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Hebrew for "scroll of cutting off". Refers to a get.

Morning prayer service. Prayed every day, though the content is different on weekdays, Shabbat, and Festivals. Derived from the Hebrew word for "dawn."

Afternoon prayer service. Prayed every day, though the content is different on weekdays, Shabbat, and Festivals.

Evening prayer service. Prayed every day, though the content is different on weekdays, Shabbat, and Festivals. Derived from the Hebrew word for "evening"

Literally, “standing.” A central prayer of the worship service, often recited privately. A chain of blessings in which the first three and final three are always the same, and the intermediate blessings change based on the day (i.e., Shabbat, weekday, holidays).

Yiddish for “pray.” Typically involves Hebrew chanting, traditional melodies, and some movement during prayer.

A denomination of Judaism started by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan in New York in the 1920s.

A denomination of Judaism that started in Germany in the mid-1800s and has flourished in the United States from the 1880s and on. Reform Judaism developed as a Jewish response to modernity and sought to answer questions of how to be both Jewish and modern in an increasingly complex world.

Literally, “covenant of daughter,” “covenant of life,” “celebration of a daughter.” A religious ceremony to welcome a baby girl into the covenant between God and the Jewish people.