These Are the Words : A Vocabulary of Jewish Spiritual Life Book

TOPICAL
Alphabetical Table of Contents	ix
Introduction	xi
Language Notes	xvii
Section I: God and Worlds Above
1. Y-H-W-H	3
2. Adonai	5
3. Atah	7
4. Din	9
5. Elohim	10
6. Emet	12
7. Eyn Sof	14
8. Kavod	15
9. Kelipah	16
10. Mal'akh	17
11. Melekh	19
12. Neshamah	21
13. 'Olam	23
14. Pardes	25
15. Rahamim	26
16. Ruah Ha-Kodesh	27
17. Sefirot	28
18. Shaddai	32
19. Shekhinah	33
20. Tsimtsum	35
Section II: Torah: Text and Process
21. Aggadah	39
22. Haggadah	40
23. Halakhah	41
24. Humash	44
25. Kabbalah	45
26. Mahzor	47
27. Midrash	48
28. Mishnah	50
29. Perush, Parshanut	51
30. Pirkey Avot	53
31. Piyyut	55
32. Sefer	57
33. Shir Ha-Shirim	58
34. Shulhan 'Arukh	60
35. Siddur	61
36. Talmud	63
37. Tanakh	65
38. Tehillim	67
39. Tehinot	68
40. Torah	69
Section III: Religious Practice
41. 'Amidah	75
42. 'Arvit, Ma'ariv	77
43. Berakhah, Barukh	78
44. Daven, Davnen	80
45. Dukhan, Dukhnen	81
46. Haftarah	83
47. Hallel	84
48. Havdalah	85
49. Kabbalat Shabbat	86
50. Kaddish	87
51. Kiddush	89
52. Kol Nidre	91
53. Kosher, Kashrut	93
54. Minhag	95
55. Minhah	97
56. Mitsvah	98
57. Mussaf	100
58. Shaharit	101
59. Shema'	102
60. Shiv'ah	104
61. Ta'anit	106
62. Taharah/Tum'ah	108
63. Tefillah	110
64. Yizkor	112
Section IV: Spiritual Life
65. Ahavah	115
66. 'Anavah	117
67. 'Avodah	119
68. Bitahon	121
69. Devekut	123
70. Emunah	125
71. Hitbodedut	126
72. Hitlahavut	128
73. Kadosh, Kedushah	129
74. Kavvanah	131
75. Neshamah Yeterah	133
76. Penimiyyut	134
77. Ruhaniyyut	135
78. Teshuvah	137
79. Yetser Ha-Tov / Yetser Ha-Ra'	139
80. Yir'ah	141
81. Yissurim	143
82. Zekhut	145
Section V: Community, Life with Others
83. Avot	149
84. Derekh Erets	151
85. Hasid	152
86. Havurah	154
87. Imahot	156
88. Kehillah	157
89. Kiddush Ha-Shem / Hillul Ha-Shem	159
90. Mashiah	160
91. Minyan	162
92. Mussar	163
93. Navi	165
94. Rav	167
95. Rebbe	168
96. Shalom	170
97. Simhah	171
98. Talmid Hakham	173
99. Tikkun 'Olam	175
100. Tsa'ar Ba'aley Hayyim	177
101. Tsaddik	179
102. Tsedakah	181
103. Tselem Elohim	183
104. Tseni'ut	185
105. Yeshivah	186
106. Yisra'el	188
Section VI: Holy Things
107. Aron Kodesh	193
108. Huppah	194
109. Lulav/Etrog	195
110. Matzah	197
111. Megillah	199
112. Menorah	200
113. Mezuzah	201
114. Nerot Shabbat	202
115. Shofar	204
116. Sukkah	205
117. Tallit	206
118. Tefillin	208
Section VII: Holy Places
119. Beri'ah	213
120. Bet Ha-Mikdash	215
121. Bet Kenesset	218
122. Erets Yisra'el	219
123. Kotel Ma'aravi	222
124. Mikveh	224
125. Mishkan	226
126. Mitsrayim	227
127. 'Olam Ha-Ba	228
128. Yerushalayim	230
Section VIII: Holy Times
129. Bar Mitsvah / Bat Mitsvah	235
130. Brit Milah	238
131. Hanukkah	240
132. Levayah	242
133. Ne'ilah	243
134. Nisu'in	245
135. Pesah	246
136. Purim	248
137. Rosh Hashanah	250
138. Rosh Hodesh	252
139. Sefirat Ha-'Omer	253
140. Shabbat	255
141. Shavu'ot	259
142. Shemini 'Atseret	260
143. Shemitah/Yovel	261
144. Simhat Torah	263
145. Sukkot	264
146. Tish'ah Be-Av	265
147. Yom Kippur	267
148. Yom Toy	269
149. Yortseit	270
Index of English Terms	271