Glossary for the Seven Commandment Pages

The following is a list of terms which are explained:

(N.Y.A. means that an explanation is not yet available but a priority.)

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Baraita

Bible

ce – Common Era

Chabad (khah BAHD)

Chassidic, Chasidic (khah SID ik)

see Hasidic

Chassidism, Chasidism (KHAH sid izm)

see Hasidism

Chumash (KHOO mahsh)

commandment

The Eternal World to Come

see World to Come

evil - N.Y.A.

gaon (GUH ohn)

gematria

Gentile

G-d's names

Golden Mean

Golden Rule

haftarot (hahf tah ROHT)

Halacha, Halachah (hah lah KHAH, hah LUH khuh) - N.Y.A.

Hanukkah (HAH nuh kuh, KHAH nuh kuh)

Hasidic (hah SID ik)

Hasidism (HAH sid izm)

Hebrew

Holy Scripture

see Bible

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intermediary

see sheetoof

Israel, Israelite

Jew, Jewish

Kabbala

Lubavitch, Lubavitcher (loo BAH vitch)

also see Chabad

mashpiya (mahsh PEE uh)

Messiah - N.Y.A.

Midrash (MID rahsh)

Mishnah (MISH nuh)

mitzvah (MITS vuh)

see commandment

Nach (NAHKH)

Noahide

Noahite

Oral Tradition - N.Y.A.

Passover

Pentateuch

see Chumash
also see Torah

physical

prophet, prophecy

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rabbi

Rebbe (REH bee)

Rosh Hashana

Sabbath

Sage

Sanhedrin (sahn HED rin)

Scripture

see Bible

sheetoof

Shulchan Aruch (shool KHAHN ah ROOKH, also SHOOL khahn AW rookh)

Silver Rule

see Golden Rule

sin - N.Y.A.

spiritual

soul

Talmud (TAHL mood)

Tanach (tah NAHKH)

Tanna (TAH nah, plural tah NAH im)

Tanya (TAHN yuh)

Tehillim (tuh hil IHM; colloquially: TIL lim)

Torah (TOH ruh)

Tosefta (toh SEF tuh)

World to Come

yeshiva (y' shee VAH, y' SHEE vuh, y' SHIV uh)

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