ALLIS-KOTON (Heb.). _See_ FOUR-CORNERS.

TALMID-CHOCHEM (Heb.). Sage; scholar.

TALMUD TORAH (Heb.). Free communal school.

TANO (Heb.). A Rabbi cited in the Mishnah as an authority.

TARARAM. Noise; tumult; ado.

TATE, TATISHE (Ger. and Russ. dimin.). Father.

TEFILLIN-SAeCKLECH (Heb. and Ger.). Phylacteries bag.

TISHO-B'OV (Heb.). Ninth of Ab, day of mourning and fasting to
commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem; hence, colloquially, a sad
day.

TORAH (Heb.). The Jewish Law in general, and the Pentateuch in
particular.

TSISIN. Season.

TZADDIK (pl. Tzaddikim) (Heb.). "Righteous"; title of the Chassidic
leader.

U-MIPNE CHATOENU (Heb.). "And on account of our sins," the first two
words of a prayer for the restoration of the sacrificial service,
recited in the Additional Service of the Holy Days and the festivals.

U-NESANNEH-TOIKEF (Heb.). "And we ascribe majesty," the first two words
of a Piyyut recited on New Year and on the Day of Atonement.

VERFALLEN! (Ger.). Lost; done for.

VERSHOK (Russ.). Two inches and a quarter.

VIERER (Ger.). Four kopeks.

VIVAT. Toast.

YESHIVEH (Heb.). Talmud Academy.

YOHRZEIT (Ger.). Anniversary of a death.

YOM KIPPUR (Heb.). Day of Atonement.

YOM-TOV (Heb.). Festival.

ZHYDEK (Little Russ.). Jew.

P. 15. "It was seldom that parties went 'to law' ... before the
Rav."--The Rabbi with his Dayonim gave civil as well as religious
decisions.

P. 15. "Milky Sabbath."--All meals without meat. In connection with
fowl, ritual questions frequently arise.

P. 16. "Reuben's ox gores Simeon's cow."--Reuben and Simeon are
fictitious plaintiff and defendant in the Talmud; similar to John Doe
and Richard Roe.

P. 17. "He described a half-circle," etc.--_See under_ GEMOREH.

P. 57. "Not every one is worthy of both tables!"--Worthy of Torah and
riches.

P. 117. "They salted the meat."--The ritual ordinance requires that meat
should be salted down for an hour after it has soaked in water for half
an hour.

P. 150. "Puts off his shoes!"--To pray in stocking-feet is a sign of
mourning and a penance.

P. 190. "We have trespassed," etc.--The Confession of Sins.

P. 190. "The beadle deals them out thirty-nine blows," etc.--_see_
MALKES.

P. 197. "With the consent of the All-Present," etc.--The Introduction to
the solemn Kol Nidre prayer.

P. 220. "He began to wear the phylacteries and the prayer-scarf,"
etc.--They are worn first when a boy is Bar-Mitzveh (_w