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GLOSSARY<\/h1>\n
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The Gospel According to Wanda B. Lazarus by Lynn Joffe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glossary aka Shiksanary<\/strong><\/p>\n

A<\/strong><\/p>\n

abba<\/strong> \u2013 father<\/p>\n

Adon Olam<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish liturgical hymn, \u2018Sovereign of the Universe\u2019<\/p>\n

Afikome<\/strong>n \u2013 a morsel of matzoh hidden during the Passover Seder, sought after by children after the meal for a small reward<\/p>\n

aleph bet<\/strong> \u2013 Hebrew alphabet, containing 22 letters, each of numerical value<\/p>\n

amidah<\/strong> \u2013 the main section of morning, afternoon, and evening Jewish prayers<\/p>\n

Ashkenazi<\/strong> \u2013 Eastern European Jews<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u2019not Mitzvah<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish girls\u2019 coming of age ceremonies (plural)<\/p>\n

b\u2019va\u2019ka\u2019sha<\/strong> \u2013 please<\/p>\n

Bar Mitzvah<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish boy\u2019s coming of age ceremony<\/p>\n

Bat Mitzvah<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish girl\u2019s coming of age ceremony pl. B\u2019not Mitzvoth<\/p>\n

beitzim<\/strong> \u2013 literally, eggs; slangily, testicles<\/p>\n

bimah<\/strong> \u2013 a raised platform in a synagogue, from which readings take place<\/p>\n

blintz <\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 thin pancake folded around a filling, often cream cheese, pl. blintzes<\/p>\n

bobba<\/strong> \u2013 grandmother<\/p>\n

bobbemeise <\/strong>\u2013 old wives\u2019 tales<\/p>\n

bris<\/strong> (Yiddish) \u2013 circumcision of boy children at the age of 7 days in accordance with the covenant with the Jewish God, Yahweh<\/p>\n

brit milah<\/strong> (Hebrew) \u2013 circumcision of boy children at the age of 7 days in accordance with the covenant with the Jewish God, Yahweh<\/p>\n

brocha<\/strong> \u2013 blessing<\/p>\n

bubkes<\/strong> \u2013 nothing<\/p>\n

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C<\/strong><\/p>\n

chag<\/strong> \u00a0\u2013 religious festival, pl. chaggim<\/p>\n

chai <\/strong>\u2013 \u2018alive\u2019, or \u2018living\u2019. The word is made up of two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, chet and yud. Numerologically, the letters add up to 18 (8+10)<\/p>\n

Chametz <\/strong>\u2013 foods with leavening agents, such as bread, that are forbidden on the Pesach\/Passover<\/p>\n

charoset <\/strong>\u2013 a sweet paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at the Passover Seder, symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt for the bricks in the construction of Pharaoh\u2019s monuments<\/p>\n

chatzilim<\/strong> \u2013 Middle Eastern eggplant<\/p>\n

chazzan<\/strong> \u2013 cantor, Jewish liturgical singer (traditionally male), who leads a congregation in prayer<\/p>\n

chazzer<\/strong> \u2013 pig, or pork<\/p>\n

chazzerai <\/strong>\u2013 things\/stuff<\/p>\n

chet<\/strong> \u2013 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet<\/p>\n

chevras<\/strong> \u2013 friends<\/p>\n

chrein<\/strong> \u2013 grated horseradish<\/p>\n

chutzpah<\/strong> \u2013 cheek\/sass<\/p>\n

Converso<\/strong> \u2013 a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, to avoid anti-Semitic persecution<\/p>\n

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D<\/strong><\/p>\n

daven<\/strong> \u2013 pray, past tense: davened. Jews are obligated to recite prayers thrice daily. Women, less frequently, if at all<\/p>\n

dayeinu <\/strong>\u2013 \u2018it would have been enough\u2019. Also a song that is sung at the Passover Seder (meal)<\/p>\n

Dreidel<\/strong> \u2013 spinning top<\/p>\n

Dybbuk<\/strong> \u2013 a malicious possessing spirit in Jewish mythology<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eretz<\/strong> \u2013 Iudaea, the Land of Israel<\/p>\n

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F<\/strong><\/p>\n

faribel<\/strong> \u2013 a grudge<\/p>\n

fleishedik<\/strong> \u2013 meat category (according to kosher law)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

