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Shabbat Guide

Shabbat Guide

JUF is pleased to provide this basic guide to celebrating Shabbat.

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Jewish Word Glossary

Glossary Key

abbr. = abbreviated
esp .= especially
Heb. = Hebrew
lit. = literally
n = noun		 pl. = plural
pron. = pronounced
usu. = usually
v = verb
Yid. = Yiddish

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ulpan
Hebrew-language course, esp. in Israel
umglick
lit.=un-luck: (Yid.) bad luck; one with persistent bad luck
ummeglich
(Yid.) impossible
ungebloozen
(Yid.) surly
ungepotchkied
(Yid.) overwrought, overdone
untershteh shurah 
lit.=under-most row: the "bottom line"