simchah
"Happiness." Refers to any happy occasion.
Talmud
The Jewish legal work that comprises the Mishnah and the Gemara. There are two works of Talmud: The Palestinian Talmud was compiled between 200-450 C.E. in the land of Israel and is also called the Jerusalem Talmud or Talmud Yerushalmi.
tefillin
"Phylacteries." Leather boxes and straps worn by religious Jews daily except on Shabbat, holidays, and fast days. "Laying tefillin" is the expression commonly used for putting them on.
Birkat HaGomeil
Prayer said upon surviving a life-threatening illness.
goses
A patient within three days of death.
r'fuah sh'leimah
Complete healing.
rofeh
Healer.
theodicy
The justification of God's goodness, power and omniscience in light of the suffering of the innocent and evil.
arelim
Uncircumcised.