Word origins

• KeterThe topmost of the sefiroth of the tree of life in Kabbalah.
• sheolThe realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).
• adaha group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial matters); congregation; assembly; prayer meeting
• LifshitzA surname from Hebrew.
• KislevThe third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Cheshvan and before Tevet.
• RivkaA female given name from Hebrew.
• melamedA religious teacher or instructor in general, especially in the Talmudic period.
• AbimelechAny of several Philistine kings.
• chokA law or commandment without a comprehensible explanation or purpose.
• gaonA sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia
• JabalThe son of Lamech and Ada.
• hederAn elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.
• SharonaA female given name from Hebrew.
• sukkahA temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot).
• soferA Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious writings.
• tannaAny of the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishna, from approximately 10–220 CE.
• ElulThe twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei.
• MetatronAn archangel and the chancellor of Heaven and the scribe of the book of life, in Christian and Jewish folklore. According to medieval apocrypha, he is Enoch, ancestor of Noah, transformed into an angel.
• SargonAn Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE.
• kashrutThe Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat.
• GershomA male given name from Hebrew.
• avelTo pull away.
• RahabA prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
• ElianaA female given name from Hebrew
• ivryA surname from Hebrew.
• olimA surname from Portuguese of Flemish origin.
• barkanA surname from Hebrew.
• AzazelA fallen angel in some traditions of Judaism and Christianity.
• siddurA prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
• KeziahA female given name from Hebrew, variant of Kezia.
• ZedekiahA biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.
• TammuzThe tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Sivan and before Av.
• ReuelA male given name from Hebrew.
• KinneretThe Sea of Galilee.
• yizkorAn Ashkenazi memorial prayer service for the dead.
• KotelThe Western Wall.
• AbijahKing of Judah after Rehoboam, the first to begin reign over Judah only; the father of Asa
• AhazA king of Judah mentioned in the book of Kings.
• MizrachiA surname from Hebrew. (Etymology 1)
• kollelAn institute for full-time advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature.
• ShevatThe fifth month of the civil year and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tevet and before Adar.
• JerushaA female given name from Hebrew.
• ChavaA female given name from Hebrew.
• chesedThe Jewish attribute of grace, kindness or love; one of the sephiroth
• HuldahA prophetess in the Old Testament.
• shekinahA visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
• ruachOne of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and morality.
• kippahThe cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.
• HavdalahThe Jewish ceremony, involving a candle, wine and spices, that concludes the Sabbath or other holy days.
• AwanThe daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees.
• ShushanA surname.
• AmoraAny of the Jewish scholars of about 200 to 500 CE who orally transmitted the teachings of the Mishna.
• lamedThe twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
• TzviA male given name from Hebrew.
• nefeshOne of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to natural instinct.
• AhasuerusA king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.
• TishreiThe first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.
• pasukA verse of the Torah
• chametzFood products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover.
• HahiraA city in Georgia, United States.
• teshuvaThe Jewish concept of penitence.
• Terahthe father of Abraham
• JezreelAn ancient Israelite city, located on a hill overlooking the southern edge of a valley of the same name.
• migdalA fortified tower built in biblical times.
• shamashThe candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.
• SookieA female given name of Hebraic origin.
• JaelA female given name from Hebrew.
• YehuditA female given name from Hebrew.
• moshavAn Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.
• JedidiahA name of King Solomon.
• MinchaThe afternoon prayer service.
• ohelA structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person.
• heterSpecial permission from a rabbi to break a commandment.
• gadolAn eminent, highly respected rabbi, esp. of the past.
• GilgalThe site of Joshua's encampment before the siege of Jericho.
• TirzahA daughter of Zelophehad.
• nahalSynonym of wadi.
• AshkenazA medieval region of Central Europe, centered on the Rhineland, in modern Germany.
• ElkanahAny of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Samuel.
• parsaA Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
• tzaddikA very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader.
• IyarThe eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan.
• YerushalmiOf Jerusalem.
• ShalevA male given name from Hebrew.
• IrgunA Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.
• mikvehA ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.
• mohelThe person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris.
• AmaziahA male given name from Hebrew.
• karetA severe punishment prescribed for certain offenses, interpreted variously as expulsion or extinction of the soul.
• HarediA member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
• etrogThe yellow citron (Citrus medica) used in Sukkot ritual.
• KeziaThe second of the three daughters of Job.
• tzitzitThe knotted fringes of the tallit.
• AsenathAn Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
• MaozA surname from Hebrew.
• BacharA surname.
• yardenAn area which is both a yard and a garden.
• AgagA Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king, possibly a dynastic name of the kings of Amalek.
• Ivritthe Hebrew language, especially Modern Hebrew
• JehoiadaA prominent priest during the reigns of Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Joash. He became the brother-in-law of King Ahaziah and opposed the worship of Baal.