• Dreidels

    A small four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side, played with on the Jewish festival of Chanukah

  • Drisha

    An all-women's Orthodox Jewish institution for higher learning and the study of classical Jewish texts

  • Dvar Torah

    A sermon or commentary on the Bible, frequently delivered as a communal lecture on the Sabbath

  • Dybbuk

    An evil spirit or demon according to Jewish tradition

  • Eema

    The Hebrew word for mother

  • Egel Zahav

    Golden Calf

  • Elohim

    A grammatically singular or plural noun for "god" or "gods" in both modern and ancient Hebrew language.

  • Emunah

    Faith; an innate conviction, a perception of truth that transcends, rather than evades, reason

  • Erev

    The evening of

  • Erev Shabbat

    Sabbath evening