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chatchke(s)
knick-knack(s)
chaver (Heb.)
friend
chavruta study
partner or group
chaya (ruah)
(wicked) wild animal
Chazal
abbr. of Chachomim, Zichronom L'Vracha: our
Sages, may their Memories (be) for a Blessing.
chazan
cantor
chazer
pig
chazerai (Yid.)
disgusting stuff, trash
chazuka claim of
ownership based on repeated use
cheder religious
lesson, or where it's held
chesed (Heb.)
kindness
Cheshvan 2nd Jewish
month (Oct-Nov)
chevra kadisha
lit.=holy association: burial society
chidush innovation;
revelation
chilul HaShem
lit.=defamation of the Name: a scandalous act
or statement
chinuch early
childhood education
chiyuv
lit.=obligated: one to whom
an honor is due in shul
chochma
(Heb.) wisdom
chochom (pl. chochomim)
sage; wise one
chodesh
lit.=new (moon): month
Chol HaMo'ed
middle 4 days of 8-day holidays, esp. Pesach
and Sukkot. rules of the holiday apply, but
work is permitted.
Cholent
24-hour stew for Shabbat, holidays, etc.
choson
(Heb.) groom
chrain
(Yid.) horseradish
chug
activity group
Chumash lit.=five:
The Five Books of Moses
chuppah wedding
canopy
churban destruction,
ruin [n]
chutzpah
sass, moxy; nerve, gall
chiloni
Israeli non-affiliated Jew
Converso
Jew forced to convert under the Inquisition; a
modern descendant living in the southwest U.S. |