* Adar - The last month of the Jewish lunar year.
* Aliyah - Blessings recited by honoree on being called to the Torah.
* Aninut - Time period from death to burial.
* Aron - Casket carrying the physical remains of a Jew.
* Chesed shel emet - Compassionate concern and kindness of the living for a deceased.
* Eyl Malei Rahamim - Memorial prayer recited at funeral service, on visiting a gravesite, during Yizkor services.
* Hesped - Eulogy of tribute to a deceased.
* Hevra Kadisha - Holy society of men or women who wash and clothe a deceased in keeping with Jewish tradition.
* K'riah - Tear in a garment of a mourner.
* K'vod Ha-met - Respect for the deceased.
* K'vurah - Burial of the deceased.
* Kaddish - Aramaic language prayer in praise of God, recited by mourners.
* Kohen - One of three categories to designate a Jew based on birth lineage.
* Levi - Category of Jew based on birth lineage.
* Minhag - A Jewish custom, often becomes normative practice.
* Minyan - Quorum of ten Jews required for public prayer.
* Mishnah - Third century C.E. compilation of Jewish law.
* Mitzvah - Divine (or Rabbinic) commandment incumbent to be fulfilled by Jews.
* Nichum Avaylim - Comforting the mourners after burial and for the seven days of shivah.
* Onen - Those individuals who have suffered a loss - after the death until the burial.
* Pesach - Eight day holiday, Feast of Freedom.
* Seudat Havra'a - Condolence meal served to mourners upon return from cemetery burial.
* Sh'mini Atzeret - Eighth day of Assembly, immediately follows Sukkot, precedes Simhat Torah.
* Shalom - Means peace, completeness; hello or goodbye.
* Shanna - Year. Applies to the eleven months of Kaddish.
* Shavuot - Two day holiday (seven weeks after Pesach) that marks Giving of Torah by God to Jewish people.
* Shivah - Seven day mourning period which begins after burial.
* Shloshim - Thirty day continuing mourning period; twenty three days plus shivah.
* Shmirah - Attending to the deceased body, remaining at all times until burial.
* Shomer - The person who attends to the body, recites psalms to honor deceased.
* Tachrichim - Shrouds placed on deceased.
* Taharah - Ritual washing of deceased by Hevra Kadisha Tehilim Psalms recited while attending to deceased.
* Torah - Five Books of Moses (Bereshit-Genesis; Shemot-Exodus; VaYikra-Leviticus; BaMidbar- Numbers; Devarim-Deuteronomy).
* Tzedakah - Act of righteousness, donation in memory of deceased to a worthy organization.
* Yahrzeit - Yiddish. Anniversary of a death.
* Yisrael - Category of Jew based on birth lineage.
* Yizkor - Remembrance. Memorial prayers recited at synagogue service on four Jewish holidays.
* Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement - Twenty five hour period of reflection, prayer, repentance; non-eating or drinking by Jewish community.
SERVING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF EASTON SINCE 1839