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SHULCHAN ARUCH (Heb.). The Jewish code.
SILENT PRAYER. _See_ EIGHTEEN BENEDICTIONS.
SOLEMN DAYS. The ten days from New Year to the Day of Atonement inclusive.
SOUL-LIGHTS. Candles lighted in memory of the dead.
STUFFED MONKEYS. Pastry filled with chopped fruit and spices.
TALLIS (popular plural formation, Tallesim) (Heb.). The prayer-scarf.
TALLIS-KOTON (Heb.). _See_ FOUR-CORNERS.
TALMID-CHOCHEM (Heb.). Sage; scholar.
TALMUD TORAH (Heb.). Free communal school.
TANO (Heb.). A Rabbi cited in the Mishnah as an authority.
TARARAM. Noise; tumult; ado.
TATE, TATISHE (Ger. and Russ. dimin.). Father.
TEFILLIN-SaCKLECH (Heb. and Ger.). Phylacteries bag.
TIs...o...b..#39;OV (Heb.). Ninth of Ab, day of mourning and fasting to commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem; hence, colloquially, a sad day.
TORAH (Heb.). The Jewish Law in general, and the Pentateuch in particular.
TSISIN. Season.
TZADDIK (pl. Tzaddikim) (Heb.). "Righteous"; t.i.tle of the Cha.s.sidic leader.
U-MIPNe CHATOeNU (Heb.). "And on account of our sins," the first two words of a prayer for the restoration of the sacrificial service, recited in the Additional Service of the Holy Days and the festivals.
U-NESANNEH-TOIKEF (Heb.). "And we ascribe majesty," the first two words of a Piyyut recited on New Year and on the Day of Atonement.
VERFALLEN! (Ger.). Lost; done for.
VERSHOK (Russ.). Two inches and a quarter.
VIERER (Ger.). Four kopeks.
VIVAT. Toast.
YEs.h.i.+VEH (Heb.). Talmud Academy.
YOHRZEIT (Ger.). Anniversary of a death.
YOM KIPPUR (Heb.). Day of Atonement.
YOM-TOV (Heb.). Festival.
ZHYDEK (Little Russ.). Jew.
