• Sheygitz

  By jewrotica on January 10, 2013

  Yiddish word for a non-Jewish man. This word can be neutral or pejorative depending on context

• Shidduch

  By jewrotica on May 13, 2013

  An arranged match for marriage

• Shidduchs

  By jewrotica on September 29, 2013

  Arranged matches for marriage

• Shiksa

  By jewrotica on July 15, 2013

  Slang term for a gentile woman

• Shikse

  By jewrotica on January 10, 2013

  Slang term for a gentile woman

• Shin Bet

  By jewrotica on April 29, 2013

  The secret service and espionage organization of Israel

• Shinui

  By jewrotica on July 18, 2013

  Literally means change. Often refers to doing a normally-prohibited activity in a different way to lessen the severity of the infringement.

• Shiur

  By jewrotica on December 7, 2012

  A Torah or Talmud-based study session and learning opportunity (Plural is Shiurim)

• Shiva

  By jewrotica on March 12, 2013

  A period of mourning in the Jewish tradition. Also, unrelated, a Hindu God

• Shma Israel Adenoi Elloheynu

  By jewrotica on October 27, 2013

  The central prayer in Jewish liturgy declaring faith in a single God. The sh’ma is recited twice daily often before bedtime. (Also spelled...

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