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k'hilah k’doshah
holy community
shoah
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שׁוֹאָה
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Lit. "conflagration;" the Shoah refers to the murder of the six million Jews.
shomeir
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שׁוֹמֵר
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shomer
Guard who sits with the body before burial, often reciting psalms.
t'hillim
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תְּהִלִּים
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tehilim
"Psalms."
Tzidkuk HaDin
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צִדּוּק הַדִּין
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Tziduk ha-din
The "justification of God" prayer recited at burial.
am haSefer
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עַם הַסֵּפֶר
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am ha-sefer
People of the Book.
Babylonian Talmud
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תַּלְמוּד בָּבְלִי
Compendium of Jewish law and lore developed by the Rabbis from the first centuries of the Common Era (C.E.). Codified circa 500 C.E.
hatafat dam brit
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הַטָּפַת דָּם בְּרִית
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Symbolic drawing of a drop of blood for the Covenant of Circumcision.
ger toshav
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גֵּ֧ר תוֹשָׁ֛ב
Lit. a resident stranger, a non-Jewish inhabitant of the Land of Israel who observes the Seven Laws of Noah and has repudiated all links with idolatry.