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Ladino the Jewish-Spanish language
Lag BaOmer the
thirty-third day of the Omer, minor spring holiday
landsman fellow native
(usu. of place in Old Country)
landsmanshaft(en) organization(s) of fellow
natives
lashon harah lit.=bad
language: slander, gossip
Lashon HaKodesh
lit.=holy tongue: Hebrew
latke potato pancake,
esp. for Chanukah
lavayah lit.=procession:
funeral
layn read from the Torah,
etc., with trop
l'chaim "To Life!"
lechem (Heb.) bread
Lekhah Dodi n.
Hebrew (leh-KHAN doe-DEE) Literally, “come
my beloved.” The song sung by Jews
worldwide at dusk on Friday evenings to
welcome Shabbat. The words of the first
stanza are: “Come, my beloved, to meet the
bride. Let us welcome the Sabbath.”
lev (Heb.) heart
levi (pl. leviim) member of the tribe of Levi, but not a descendant of Moses or Aaron; thus, a member of
the priest-assistant class
licht lit.=light:
Shabbat or yom tov candles
Likud Israeli
conservative political party
loch in kopf lit.=a hole
in (the) head: "the last thing I need"
lochshen wide noodles,
esp. for kugel
l'shanah tova lit.=for a
good year: Rosh HaShanah greeting
Lubavitch large and
influential chaisidic group focusing on outreach
luftmensch lit=air man:
one without visible means of (monetary) support
lulav palm frond. used
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