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ba'al toke'a
(...of the sound) shofar blower
ba'alabusta
(Yid.) hostess; friendly woman
babushka
kerchief worn as headcovering
bachor
first-born male child
baheyma
domesticated beast; "Animal!"
Bamidbar
Numbers (4th bk. of Torah)
Bahir or Sefer Ha-Bahir סֵפֶר
הַבָּהִיר (Hebrew, "Book of the Brightness")
is an anonymous mystical work, attributed
pseudepigraphically to a first century
rabbinic sage Nehunya ben ha-Kanah (a
contemporary of Yochanan ben Zakai) because it
begins with the words, "R. Nehunya Ben Ha-Kanah
said". It is also known as Midrash of Rabbi
Nehunya Ben Ha-Kanah מִדְרָשׁ רַבִּי
נְחוּנְיָא בֶּן הַקָּנָה.
bar mitzva
13-year-old boy now responsible for fulfilling
mitzvot; the ceremony at which this rite of
passage occurs
bat...
daughter of...
bat mitzva
12-year-old girl now responsible for
fulfilling mitzvot; the ceremony at which this
rite of passage occurs
B.C.E/C.E.
Before the Common Era/Common Era
b'dikat chametz
the ceremonial, pre-Pesach search for chametz
becher
(Yid.) wine goblet
bedecken the veiling
of the bride
Beit HaT’futzot
The Diaspora Museum, in Tel Aviv
b'emet lit.= in truth: "Really?"; "Really!"
Be'ersheva
lit.=well of the oath:
Israeli city in the Negev
Beit...
pron."bate": House of... [Sefardi pron.]
Beit Din lit.=house
of law: rabbinical court
Beit HaMikdash
Holy Temple, twice destroyed
also see:
Temple / Jerusalem
Beit Lechem
lit.=House of bread (Heb.) Bethlehem, Rachel's
burial place
Beit (Ha)Midrash room,
building for religious study
ben...
son of...
bentch
(Yid.) say Grace After Meals
bentch licht
(Yid.) light and bless the Shabbat candles
Bereshit / Genesis
Beth...
pron. "bett": House of... [Ashkenazi pron.]
Bible Code: also known as Torah codes, are words,
phrases and clusters of words and
phrases that some people believe are
meaningful and exist intentionally in
coded form in the text of the Bible.
biblical
of the Five Books of Moses, the Prophets, or
the Writings
bikur cholim
visiting the sick
bimah
Torah-reading table in synagogue
Birkat Kohanim:
The
priestly benediction, expressed in three
Scriptural verses and chanted at the end
of the Amidah prayer, was part of the
daily Temple service.
Birkat HaMazon
lit.=blessing of the food: Grace After Meals
Birkat Kohanim
the blessing of the kohanim (see "duchan")
bitachon
(Heb.) trust [n]
biz hundret un tzvensik yor
lit.=to a hundred and twenty years: "(May you)
live a long life."
[Moses lived to 120]
blood libel
the pernicious libel that the blood of
Christian children is
used to make kosher wine or matzah
b’nai mitzvah
more than one bar/bat mitzvah celebrant
boch'r
yeshiva student
borscht
cold beet soup
Boruch Atoh
"Blessed are You..."
boruch haboh
lit.=bless the arrivers: "Welcome!"
boychik
(Yid.) boy, term of endearment
bracha
blessing
B'reshit
Genesis
brit (mila)
lit.=covenant: circumcision
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b'samim
fragrant spices smelled during Havdala
b'shert
destined; one's destined mate/spouse
b'tayavon
lit.=in appetite: Bon Appetit!
bubbe
(Yid.) grandmother
bubbe meiseh
lit.=grandmother's story: old-wive's tale
bulvan
(Yid.) ox-like person
bupkes
(Yid.) nothing; something worthless
b'vakasha
"Please"; "You're welcome."
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