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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** =Y (Undergoing revision)=


 * **Word/Phrase** || **Short Definition** || **Long Definition** ||
 * Yahveh || the name of the Jewish god || (please add definition) ||
 * Yom Kippur || the Day of Atonement, following ten days after Rosh Hashanah. This is the most solemn day of the year for religious Jews.They pray and fast all day, confess their sins to god and ask for forgiveness. Secular Jews view it as a day for mutual forgiveness and a rededication to tikkun olam. || (please add definition) ||
 * yarmulke || the cap worn by religious Jewish men and some women. kipah in Hebrew || (please add definition) ||
 * yasher koyakh || (may your strength increase) job well done zaftik - juicy || (please add definition) ||
 * yeshiva || a school for training young students in traditional Jewish customs and an academy for training older students to become rabbis || (please add definition) ||
 * Yiddish || a Jewish language that developed in western Europe in the Middle Ages and flourished in central and eastern Europe. Jews who were pushed eastward from Germany wove many Hebrew and some Slavic terms into the Germanic base of the language.Yiddish was also spoken in places to which they migrated. || (please add definition) ||
 * Yiddish expressions ||  || (please add definition) ||
 * Yiddishkayt || refers to the language of Yiddish but also a sense of secular, cultural identity that incorporates the literature, the arts and a strong ethical component that reflects concern for the common people and a passion for social justice. || (please add definition) ||