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Pesach
The Jewish holiday of Passover commemorating the redemption from slavery in Egypt
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Peyos
Literally, pe’ah means corner, side or edge. Payos is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls. Payos are worn by some men and boys in...
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Philistine
Belonging to an ancient non-Semitic group (the Philistines) or, colloquially, a person who who has no understanding of culture and the arts
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Pidyon HaBen
Redeeming of the first-born, a Jewish ritual upon the birth of a first male child
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Pierogi
Dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed with a potato filling
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Pilegesh
A Hebrew term for a concubine with similar social and legal standing to a recognized wife, often for the purpose of producing offspring.
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Pirkei Avot
Ethics of our Fathers, a compilation of ethical teachings and lessons from the Mishnaic period (redacted in ~220 CE)
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Pogroms
Organized attacks or massacres of a particular ethnic group (of Jewish people in this context)
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Posek
Term in Jewish law for "decisor"—a legal scholar who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive or in those situations...
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Prophet Elijah
A famous Biblical prophet whose character and presence is a motif through Jewish practice and tradition
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