G<\/strong><\/p>\n

gatkes<\/strong> \u2013 long johns<\/p>\n

gefilte fish<\/strong> \u2013 minced fish balls, usually sweet<\/p>\n

gezundt \u2013 healthy, euphemistically used to describe obesity<\/p>\n

glezzele <\/strong>\u2013 a small glass<\/p>\n

golem<\/strong> \u2013 in Jewish folklore, a demonic archetype endowed with life<\/p>\n

gonif<\/strong> \u2013 a thief<\/p>\n

H<\/strong><\/p>\n

habibi<\/strong> \u2013 my love, my buddy<\/p>\n

hamantasche<\/strong>n \u2013 a triangular pastry eaten on the Jewish festival of Purim, to symbolise the defeated enemy of the Jewish people, Haman, who plotted to kill the Jews of Persia under King Ahasuerus<\/p>\n

HaShem<\/strong> \u2013 God (literally: The Name). Used by religious Jews to refer to their deity, Yahweh<\/p>\n

havdalah<\/strong> \u2013 a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of the Sabbath and ushers in the new week<\/p>\n

huk<\/strong>\/hukking\/hukked \u2013 nag\/nagging\/nagged<\/p>\n

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K<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kabbalism<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish mysticism<\/p>\n

Kaddish<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish memorial prayer for the dead<\/p>\n

Kashrut<\/strong> \u2013 \u2018kosherness\u2019; a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jews are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law<\/p>\n

keffiyeh<\/strong> \u2013 Middle Eastern head scarf<\/p>\n

keppie<\/strong> \u2013 (diminutive of kep) head<\/p>\n

kethoneth<\/strong> \u2013 a long shirt-like garment \u2013 robe, cloak or tunic \u2013 usually of linen, worn by both males and females in biblical times<\/p>\n

kinderlach<\/strong> \u2013 children<\/p>\n

kippah<\/strong> \u2013 skullcap worn by Jewish men<\/p>\n

kishkes<\/strong> \u2013 guts<\/p>\n

kneidlach<\/strong> \u2013 matzoh balls<\/p>\n

knish<\/strong> \u2013 small, filled dumplings<\/p>\n

kugel<\/strong> \u2013 literally, a kind of savoury pudding of potatoes or other vegetables; slangily: a young Jewish woman from a wealthy background who is seen as being excessively materialistic<\/p>\n

kukele<\/strong> \u2013 love, darling<\/p>\n

kvetch<\/strong> \u2013 complain<\/p>\n

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L<\/strong><\/p>\n

l\u2019chayim<\/strong> \u2013 a toast, meaning \u2018to life!\u2019<\/p>\n

Ladino<\/strong> \u2013 Judaeo-Spanish language, spoken for centuries by Sephardic Jews throughout the world<\/p>\n

lashon hora<\/strong> \u2013 literally, evil tongue; gossip or slander<\/p>\n

latke<\/strong> \u2013 a fried potato pancake; slangily: coin or money<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

M<\/strong><\/p>\n

ma\u2019ariv<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish evening prayer service<\/p>\n

Magen David<\/strong> \u2013 Star of David<\/p>\n

mamzer<\/strong> \u2013 bastard<\/p>\n

matzoh<\/strong> \u2013 unleavened bread, eaten during Passover<\/p>\n

maze<\/strong>l \u2013 luck<\/p>\n

mechitzah<\/strong> \u2013 a partition used to separate men and women in prayer<\/p>\n

megayer<\/strong> \u2013 convert to Judaism<\/p>\n

Megilla<\/strong>h \u2013 a Jewish religious text read on the festival of Purim<\/p>\n

meidele<\/strong> \u2013 young girls<\/p>\n

menorah<\/strong> \u2013 candelabra with seven lamps<\/p>\n

meshuga<\/strong> \u2013 crazy<\/p>\n

metzizah bel peh<\/strong> \u2013 part of the ritual of orthodox male circumcision; the wound is sucked by the mohel to prevent excessive bleeding<\/p>\n

mezuzah<\/strong> \u2013 a piece of parchment with verses from the Torah contained in a decorative case and affixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home<\/p>\n

mikvah<\/strong> \u2013 a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. Used by women at the end of their monthly menstrual cycle<\/p>\n

