The Resurrector – Dictionary
Hebrew and Jewish terms used in The Resurrector:
| Abba | Father |
| Aliyah (made aliyah) | Jewish person immigrating to Israel |
| Amida | Main section of the daily services, performed standing up. On weekdays called also Shmone Esre |
| Bagruyot | Israeli matriculation exams |
| Baruch HaShem | Thank God |
| Baruch rofeh cholim | Blessed is He who heals the sick |
| Bechavod | With respects |
| Beit haknesset | Synagogue |
| Beshert | Soul mate |
| Bet, Resh, Aleph, Shin, Yud, Taf. | The 6 Hebrew letters spelling “Bereshit”, In the beginning, Genesis |
| Bnei Akiva Shevet Ma’alot | Youth group “Bnei Akiva”, group named “Ma’alot” |
| Chai | Life |
| Chassidish | Of the Hasidic way |
| Chevra Kadisha | A Jewish organization who see to it that the bodies of deceased Jews are prepared for burial according to Jewish tradition and are protected from desecration, until burial. |
| Chiloni | Secular person |
| Chumash Bereshit | First book for the Torah, Genesis |
| Chutzpah | Nerve, gall, the quality of overstepping boundaries with no shame |
| Eliyahu Hanavi | Elijah the Prophet |
| Eretz Israel | Land of Israel |
| Farbrengen | Joyous gathering |
| Gabbay | An officer of the synagogue |
| Hachnasat Kallah | Helping poor young women get married |
| Halachah | Jewish law |
| Hamakom Yenachem | May He comfort you |
| Havdallah | Ceremony marking the end of the Sabbath |
| Hesder Yeshiva | Israeli yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces |
| Heterim | Leeways in the Jewish law |
| Imma | Mother |
| Kaddish | Hymn of praises to God recited after the dead in their memory |
| Kibud horim | The commandment of respecting thy father and mother |
| Kippah | Brimless cap worn by male Jews |
| L’chaim | To life |
| Ma pitom! | No Way! |
| Ma’ariv | The evening religious service, one of 3 daily |
| Magen David Adom | Red Star of David, emergency medical services |
| Mechaye Hametim | The Resurrector |
| Mekubal | Kabbalist |
| Merkaz | Center, the center metropolitan surrounding Tel Aviv |
| Mezuzah | A parchment inscribed with religious texts and attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house. |
| Mincha | The mid-day religious service, one of 3 daily |
| Minyan | 10 men required for praying together in the daily services |
| Mishnah | First written form of the traditional Oral Torah |
| Mishnayot | The smallest unit in which the Mishnah is divided to (paragraphs in chapters) |
| Mitzvah | Commandment of the Jewish law. A good deed done from religious duty. |
| Mohel | A person who performs the Jewish rite of circumcision. |
| Motek | Sweetheart (endearment) |
| Neshamah | Soul |
| Parashat HaShavua | Weekly portion of the Torah |
| Pashkevilles | Ultra-Orthodox posters |
| Pikuach Nefesh | Preservation of life |
| Refuah shlema | Speedy recovery |
| Schnor | Begging for money |
| Schtinker | Tattletales |
| Shabbat | Sabbath, Saturday |
| Shabbat Irgun | An annual Sabbath celebration by the Bnei Akiva youth group |
| Shacharit | The morning religious service, one of 3 daily |
| Shalom | Hello |
| Sheitel | Wig (for a woman) |
| Shiva | A period of seven days’ formal mourning for the dead, beginning immediately after the funeral |
| Shmone Esre | 18 blessings, part of the weekday’s daily services. See Amida |
| Shomu Shama’yim | Heaven forbid |
| Sidur | Prayers book |
| Taharah | Purification of the body for burial |
| Tallit | Prayer shawl |
| Talmud | A central text of Rabbinic Judaism |
| Tefilah | Prayer |
| Tehillim | Psalms |
| Teshuva | Repentance |
| Tizku L’Mitzvot | May you merit good deeds |
| Torah | The 5 books of Moses |
| Tzadik | Righteous man |
| Tzadik ben tzadik | Righteous man son of a righteous man |
| Tzadikim | Righteous people |
| Tzitzit | 4 cornered garment with tassels tied on each corner, worn by observant Jewish men |
| Ulpana | Religious high-school for girls only |
| Vayeshev | And he sat |
| Yeshiva | Religious high-school and high-education institute, for boys/men only |
| Yetzer ha’rah | The evil inclination |
| Zichrono Livracha (Z”L) | Blessed be his memory |