• Bar/Bat Mitzvah
  Rite of passage affirming commitment to community
  
• Cheder
  Study room (Yiddish, from the Hebrew for room)
  
• Davven
  Pray (Yiddish)

• Erev Shabbat
  Friday evening

• Havurah
  Fellowship group

• Hevra
  Friends

• High Holiday
  Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

• Mitzvah
  Commandment, good deed, right action

• Niggun
  Wordless melody

• Kabbalat Shabbat
  A short service welcoming the Sabbath

• Oneg Shabbat
  A relaxed, delightful gathering, usually with a meal, on Shabbat

• Shabbat
  The Sabbath - Friday sundown to Saturday sundown

• Tikkun Olam
  Repairing the world; an ancient Judaic value-concept

• Tsedakah
  Righteous giving, usually of a material or financial nature; charitable acts

• Yahrtzeit
  The anniversary of the death of a dear one

• Yizkor
  The memorial service for the deceased

 

Contact us by e-mail
or telephone:
(301) 349-2799
for more information
or to provide feedback.

Our Address:
19520 Darnestown Rd
Beallsville, MD 20839

Copyright 2002 Am Kolel

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