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The Books of The Scriptures

shane — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:47:52 +0000

BOOKS OF THE SCRIPTURES

bookname (alternate name)

Torah (Pentateuch, Teaching, Law): B’resheet (Genesis); Sh’mot (Exodus); Vayikra (Leviticus); B’midbar (Numbers); D’varim (Deuteronomy)
Nevi’im (Prophets): Nevi-im Rishonim(Early Prophets); Y’hoshua (Joshua); Shof’tim (Judges, Rulers); Sh’mu’El(Samuel); Sh’mu’El Alef (1 Samuel); Sh’mu’El Bet (2 Samuel); M’lakhim(Kings); M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings); M’lakhim Bet (2 Samuel); Nevi’im Acharonim (Later Prophets); Yesha’Yahu (Isaiah); YirmeYahu (Jeremiah); Yechezk’El (Ezekiel); Dani’El (Daniel); Shneim ‘Asar (The Twelve); Hoshea (Hosea); Yo’El (Joel); ‘Amos (Amos); ‘OvadYah (Obadiah); Yonah (Jonah); Mikhah (Micah); Nachum (Nahum); Havakuk (Habakkuk ); Tz’fanYah (Zephaniah); Hagai (Haggai); Z’kharYah (Zechariah ); Maol’akhi (Malachi )
K’tuvim (Writings): Tehillim (Psalms); Mishlei (Proverbs); Iyov (Job); The Five Megillot (Scrolls); Shir-HaShirim (Song of Solomon/Song of Songs); Rut (Ruth); Eikhah (Lamentations); Kohelet (Eccleciastes); Ester (Esther); ‘Ezra-NechemYah (Ezra-Nehemiah); ‘Ezra (Ezra); NechemYah (Nehemiah); Divrei-HaYamim (Chronicles, Annals); Divrei-HaYamim Alef (1 Chronicles, 1 Annals); Divrei-HaYamim Bet (2 Chronicles, 2 Annals)
Apostolic Scriptures: The Good News of Yeshua (Gospel); MattitYahu (Matthew); Mark; Luke; Yochanan (John); The Acts of the Apostles (Acts); Letters (Epistles); Sha’ul’s (Paul’s) Letters to Communities; Romans; 1 Corinthians; 2 Corinthians; Galations; Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; 1 Thessalonians; 2 Thessalonians; Sha’ul’s (Paul’s) Letters to Individuals; 1 Timothy; 2 Timothy; Titus; Philemon; General Letters; Ivrim (Hebrews); Ya’akov (James); 1 Kefa (1 Peter); 2 Kefa (2 Peter); 1 Yochanan (1 John); 2 Yochanan (2 John); 3 Yochanan (3 John); Y’hudah (Jude); The Revelation of Yeshua to Yochanan (Revelation/Apocalypse)

