Glossary Terms

Method of animal slaughter for kosher meat. Thought to be the most humane method.

A section from the Torah, used as a prayer. Found in mezuzah scrolls and tefillin.

Meaning seven. The seven day mourning period after the death of a close relative.

A period of 30 days of mourning after a close relative has died.

A musical instrument made from a ram’s (or kudu’s) horn.

Synagogue (Yiddish)

A Jewish prayer book.

‘Celebrating a daughter’ – a celebration or meal to celebrate the birth of a daughter

A festival in Autumn, celebrating completing reading the whole Torah, and starting again at the beginning.

Scribe (who writes Torah scrolls, mezuzahs and tefillin etc by hand)