KSJV-B

VOCABULARY ( KSJ Home) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z =B (Undergoing revision)=


 * Word/Phrase || Short Definition || Long Definition ||
 * bagel || a doughnut - shaped hard roll, whose dough is first boiled, then baked. || (please add definition) ||
 * bisl || Yiddish for "a little bit" || (please add definition) ||
 * blintz || a thin crepe filled with cheese or fruit filling and often served with sour cream and strawberries ||  ||
 * bopkes/bupkes || Yiddish for "beans" or something of little or no value ||  ||
 * borsht || a beet or cabbage soup from eastern Europe served cold with sour cream ||  ||
 * BCE || Before Common Era; used in place of BC (Before Christ) and actually begins four years before his birth.(Ruth will check the date) || (please add) ||
 * Bible || A collection of religious writings including history, myths,commandments,stories,and poetry, which has played a very important part in the lives of Jews || called the Tanach in Hebrew and is actually 39 books written over 1,000 years. It includes the Pentateuch (Five Books of Moses), the Nevi'm (Prophets) and the Ketuvim (Writings). ||
 * B'nai Mitzvah || B'nai means sons and daughters and Mitzvah means either commandment or a good deed; the name given to the Peretz Centre's coming of age program || (please add) ||