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calla  (Heb.) bride

C.E.  Common Era

Chabad  see "Lubavitch"

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chag  holiday, esp. a religious one  

chai  (Heb.) life  

challah  braided egg bread for Shabbat and holidays

chaloshes  (Yid.) disgusting

chalutz  pioneer; early Israeli settler, esp. on kibbutz  

chamalyeh  (Yid.) punch, hard hit [n]

chametz  leavened products forbidden on Pesach  

Chanukah  winter holiday for defeating the Syrian Hellenists [read more...] also see:  [Chanukah ritual]

chanukia  Chanukah menorah  

charoset  Seder condiment of chopped apples, walnuts, and wine; recalls mortar made by Hebrew slaves in Egypt

chas v'sholom  lit.=mercy and peace: "G-d forbid!"  

chasana  wedding  

chasid (pl. chasidim)  member of an Orthodox Jewish sect Chassidus

Ha·sid or Has·sid also Chas·sid (KHä'sĭd, KHô'-, hä'-)
n., pl. Ha·si·dim or Has·si·dim also Chas·si·dim (KHä-sē'dĭm, KHô-, hä-).

A member of a Jewish mystic movement founded in the 18th century in eastern Europe by Baal Shem Tov that reacted against Talmudic learning and maintained that God's presence was in all of one's surroundings and that one should serve God in one's every deed and word.