{"id":6685,"date":"2011-03-01T00:02:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T22:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2011-03-01T00:02:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T22:02:04","slug":"04-00-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-00-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"1261\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"251\" \/>\n<col width=\"1010\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"251\" height=\"21\">afikoman<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"1010\">lit. dessert; the portion of matza eaten to conclude the Seder meal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">a\u0125shevei<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a principle whereby one&#8217;s actions indicate that he assigns subjective significance to an otherwise insignificant object<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">al ha-sova<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">while satisfied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bal yera\u2019eh<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the prohibition against <span>\u0125ametz<\/span><span> being seen in one&#8217;s possession on Pesa\u0125<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bal yimatzei<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the prohibition against <span>\u0125ametz<\/span><span> being found in one&#8217;s possession on Pesa\u0125<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">basar be-\u0125alav<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the forbidden mixture of milk and meat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">batei midrash<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Torah study halls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">batel be-rov<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">rendered insignificant by the majority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">batel be-shishim<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">rendered insignificant as less than one sixtieth of a mixture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">be-di\u2019avad<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a level of performance that <span>ex post facto <\/span><span>satisfies an obligation in a less-than-ideal manner<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bedika<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">search; often used as shorthand for <span>bedikat \u0125ametz<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bedikat \u0125ametz<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the mitzva to search for <span>\u0125ametz<\/span><span> in order to eliminate it from possession before Pesa\u0125; see chapter 4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">beit din<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">rabbinical court<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">beit knesset<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">synagogue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">ben yomo<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">less than 24 hours (the time it takes for absorbed taste to become foul) removed from last use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">berakha<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a formal blessing recited before eating or performing a mitzva, and on other occasions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">berakha a\u0125arona<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a blessing recited after eating or drinking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">berakha<span>le-vatala\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a blessing in vain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Birkat Ha-mazon<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">known as the &#8220;grace after meals&#8221;; the <span>berakha a\u0125arona<\/span><span> consisting of four <\/span><span>berakhot <\/span><span>recited after a bread-based meal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bitul<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">nullification<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bi&#8217;ur \u0125ametz<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the elimination of <span>\u0125ametz<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">bli neder<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a verbal caveat that ensures that an undertaking does not acquire the status of a vow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">de-Oraita<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a title=\"Halacha\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halacha\">biblically mandated<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Eretz Yisrael<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the Land of Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Erev Pesa\u0125<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">lit. the eve Pesa\u0125; the day preceding Pesa\u0125, on which Israel is obligated to offer the <span>korban Pesa\u0125<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">gebrokts<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">see <span>matza sheruya <\/span><span>and sec. 8:2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0124ag<span>Ha-matzot<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the Festival of Unleavened Bread; the biblical name for Pesa\u0125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Hagada<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the central text of the Seder, the central part of which retells the story of the Exodus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">hagala<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">immersion in boiling water; see chapter 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">halakha<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a title=\"Religious law\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_law\">the collective body of\u00a0Jewish law; an individual Jewish law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125alla<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a title=\"Kohen\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kohen\">the mitzva to give a part of a large batch of dough to a\u00a0<span>kohen<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Hallel<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">chapters 113-118 of Tehilim, all of which are thanksgiving psalms, recited on Jewish holidays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Hallel Ha-gadol<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Tehilim chapter 136; the &#8220;Great <span>Hallel<\/span><span>&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125ametz<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">cereal grain that leavened; see chapter 2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125ametz gamur<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">absolute<span> \u0125ametz<\/span><span>, in which the leavening process has been completed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125ametz nuksheh<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;hardened <span>\u0125ametz&#8221;<\/span><span>; see section 2:5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125ametz she-avar alav ha-Pesa\u0125<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0125ametz<span> that belonged to a Jew during the holiday\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">ha-motzi<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"1010\">the <span>berakha<\/span><span> over bread<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">ha-motzi le\u0125em min ha-aretz<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;Who brings forth bread from the earth&#8221;; the formula for the <span>berakha <\/span><span>on bread<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125aroset<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a sweet paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at the Seder to commemorate the clay mortar our forefathers made when they were enslaved in Egypt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">hasava<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">reclining; see 16:10-11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">hatarat nedarim<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the annulment of vows before a rabbinical court<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">heavy <span>libun<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">see <span>libun<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">hefker<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">ownerless<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">hefsek<\/td>\n<td width=\"1010\">A problematic interruption between two acts or recitations that must be performed or recited together<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">heteira bala<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">it absorbed permissible matter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0124ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the intermediate days of Sukkot and Pesa\u0125, on which certain weekday activities are permitted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125ozer ve-ne\u2019or<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u201creawakened\u201d; the reversal of nullification in which a nullified ingredient regains its former status; see sections 7:2-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">\u0125utz la-aretz<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">countries outside of Eretz Yisrael<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">irui<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;pouring&#8221;; one of the ways taste is transferred; an intermediate phase between <span>kli rishon <\/span><span>and <\/span><span>kli sheni<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">isura bala<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">it absorbed forbidden matter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">karet<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">extirpation, the most severe biblical punishment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">karpas<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the vegetable eaten at the beginning of the Seder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">ke-bole\u2019o kakh polto<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">taste is released from a vessel in the same manner that it was absorbed; see sec. 10:3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kezayit <span>(pl. <\/span><span>kezeytim<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a olive\u2019s bulk, a standard halakhic measure of volume or weight; see sections 16:23-24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kiddush<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the invocation of the sanctity of a holy day with blessings over a cup of wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kinyan<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">an act that effects an acquisition or another change in status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kitniyot<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">non-<span>\u0125ametz<\/span><span> species that may not be eaten on Pesa\u0125 according to Ashkenazic custom; see chapter 9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kli<span>rishon<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the vessel in which food was cooked; see section 10:8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kli<span>sheni<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the