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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 Pa.s.sover and Pentecost.
Parna.s.s (_H._), President of the Congregation.
Pesachdik (_H._), proper for Pa.s.sover.
Pidyun Haben (_H._), redemption of the first-born son.
Piyut (_Hebraicised Gk._), liturgical poem.
Potch (_c. G._), slap.
Pullack (_c. G._), Polish Jew.
Ras.h.i.+ (_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._), Pa.s.sover-eve ceremony.
Selaim (_H._), old Jewish coins.
Sephardim (_H._), Spanish and Portuguese Jews.
Shaaloth u-Teshuvoth (_H._), questions and answers; casuistical treatise.
Shabbas (_H._), Sabbath.
Shadchan (_H._), professional match-maker.
Shaitel (_c. G._), wig worn by married women.
Shammos (_c. H._), beadle.
Sha.s.s (_H. abbreviation_), the six sections of the Talmud.
Shechitah (_H._), slaughter.
Shemah beni (_H._), Hear, my son! = Dear me.
Shemang (_H._), Confession of the Unity of G.o.d.
s.h.i.+dduch (_H._), match.
s.h.i.+ksah (_H._), non-Jewish girl.
Shnodar (_H._), offer money to the synagogue. (An extraordinary instance of Jewish jargon--a compound Hebrew word meaning 'who vows'--being turned into an English verb and conjugated accordingly in _-ed_ and _-ing_).
Shochet (_H._), official slaughterer.
Shofar (_H._), trumpet of ram's horn, blown during the Penitential season.
Shool (_c. G._), synagogue.
Shulchan Aruch (_H._), a sixteenth-century compilation, codifying Jewish law.
Simchath Torah (_H._), festival of the rejoicing of the Law.
Snoga (_Sp._), Sephardic synagogue.
Spiel (_G._), play.
Takif (_H._), rich man; swell.
Talith (_H._), a shawl with fringes, worn by men during prayer.
Tanaim (_H._), betrothal contract or ceremony.
Terah, Torah (_H._), Law of Moses.
Tephillin (_H._), phylacteries.
Tripha (_H._), ritually unclean.
Wurst (_G._), sausage.
Yiddish, Yiddishkeit (_c. G._), Jewish Judaism.
Yigdal (_H._), hymn summarising the thirteen creeds drawn up by Maimonides.
Yom Kippur (_H._), Day of Atonement.
Yom Tov (_H._), lit. good day; Festival.
