Here is a link to the Hebrew and Yeshivaish Glossary. If need to know what a word means and it is not on in the glossary or you would like to add a term to the glossary please post a reply here. The term should include the English word and definition.

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Referring to Jew married to NonJew: What does Yichud mean?

"Yichud" means the prohibition restricts a man and a woman from being secluded unless they are married or very close relatives. The Yichud prohibition begins for a girl at age three and a boy at age nine.

Yair

If anybody has the time, what I would like to see in the Glossary is ALL words written by ALL posters that are not English words. I have read dozens already that are not in the glossary. I'll start with one, though: Halacha. Thanks.

Yes, I am going to agree with Paulette, all though its been a few months sense her post, I too would like to see more words that are being used in posts on the list.

I have been trying to find a site that will help me with some words I am trying to understand while I study...

What is Ov and what is Yiddoni?

Thanks
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lisa

Paulette and Lisa, we have taken your request into account and we will update and expand the glossary. Currently we are busy producing a couple of exciting new projects and that is why the glossary hasn't yet been updated. Please bear with us.

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Originally posted by Lisa:

What is Ov and what is Yiddoni?

See Leviticus 20:27. They refer to mediums and wizards.

What are the seven mizvots?

Which 7 Mitzvot are you referring to?

There are the 7 Noahide Commandments (the 6 prohibitions against blasphemy, idolatory, immoral sexual relations, theft, murder and taking a limb from a living animal plus the positive commandment to set up a court system).

Or there are the 7 Rabbinical Commanments (Sheva Mitzvos D'Rabbanan) which are (I think, but I may have 1 or 2 wrong) lighting Shabbos candles, reading Megilas Esther, reciting Hallel, making an Eruv, lighting the Chanukah lights, fasting on the 9th Av and washing hands (Netilas Yadayim) before eating bread.

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Originally posted by Stephen Phillips:
Which 7 Mitzvot are you referring to?

There are the 7 Noahide Commandments (the 6 prohibitions against blasphemy, idolatory, immoral sexual relations, theft, murder and taking a limb from a living animal plus the positive commandment to set up a court system).

Or there are the 7 Rabbinical Commanments (Sheva Mitzvos D'Rabbanan) which are (I think, but I may have 1 or 2 wrong) lighting Shabbos candles, reading Megilas Esther, reciting Hallel, making an Eruv, lighting the Chanukah lights, fasting on the 9th Av and washing hands (Netilas Yadayim) before eating bread.

I was wondering what this definition in the glossary meant:

Noachide One who keeps the 7 mitzvahs of Noach. That would be your first defintion, I believe.

I would to know about "HALAKAH".
I have a Believe that it's a Jewish Tradition of a "WALK" for an Ancestor that has shown the way of TORAH.
The family take the same PATH everyyear where the Ancestor walked everyday.
Is this Correct, or a Clan Tradition of years gone by.

Leal,A.

WHY do you WANT to know ABOUT Halacha? I'd be INTERESTED to KNOW.

What does Chalitza and s'baros mean?

Chalitza - literally it means "pulling off" of a shoe. It relates to the case mentioned in Deut. 25 verses 5-10 where a man dies without leaving children and his brother (or one of his brothers) has the obligation to perform Yibum with the widow, which effectively means he is married to her. If he doesn't want to perform Yibum, he must perform Chalitza (as mentioned in the Torah passage) which is a form of divorce. She is then free to marry another man, except for a Kohen (as she is like a divorcee).

S'baros - not sure what that is. Do you mean S'varos? If so, it means "opinions" or "logical arguments".

Yes, thank you. That is exactly what I meant. I would not have guessed.

the following terms in recent posting might be good candidates for inclusion in the dictionary:

lomdus (related to learning)
stam yayin (related to wine)
mevushal (boiled)

I notice Bas Mitzva transliterated differently than Beit (sic) Din and recommend a standardized approach.... picking whichever Ashkenaz or Sephardit comes earlier in the dictionary ;-)

SHALOM ! Would someone please inform me as to what the Hebrew word AISH means and as to the words' general usage in coversation ?
Toddah Rabbah ! SHAL0M !

Aish means fire, plain and simple. So however the word fire is used in conversation, so in general Aish is used.

You may have heard of a yeshiva called Aish HaTorah. It means the Fire of Torah.

Aish means fire and it is used the same way the word fire would be used in english.

In English there is both fire with a flame, and a person being fired from a job. Is the word Aish in Hebrew ever used in the latter context?