milchedik<\/strong> \u2013 milk category (according to kosher law)<\/p>\n

minhag<\/strong> \u2013 custom or ritual practice<\/p>\n

minyan <\/strong>\u2013 a quorum of ten men over the age of 13 required for traditional Jewish public worship.<\/p>\n

mishpocha<\/strong> \u2013 family<\/p>\n

mitzvah<\/strong> \u2013 a good deed, pl. mitzvot<\/p>\n

Mizrahi<\/strong> \u2013 Middle Eastern and North African Jews<\/p>\n

Mohel<\/strong> \u2013 a person who performs a bris\/circumcision<\/p>\n

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N<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2019Nard<\/strong> \u2013 abbreviation for Spikenard, a costly perfumed ointment, derived from the rhizome of the valerian family.<\/p>\n

Ner Tamid<\/strong> \u2013 literally, eternal flame: a lamp that is kept burning for its religious symbolism<\/p>\n

nochschleppers<\/strong> \u2013 taggers on<\/p>\n

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O<\/strong><\/p>\n

opshearing<\/strong> \u2013 a ritual haircutting ceremony observed when an orthodox Jewish boy turns three years old. The forelocks remain uncut and dangling, forming the basis of the payos which Jewish males are commanded to wear<\/p>\n

oy chaleria<\/strong> \u2013 exclamation: literally, oh cholera<\/p>\n

oy gevalt<\/strong> \u2013 exclamation: literally, oh violence<\/p>\n

oy vey<\/strong> \u2013 exclamation of dismay or grief, oh woe<\/p>\n

oy-va-voy<\/strong> \u2013 exclamation, oh woe, woe is me<\/p>\n

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P<\/strong><\/p>\n

payos<\/strong> \u2013 sidelocks or sideburns grown by observant Jewish boys and men<\/p>\n

Pesach<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish festival of Passover<\/p>\n

pish<\/strong> \u2013 to urinate<\/p>\n

Purim<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish festival commemorating the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, a Persian official and royal vizier to King Ahasuerus of the Persian Empire, who plotted to kill all the Jews in the empire. A Jewess, Esther, came to the rescue of her people and the evil Haman was vanquished<\/p>\n

putzkered<\/strong> \u2013 tinkered<\/p>\n

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R<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rebbe<\/strong> (Yiddish)\u2013 Rabbi, teacher<\/p>\n

Rov<\/strong> (Hebrew)\u2013 Rabbi, teacher<\/p>\n

rozhinkes mit mandelen<\/strong> \u2013 raisins and almonds; the name of a traditional Yiddish lullaby<\/p>\n

rugelach<\/strong> \u2013 a traditional Jewish pastry<\/p>\n

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S<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sanhedrin<\/strong> \u2013 the supreme council and tribunal of the Jews before the destruction of the Second Temple<\/p>\n

schlenter<\/strong> \u2013 to fake or deceive<\/p>\n

schlep<\/strong> \u2013 v. haul or carry; n. a tedious or difficult journey<\/p>\n

schloff<\/strong> \u2013 sleep<\/p>\n

schmaltzy<\/strong> \u2013 overly ornate, kitsch<\/p>\n

schmekel<\/strong> \u2013 small penis, from schmuk, penis, slang: idiotic or disliked person<\/p>\n

schmooze<\/strong> \u2013 talk with someone in a way that is intended to impress or manipulate them<\/p>\n

schmutz<\/strong> \u2013 filth<\/p>\n

schmutzik<\/strong> \u2013 filthy<\/p>\n

schnozz<\/strong> \u2013 nose<\/p>\n

schnozzel<\/strong> \u2013 nose<\/p>\n

schtupp<\/strong> \u2013 literally, to push; slangily, an act of sexual intercourse<\/p>\n

schtuppery<\/strong> \u2013 fuckery<\/p>\n

schvitz<\/strong> \u2013 sweat<\/p>\n

schvitzing<\/strong> \u2013 sweating<\/p>\n

Seder<\/strong> \u2013 traditional Passover\/Pesach meal<\/p>\n

seichel <\/strong>\u2013 common sense<\/p>\n

Sephardic<\/strong> \u2013 members or descendants of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal from the time of the Roman Empire until their persecution and mass expulsion in the last decades of the 15th century<\/p>\n