vessel into which hot food was transferred; see section 10:8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">korban<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a sacrificial offering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">korban<span>\u0125agiga\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a sacrifice offered at each of the three pilgrimage festivals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">korban Pesa\u0125<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the Paschal offering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">korekh<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">matza and <span>maror <\/span><span>eaten together to commemorate the practice of Hillel the Elder in Temple times; see section 16:28<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kos<span>shel<\/span><span>berakha<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a cup of wine linked to the performance of a mitzva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">kvisha<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u201cpickling,\u201d or the absorption of taste through prolonged soaking; see section 10:14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">le\u0125em mishneh<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the two whole loaves of bread\/matza over which the <span>berakha <\/span><span>of <\/span><span>ha-motzi<\/span><span> is recited at Shabbat and Yom Tov meals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">le\u0125em<span>oni<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;poor man\u2019s bread&#8221;; how matza is described in Devarim 16:3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">le-khat\u0125ila<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><span>ab initio<\/span><span>; a level of performance that satisfies an obligation in an ideal manner<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">le-shem matzat mitzva<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;for the sake of the matza of the mitzva&#8221;; the required intention one must have when baking matza to be used for the mitzva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">libun<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">heating a vessel by fire to the point that absorbed taste is incinerated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\"><span>light <\/span><span>libun<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">heating a utensil by fire to the point that a piece of straw or thread placed on the opposite side of the utensil becomes blackened from the heat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Ma nishtana<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;Why is this night different?&#8221;; a series of questions that the children ask at the Seder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Ma\u2019ariv<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">evening prayers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Magid<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the part of the Seder in which the story of the Exodus is recounted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Makat<span>Bekhorot<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the Plague of the Firstborn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">marit ayin<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">&#8220;appearances&#8221;; an action that must be avoided because it may give a false impression of being a violation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">maror<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the bitter vegetable that must be eaten at the Seder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Mashi\u2019a\u0125<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the Messiah; the restorer of the Davidic dynasty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">matza<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">unleavened\u00a0bread eaten by Jews on Pesa\u0125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">matza ashira<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">matza that was kneaded in a liquid other than water, colloquially known as &#8220;egg matza&#8221;; see section 8:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">mayim she-lanu<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">water drawn before nightfall and kept overnight in a cool place, later to be used in matza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">mekhirat<span>\u0125ametz<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the sale of <span>\u0125ametz <\/span><span>to remove it from Jewish possession before Pesa\u0125; see chapter 6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">melakha<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">productive work of the type prohibited on Shabbat and Yom Tov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">melakha gemura<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">full-fledged work; see section 13:2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">melo<span>lugmav<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a measure of liquid; enough to fill the drinker\u2019s mouth with one cheek inflated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">mezonot<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">food that is made from grain but is not bread, or the <span>berakha <\/span><span>recited on such foods<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">mikveh<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a title=\"Ritual washing in Judaism\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ritual_washing_in_Judaism#Full-body_immersion\">a ritual immersion pool<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">mil<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a unit of distance; it takes 18 minues (22.5 according to some, and 24 according to others) to walk a <span>mil<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Min\u0125a<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the afternoon prayers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">min\u0125a gedola<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">5.5 seasonal hours before sunset; the earliest time to recite the afternoon prayers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">min\u0125a<span>ketana<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">2.5 seasonal hours before sunset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">nat bar nat<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">taste that has been absorbed into a medium twice removed from its origins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">nat bar nat bar nat<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">taste that is thrice removed from its origins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">netilat<span>yadayim<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">ritual hand washing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Nisan<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the first month of the Jewish year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">notar<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">uneaten portions of a sacrifice left over until the morning, which must be incinerated and may not be eaten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">noten ta\u2019am bar noten ta\u2019am<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">see <span>nat bar nat<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">noten ta\u2019am li-fgam<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">something that imparts foul taste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">olat re\u2019iya<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a burnt-offering sacrificed in honor of one of the three pilgrimage festivals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">pagum<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">befouled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">pidyon ha-ben<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the mitzva of redeeming the [firstborn] son<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">plata<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a warming tray used to reheat foods on Shabbat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">pras<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">half a loaf of bread; see section 16:25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">reshut<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">voluntary, optional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">revi\u2019it<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a liquid measure equal to a quarter of a <span>log, <\/span><span>calculated by most to be c. 75 ml<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">safek<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a case of uncertainty or doubt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">safek de-rabanan<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">an uncertainly about a rabbinic ordinance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">se\u2019or<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a leavening agent that one uses to make dough ferment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Se\u2019uda shlishit<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the obligatory third Shabbat meal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">se\u2019udat<span>mitzva<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a\u00a0festive meal celebrating the fulfillment of a\u00a0mitzva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Seder<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the\u00a0banquet on the first night of Pesa\u0125 that includes several special recitations, customs, and <span>mitzvot<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">sefirot<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">mystical &#8220;emanations&#8221; through which God created and sustains the world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">sfek sfeika<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a double uncertainty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">sha\u2019ah zmanit<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a seasonal hour; one-twelfth of the time between sunrise and sunset (or between sunset and sunrise)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Shabbat Ha-Gadol<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the Shabbat immediately before Pesa\u0125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Sha\u0125arit<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the morning prayers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">shali\u2019a\u0125<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">proxy or agent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">she-he\u0125eyanu<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a title=\"Jewish prayer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_prayer\">&#8220;Who has given us life&#8221;; a <span>berakha <\/span><span>recited at specific significant occasions<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">Shekhina<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the\u00a0divine presence in this world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">shi&#8217;ur<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">a standard halakhic measurement for weight, distance, or volume<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"21\">shi\u2019ur akhilat pras<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">the time it takes to eat half a loaf of bread; 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