Details and discussion of each of these terms is on-line in the Jewish Encyclopedia. Torah mitzvah/mitzvot(pl) Tanakh (Torah, Prophets, Writings) YHVH/Yahweh (Tetragrammaton) Covenant (berit) Exile (Galut)/Dispersion/Diaspora) goy/goyim Mishnah Talmud/gemara Shema Kashrut Mikvah Shabbat/Sabbath Passover (Pesach) Pentecost (Shavuot) New Year/Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) Hanukkah (Festival of Lights/Maccabees) Purim (Esther) Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah halachah Hasid/Hasidic Tzadik

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