• Hiddur Mitzvah

    The Jewish concept of "beautifying the commandment", to go beyond what is required to enhance the mitzvah or action being performed

  • High Holidays

    The Jewish Fall festivals that take place within the first three weeks of the Jewish new year. The 'high holidays' are Rosh HaShana (New...

  • High Holydays

    The Jewish Fall festivals that take place within the first three weeks of the Jewish new year. The ‘high holidays’ are Rosh HaShana (New Year),...

  • Hijab

    A head covering worn by some Muslim women

  • Hillel

    The center for Jewish life on college campuses

  • Hillel and Shammai

    Two leading rabbis of the early 1st century BCE who founded opposing schools of Jewish thought, known as the House of Hillel and the House...

  • Holishkes

    A traditional Jewish cabbage roll dish, served on the holiday of Sukkot

  • Holocaust

    The mass murder of Jews under the Nazi regime during World War II

  • Ibbur

    One of the transmigration forms of the soul according to the Kabbalah. Ibbur is always good or positive as the most positive form of...

  • Igeret HaKodesh

    A book on marriage, holiness and sexual relations allegedly written by Nahmanides as a wedding gift for his son