuel

Shmuel – the book of Samuel

Shoftim – the book of Judges

Sifra – the Midrash on the book of Deuteronomy

Sifri

Sotah – one of the tractates of the Talmud

Ta’anit – one of the tractates of the Talmud

Tehillim – the book of Psalms

techeilet – a blue dye used in the making of tzitzit (fringe on the corners of a four=cornered garment)

Tisha B’Av – the day of mourning for the destruction of the Holy Temples

tzaddikim – righteous people

tzitzit – fringes on the corners of a four-cornered garment

Vayikra – the book of Leviticus

Yaakov – Jacob

Yechezkel – Ezekiel

Yehoshafat – Jehoshafat

Yehoshua – Joshua

Yehoshua – the book of Joshua

Yeshayahu – Isaaiah

Yirmeyahu – the book of Jeremiah

Yitzchak – Isaac

Yirmeyahu – Jeremiah

Yonatan – Jonathan

Yosef – Josef

Zechariah – Zachariah

Zecharyah – the book of Zacheria

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