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29 March 2007

The Jewbird - some vocabulary explained

1) Gevalt: Yiddish interjection expressing anxiety

2) Dovening: davening ( making the prescribed daily prayers of Jewish worship

3) Tallith: a shawl traditionally worn over the head or shoulders by Jewish men during morning prayers

4) Phylacteries: two small square leather boxes containing scriptural
passages and worn on the left arm and forehead by Jewish men

5) Dybbuk: in Jewish folklore, an evil spirit which enters the body of a living person

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