e long "and He being merciful." A long, extra prayer, said on
Mondays and Thursdays.

Lulov (_H._),
palm branch dressed with myrtle and willow, and used at the Feast
of Tabernacles.

Maaseh (_H._),
story, tale.

Machzor (_H._),
Festival prayer-book.

Maggid (_H._),
preacher.

Mazzoltov (_H._),
good luck, congratulations.

Megillah (_H._), lit.,
scroll. The Book of Esther.

Meshuggah, Meshuggene (_H._),
mad.

Meshumad (_H._),
apostate.

Metsiah (_H._), lit.,
finding; cp. Fr., _trouvaille_; bargain.

Mezuzah (_H._),
case containing a scroll, with Hebrew verses (Deuteronomy vi. 4-9,
13-21) affixed to every door-post.

Midrash (_H._),
Biblical exposition.

Mincha (_H._),
afternoon prayer.

Minyan (_H._),
quorum of ten males, over thirteen, necessary for public worship.

Mishpochah (_H._),
family.

Mishna, Mishnayis (_H._),
collection of the Oral Law.

Misheberach (_H._),
synagogal benediction.

Mitzvah (_H._),
a commandment, _i.e._ a good deed.

Mizrach (_H._),
East; a sacred picture hung on the east wall in the direction of
Jerusalem, to which the face is turned in praying.

Narrischkeit (_c.G._),
foolishness.

Nasch (_c.G._),
pilfer (dainties).

Nevirah (_H._),
sin.

Niddali (_H._),
Talmudical tractate on the purification of women.

Nu (_R._),
well.

Olov hasholom (_H._),
Peace be upon him! (loosely applied to deceased females also).

Omer (_H._),
the seven weeks between Passover and Pentecost.

Parnass (_H._),
president of the congregation.

Pesachdik (_H._),
proper for Passover.

Pidyun haben (_H._),
redemption of the first-born son.

Piyut (_Hebraicized Gk_.),
liturgical poem.

Pollack (_c.G._),
Polish Jew.

Potch (_c.G._),
slap.

Rashi (_H._),
Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, whose commentary is often printed under the
Hebrew text of the Bible.

Schlemihl (_H._),
unlucky, awkward person.

Schmuck (_c.G._),
lubberly person.

Schmull (_c.G. schmollen_),
pout, sulk.

Schnecks (? _G. Schnake_, gay nonsense),
affectations.

Schnorrer (_c.G._),
beggar.

Seder (_H._),
Passover-eve ceremony.

Selaim (_H._),
old Jewish coins.

Sephardim (_H._),
Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

Shaaloth u tshuvoth (_H._),
questions and answers; casuistical treatise.

Shabbos (_H._),
Sabbath.

Shadchan (_H._),
professional match-maker.