• Yam

  By jewrotica on April 29, 2013

  Hebrew for 'sea'

• Yamim Noraim

  By jewrotica on September 3, 2013

  The Jewish High Holidays, a period of time including the Jewish New Year (Rosh HaShana) and the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

• Yarmulke

  By jewrotica on January 20, 2013

  A skullcap head covering worn by traditional Jews  (Also called a Kippah)

• Yartzheit

  By jewrotica on April 8, 2013

  The death anniversary of a close family member, when mourners prayers are recited and a remembrance candle is lit

• Yasher-koyekh

  By jewrotica on May 5, 2016

  Congratulations! Well done!

• Yayn

  By jewrotica on April 29, 2013

  Hebrew for "wine"

• YCY

  By jewrotica on October 21, 2013

  An abbreviation for a synagogue name, used in Noa's story "Shabbos Walk"

• Yenta

  By jewrotica on August 4, 2013

  A Jewish woman who talks a lot

• Yeshiva

  By jewrotica on December 18, 2012

  A Jewish educational institution for traditional religious study

• Yeshiva Bachur

  By jewrotica on August 2, 2016

  Literally, yeshiva youth. The phrase refers to a young man, enrolled as a full-time student in a school of Judaic studies, at any level corresponding...

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