Hagadah (_H._), narrative portion of the Talmud; Passover-eve ritual. Halachah (_H._), legal portion of the Talmud. Havdalah (_H._), ceremony separating conclusion of Sabbath or Festival from the subsequent days of toil. Imbeshreer (_c. G. ohne beschreien_), without bewitching; unbeshrewn. Kaddish (_H._), prayer in praise of God; specially recited by male mourners. Kehillah (_H._), congregation. Kind, Kinder (_G._), child, children. Kosher (_H._), ritually clean. Kotzon (_H._), rich man. Link (_G._), lit. left, _i.e._, not right; hence lax, not pious. Longe Verachum (_G._ and _c. H._), lit. The long 'and He being merciful.' A long extra prayer, said on Mondays and Thursdays. Lulov (_H._), palm-branch dressed with myrtle and willow, and used at the Feast of Tabernacles. Maaseh (_H._), story, tale. Machzor (_H._), Festival Prayer-Book. Maggid (_H._), preacher. Mazzoltov (_H._), Good luck, congratulations. Megillah (_H._), lit. scroll. The Book of Esther. Meshuggah, Meshuggene (H.), mad. Meshumad (_H._), apostate. Metsiah (_H._), lit. finding, cp. Fr. _trouvaille_; bargain. Mezuzah (_H._), case containing a scroll, with Heb. verses (Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-21), affixed to every door-post. Midrash (_H._), Biblical exposition. Minchah (_H._), afternoon prayer. Minyan (_H._), quorum of ten males over thirteen necessary for public worship. Mishpochah (_H._), family. Mishnah, Mishnayis (_H._), collection of the Oral Law. Missheberach (_H._), synagogal benediction. Mitzvah (_H._), a commandment, _i.e._, a good deed. Mizrach (_H._), East; a sacred picture hung on the east wall in the direction of Jerusalem, to which the face is turned in praying. Narrischkeit (_c. G._), foolishness. 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 Passover and Pentecost. Parnass (_H._), President of the Congregation. Pesachdik (_H._), proper for Passover. Pidyun Haben (_H._), redemption of the first-born son. Piyut (_Hebraicised Gk._), liturgical poem. Potch (_c. G._), slap. Pullack (_c. G._), Polish Jew. Rashi (_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._), Passover-eve ceremony. Selaim (_H._), old Jewish coins. Sephardim (_H._), Spanish and Portuguese Jews.