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A shawl-like garment worn during morning services, with tzitzit (long fringes) attached to the corners as a reminder of the commandments. Sometimes called a prayer shawl.
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Tale-bearing is a serious sin in Judaism. See Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra.
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A law instituted by the rabbis and not derived from any biblical commandment.
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Lit. Family purity. Laws relating to the separation of husband and wife during the woman's menstrual period. Also referred to as the laws of niddah.
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A festival commemorating the wandering in the desert and the final harvest, known to Jews as Sukkot.
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From a Greek root meaning "assembly. " The most widely accepted term for a Jewish house of worship. The Jewish equivalent of a church, mosque or temple.
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Lit. Booths. One of the Shalosh R'galim (three pilgrimage festivals). A festival commemorating the wandering in the desert and the final harvest. Also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or the Festival of Ingathering. See also Sukkot Blessings.
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Phylacteries. Leather pouches containing scrolls with passages of scripture, used to fulfill the commandment to bind the commandments to our hands and between our eyes.
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Prayer. Sometimes refers specifically to the Shemoneh Esrei prayer. See Prayers and Blessings; Jewish Liturgy; Common Prayers and Blessings.
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Immersion in the mikvah, a ritual bath used for spiritual purification. It is used primarily in conversion rituals and after the period of sexual separation during a woman's menstrual cycles, but many Chasidim undergo tevilah regularly for general spiritual purification.
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