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NVRA study guide

Jewish/Yiddish phrases

QuestionAnswer
ai-ai-ai an exclamation
bar mitzvah religious ceremony
bas mitzvah religious ceremony
bialy an onion roll
B'nai Brith Worldwide Jewish community service organization is a national and global leader in the fight against antisemitism and anti-Israel bias.
borsht beet soup
bubbe grandmother
bubeleh an endearment
bupkes an expletive of outrage
challa braided bread
Chanukah, Hanukkah a festival
chutzpa audacity; gall
Hadassah A volunteer women's organization
hamantash triangular pastry
kibbutz settlement in Israel
kibitz joke or teasing
knish a dumpling
Kol Nidre a chant to begin Yom Kippur
l'chaim a toast
matzoh unleavened bread
maven an expert
mazel tov congratulations
megilla rigmarole
menorah candelabrum
mensh honorable person
meshugge crazy
moxey courage
nudnik a pest
oy an exclamation
Rosh Hashanah It is the Jewish New Year
seder the Passover feast
Shabbes Sabbath
shekel a coin
shiva days of mourning
shlemiel a simpleton
shlimazel a loser
shmaltzy mushy, corny
shmatte a rag
shmeer everything
shmo unfortunate person
shmooze gossipy conversation
sholem aleichem peace unto you
Talmud Judaism's holiest book
tchotchke a trinket or doodad
tochis buttocks
yarmulka a cap
yenta a gossip
yeshiva a school
Yom Kippur day of atonement
zayde grandfather
shofar ram's horn used as a trumpet
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