Common Words and Expressions

shane — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:23:40 +0000

aleph-baiz (-bayz) - the alphabet; the ABC’s.
aliyah - (lit.,an ‘ascending’) a return to Israel with holy significance for Jews; also, being called upon to read the Torah in a synagogue.
amain, omain - amen.
am-ha’aretz - a common, ordinary person - often used to denote an ‘ingnorant’ person.
apikoros - unbeliever; heathen.
Ashkenazic Jews - one of the branches of Jews that primarily originated from northern France, central and eastern Europe.
averah - sin.
avodah - worship; service.
baleboss - the man of the house.
baleboosteh - the lady of the house, and usually an especially praiseworthy one.
bentsh - to bless, say a blessing.
bais (bet, bes) din - rabbinical court.
Baruch Habah - welcome (masc.).
binah - wisdom.
B’Nai Noach - Sons of Noah; name for non-Jews who strive to live by basic laws for humanity derived from the Torah.
bris, brith - (literally) covenant; commonly refers to the circumcision ceremony, or circumcision itself.
broche (pl. broches) - a blessing.
Brucha Habaha - welcome (fem.).
B’Shalom - in peace.
B’Shira - in song.
bubeleh - (loosely translated) dear, sweetheart, etc..
chacham (pl. chachamim) - a wise person.
chachma - wisdom.
Chag Sameach - happy festival.
chametz - anything with leaven in it.
Chassid (pl. Chassidim) - a disciple within a branch of Judaism (founded in Europe in the eighteenth century). Chasidim are widely considered to adhere strictly to traditional Jewish custums, and, among other things, to stress the importance of a personal relationship with G-d by spontaneous prayer, tznius, emunah, tzedaka, etc..
chassidus - teachings, etc., which involve Chassidim.
chazak chazak v’nitchazek - be strong, be strong, may we be strengthened.
chazzen, hazzen - one who leads in liturgical prayer; cantor.
chaver (masc.), chaverta (fem.), chavarim (pl.) - friend.
cheder - a room or school where Hebrew is taught.
Chelm - a make-believe town of happy, not-too-bright and foolish people.
chesed - kindness.
chevra - group of friends.
chutzpa - something brazenly outrageous.
cohen (kohen) - Hebrew priest.
daven - pray.
dayan, dayyan (pl. dayanim) - rabbinical judge.
drasha - word of Torah.
dradel- four-sided, top-like toy used during Chanuka.
dybbuk - an evil spirit.
emmes - truth.
emunah - faith.
Eretz Yisrael - the Land of Israel.
Erev Shabbat - the eve of a Sabbath.
eytse - advice.
Freilichen Yomtov - ‘have a pleasant festival’.
frum - observant; orthodox.
gadol - (literally) huge, large, great; ‘great one’, leading Torah personality.
Galut - the Diaspora; exile.
Gan Eden - The Garden of Eden.
gaon - the honorary title of a very great rabbi, especially, the head of a Talmudic academy.
gebentsht - blessed.
get - a divorce.
G-d - a respectful way to write a common designation for HaShem.
golem - an unintelligent, sub-human creature, which, according to Jewish legend, was created as a protector and servant of Jews.
gonif - a thief; a dishonest, shady person.
goy (pl. goyim) - non-Jew, however it literally means”nation”. It’s best for non-Jews to use only the plural, if at all, since the singular has been so commonly used in a derogatory way. The words “gentile” or “non-Jew” are safer.
halevai (alevai) - if only; I hope.
haimish - comfortable, informal, cozy.
halacha - Jewish law.
Haskalah - a movement among Jews similar to the Enlightenment in Europe during the eighteenth century.
HaShem, Ha-Shem - The Name; another designation for G-d.
Havdalah - a ceremony indicating the end of the Sabbath.
hechsher - kosher certification; seal of approval.
heter (pl. heterim) - halachic ruling.
inyan - idea.
Kabbalah, Cabala - (literally) tradition; the Jewishm mystical movement.
Kaddish - a prayer given at the end of synagogue prayers that glorifies the name of G-d.
kahal - congregation.
kashrut, kashrus - kosher observance.
kibbutz - a settlers’ community co-op in Israel.
kibbitz - to talk, comment and advise someone while they are working, playing, etc..
Kiddush - a prayer and ceremony used to sanctify the Sabbath and other Jewish holy days.
kippa - a skullcap worn by observant Jewish males.
Kol Nidre - the prayer which ushers in Yom Kipper.
Kol Tuv - all the best.
kosher - something ritually clean to eat according to Jewish dietary laws (kashrus).
latke - potato pancake.
L’Chayim - to life; to good health (as when offering a toast).
l’havdil, lehavdil - (lit., “the difference”); used to contrast, as a form of modesty, something great to something far less significant.
L’hitraot - good-bye; ’see you later’.
lox - smoked salmon.
L’Shalom - to peace, to wholeness.
maggid (pl. maggidim) - itinerant teacher; preacher.
mama-loshen - mother’s tongue, i.e., her way of speaking; often it refers to Yiddish itself.
mamzer - a child born from an adulterous union.
mashgiach - one who oversees the kashrut of an eating establishment.
Mashiach, Moshiach - the Messiah, as defined by Jewish tradition.
matzo - unleavened bread.
mazel tov - good luck! congratulations!
melacha - work; (specifically) one of the specified 39 categories of labor prohibited on Shabbat.
melamed - a teacher, especially of elementary Hebrew.
menorah - candelabrum; usually refers to the eight-branched one used during Chanuka.
mensh, mensch - a real man; a decent, noble person.
mezuzah - a small, oblong container set to the right of a Jew’s front door-jamb, in which there is a tiny scroll with the Shema (Deut. 6:4-9; 11:12-21) written on it.
midrash - commentary; interpretation.
mikva - a bath for the ritual purity of Orthodox Jewish women.
mincha - the daily religious service performed late in the afternoon.
minhag - a custom.
minyon - ten male Jews required for religious services.
mishpocheh - family; ancestors; lineage.
mitzvah (pl. mitzvot) - a commandment; good deed.
mohel - one who circumcises.
Moshe - Moses.
naches - pride and joy; (especially) the pleasure which parents receive from their children.
narr - a fool.
narrishkeit - foolishness.
neshoma - soul.
nosh - to snack.
oy! - similar to “Oh!”.
oy vay! - woe is me! (similar to “oh, no!” or “good grief!”).
pareveh - an adjective that qualifies a food, according to the Jewish laws of kashrus, that has neither dairy or animal products in it and can be eaten with either of these.
parsha (pl. parshot) - weekly Torah reading.
payot - unshorn sideburns of Orthodox Jews.
pilpul - hair-splitting debate.
poskim - an authoratative halachic ruling.
p’shat - simple, obvious meaning (as with a sacred text).
reb, rav, rov - short for rebbe = rabbi.
rebbitzen - rabbi’s wife.
refuah shelaymah - [have a] full and peaceful healing.
sefer - book.
Sephardic Jews - one of the branches of Jews that primarily originated in Spain and southern France.
Shabbat Shalom - [have a] peaceful Sabbath.
Shabbes, Shabbos, Shabbat - Sabbath.
shadchen - a professional matchmaker.
shailo - a judgement; ruling.
shalom - peace.
1. shalom aleikhem; 2. aleikhem shalom - (1st., when greeting) ‘may you have peace’; (and 2nd., when saying ‘good-bye’) ‘and peace unto you’.
shammes - the caretaker of a synagogue.
Shavuah Tov - [have a] good week.
shaytel - an Orthodox (Ashkenazic) Jewish woman’s wig.
shechitah - ritual animal slaughter.
Shema - Deut. 6:4: “Hear, O Israel, The Lord our G-d, the Lord is One. See also mezuzah.
shiddach - an arranged marriage.
shikker - to be drunk.
shiva - (literally) seven; the first seven days which begin the period of mourning by those with a death in the immediate family.
shlemiel - a foolish, clumsy person; a misfit.
shlep - to drag something; to lag behind.
shlepper - a sloppy, lazy person.
shlimazel - an unusually unlucky person.
shlump - a slouchy, depressing person.
shmooze, schmooze - informal and pleasurable conversation.
shnook - a passive, ‘wishy-washy’ person; a patsy.
shnorrer - begger; bum; cheapskate.
Shoah - the Holocaust.
shofar - a ram’s horn used in announcing festivals, Shabbat, etc..
shohet - a ritual slaughterer.
shtetl - a little Jewish village, especially of Ashkenazic Jews of eastern Europe before World War II.
shul - synagogue.
simcha - a happy occasion; celebration.
slicha - excuse me.
sufganiah (pl. sufganiot) - jelly doughnut, often eaten during Hanukkah.
tallis - prayer shawl used by Jewish males when praying at religious services.
talmid chacham - a wise scholar and expert of the Talmud.
tefilla - prayer.
tefillin - phylacteries.
teshuvah - repentence (lit., “return”).
Todah Rabah - thank you.
trayf - not kosher.
tzaddik - a holy, righteous man.
tzedakah - (literally) righteousness, justice; (loosely trans.) charity.
tzitzit - fringes on a male’s prayer shawl and the tallis katan (a sort of jacket worn underneathe an Orthodox male’s outer garment).
tznius - modesty.
tzooris, tzuris - trouble; woe; suffering.
vort - explanation; discourse; opinion.
yarmulke - same as kippa.
Yahrzeit - anniversary of someone’s death.
Yasher Koach - ‘you should have strength’.
yeshiva - a rabbinical college.
yeshiver bucher - a yeshiva student.
yiches - family status or prestige.
Yid (pl. Yidden) - a Jew. Non-Jews should avoid using this word in the singular, as it has often been used by them in a derogatory sense which bothers some Jews.
Yiddishkeit, Yiddishkleyt - Jewishness.
yontif - holiday.
Zion - Jerusalem.

