gelt
"Money" (Yiddish); often given as a Hanukkah gift; used for playing dreidel.
ger (masculine);
"One who is invited to join the Hebrew tribe;" "convert" (Hebrew); feminine: gioret; plural: gerim.
gerut
"Conversion" (Hebrew).
get
Religious divorce document; plural: gittin.
grogger
"Noisemaker" (Hebrew); used to drown out Haman's name during the M'gillah reading on Purim.
haftarah
Selection from the Prophets read or chanted after the weekly Torah portion; plural: haftarot
hakafah
"encircle, round off, circle around, orbit;" procession of worshippers carrying Torah scrolls that circles the sanctuary; plural hakafot.
halachah
Literally, “walking, “way,” or “path;” refers specifically to a body of Jewish law governing all aspects of life; includes the 613 mitzvot (commandments) and ongoing interpretation over many centuries.
hamantaschen
Triangle-shaped pastries commonly filled with apricot jam or poppyseed spread (or other fillings) and eaten on Purim; the shape represents Haman's hat or ears
Hanukkah
"Dedication;" the joyous eight-day celebration during which Jews commemorate the victory of the Macabees over the armies of Syria in 165 B.C.E. and the subsequent liberation and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.