Shaitel (_c.G._),
wig worn by married women.

Shammos (_c.H._),
beadle.

Shass (_H. abbreviation_),
the six sections of the Talmud.

Shechitah (_H._),
slaughter.

Shemah beni (_H._),
Hear, my son! = Dear me!

Shemang (_H._),
confession of the Unity of God.

Shidduch (_H._),
match.

Shiksah (_H._),
non-Jewish girl.

Shnodar (_H._),
offer money to the synagogue. (An extraordinary instance of Jewish
jargon,--a compound Hebrew word meaning "who vows,"--being turned
into an English verb, and conjugated accordingly, in _ed_ and _ing_.)

Shochet (_H_),
official slaughterer.

Shofar (_H._),
trumpet of ram's horn, blown during the penitential season.

Shool (_c. G_.),
synagogue.

Shulchan aruch (_H._),
a sixteenth-century compilation, codifying Jewish law.

Simchath Torah (_H._),
festival of the rejoicing of the Law.

Snoga (_S._),
Sephardic synagogue.

Spiel (_G._),
play.

Takif (_H._),
rich man, swell.

Talith (_H._),
a shawl with fringes, worn by men during prayer.

Tanaim (_H._),
betrothal contract or ceremony.

Terah, Torah (_H._),
Law of Moses.

Tephillin (_H._),
phylacteries.

Tripha (_H._),
ritually unclean.

Wurst (_G._),
sausage.

Yiddish, Yiddishkeit (_c.G._),
Jewish, Judaism.

Yigdal (_H._),
hymn summarizing the thirteen creeds drawn up by Maimonides.

Yom Kippur (_H._),
Day of Atonement.

Yom tof (_H._), lit.,
good day; Festival.

Yontovdik (_hybrid H_.),
pertaining to the Festival.

Yosher-Kowach (_c.H._),
May your strength increase! = Thank you; a formula to express
gratitude--especially at the end of a reading.

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