Basic Religious Texts

shane — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:18:12 +0000

B’rit Hadashah - Hebrew for “Renewed Covenant” a phrase used by the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:31). Sacred Scriptures written by The [Jewish] Apostles which consist of The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts), The Epistles (letters) and The Apocalypse of Yochannan (John). Christendom calls these writings the `New Testament’.
Canon Law - the law of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. A canon is a rule adopted by a council.
Gemara - commentary on the Mishna.
Gematria - Jewish work on numerology.
Golden Plates the name most frequently used to refer to the “gold plates” that Joseph Smith, Jr. said he received from the angel Moroni and used as the ancient source for the English translation of The Book of Mormon.
Haftorah - a portion from the Nevi’im (Prophets) that’s read on the Sabbath or other festivals.
Haggadah - 1. the part of the Talmud without the same authoritative law of the Halacha; 2. the narrative read at the Passover Seder, which describes the Jews rescue from Egyptian bondage.
Mishnah - the codified core of the Oral Law.
Quran (Koran) - the holy book of Islam. Muslims believe that the Quran is the literal word of God in Arabic and the culmination of God’s revelation to mankind, revealed to Muhammad, the final prophet of humanity, over a period of twenty-three years through the angel Jibril.
Sefer Torah - The scroll of the five books of Moses that’s kept in the Ark at the front of a synagogue or temple.
Shulchan Aruch - the codified standard reference of the Jewish Law.
Siddur - daily and Shabbat prayer book.
Tanach, TaNaCH - the Sacred Scriptures of the Hebrews grouped into three main sections: the Torah (the Written Law); the Nevi’im (the Prophets); the Kethubim (the Writings). Christendom calls these writings the `Old Testament’, which includes the `books’ of Genesis to Malachi.
Torah - Written Law; the five books of Moshe (Moses).
Talmud - sixty-six volumes of commentary on the Torah; composed of the Mishna (Oral Law) and Gemara (commentary on the Mishna). Legally binding parts of the Talmud are called the Halacha, other portions the Haggadah.
Zohar - the most important book of the Cabbalistic movement.

Hebrew Alephbet

shane — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:34:12 +0000

This first Hebrew less will teach you the pronunciation of the Hebrew character set.

Hebrew Alephbet(44.1Hz) - broadband

Size: 2.4 MB
Rate: 128 kbps
Stereo: Yes
Runtime: 2:36

Hebrew Alephbet(44.1Hz) - dialup

Size: 612 KB
Rate: 32 kbps
Stereo: Yes
Runtime: 2:36