Shabbos<\/strong> \u2013 sabbath. Seventh day of the week, symbolising God\u2019s rest having created the universe in six days. Traditionally, all Jews are commanded to refrain from work on this day<\/p>\n

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Shalom aleichem<\/strong> \u2013 greeting, peace be upon you<\/p>\n

shamus <\/strong>\u2013 assistant to the cantor or chazzan in a Jewish synagogue<\/p>\n

sheine<\/strong> \u2013 fine, beautiful<\/p>\n

sheitel<\/strong> \u2013 wig worn by a Jewish woman after marriage as an act of modesty<\/p>\n

shemzach<\/strong> \u2013 shame<\/p>\n

Sheol<\/strong> \u2013 the abode of the dead in Jewish religious mythology<\/p>\n

shiddach<\/strong> \u2013 a system of matchmaking in which Jewish singles are introduced to one another, usually by a matchmaker, for the purpose of marriage; v. shiddached<\/p>\n

shiksa<\/strong> \u2013 from Hebrew sheqes, blemish, abomination, Non-Jewish woman<\/p>\n

shin<\/strong> \u2013 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet<\/p>\n

shmatte<\/strong> \u2013 an old rag; tattered clothing. Often used ironically to underplay garments of great value<\/p>\n

shofar<\/strong> \u2013 ram\u2019s horn, blown as a type of trumpet. Used on Jewish religious holidays to call on the name of God<\/p>\n

shtetl<\/strong> \u2013 small Jewish town or village<\/p>\n

simlah<\/strong> \u2013 a biblical garment, cloak or mantle in wool or linen<\/p>\n

slicha<\/strong> \u2013 sorry<\/p>\n

Sukkoth<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish festival of tabernacles<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong><\/p>\n

tachlis<\/strong> \u2013 practical details of a matter; purpose, aim<\/p>\n

tallis<\/strong> \u2013 fringed prayer shawl worn by Jewish men<\/p>\n

Talmud<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish ancient teachings<\/p>\n

Tanakh<\/strong> \u2013 the entire body of Jewish scripture<\/p>\n

teigel<\/strong> \u2013 sticky confectionery; pl. teiglach<\/p>\n

tekiyah<\/strong> \u2013 long note sounded by a shofar<\/p>\n

teraphim<\/strong> \u2013 family gods or idols<\/p>\n

teruah<\/strong> \u2013 nine short blasts sounded by a shofar<\/p>\n

tichel<\/strong> \u2013 headscarf worn by a married Orthodox Jewish woman as an act of modesty<\/p>\n

Torah<\/strong> \u2013 Old Testament, Pentateuch, first five books of the Jewish bible<\/p>\n

treif<\/strong> \u2013 something non-kosher<\/p>\n

tsoriss <\/strong>\u2013 trouble and suffering<\/p>\n

tuchus<\/strong> \u2013 backside, buttocks, arse<\/p>\n

tzatzke<\/strong> \u2013 a trinket, ornament, often used as a euphemism for something more valuable<\/p>\n

tzedoka<\/strong> \u2013 charity<\/p>\n

tzehitzt <\/strong>\u2013 emotionally heated<\/p>\n

tzimbel <\/strong>\u2013 strum, improvise musically<\/p>\n

tzimbeller<\/strong> \u2013 musical player<\/p>\n

tzimmes<\/strong> \u2013 a sweet, traditional dish made of root vegetables and dried fruits<\/p>\n

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V<\/strong><\/p>\n

verpackt<\/strong> \u2013 packed<\/p>\n

verschtunkende<\/strong> \u2013 stinking<\/p>\n

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Y<\/strong><\/p>\n

yarmulke<\/strong> \u2013 skull cap worn by Jewish men<\/p>\n

Yom Kippur<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish Day of Atonement<\/p>\n

yoren<\/strong> \u2013 years<\/p>\n

yud<\/strong> \u2013 the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Also has numerical value 10<\/p>\n

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Z<\/strong><\/p>\n

zaida<\/strong> \u2013 grandfather<\/p>\n

zietsfleisch<\/strong> \u2013 literally, sitting flesh, buttocks, endurance<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Modjajibooks 2021 \u00a9 Lynn Joffe 2021. To order the book in print or EPub with interactive glossary, go to www.modjajibooks.co.za\/the-gospel-according-to-wanda-b-lazarus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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