Rabbi Julian Sinclair

Darchei Shalom

Darchei Shalom means the ways or paths of peace.

Ga'agua

Ga'agua means longing or homesickness.

Geshmack

Literally, the word means delicious or yummy in Yiddish.

Chizuk

Chizuk means emotional or spiritual support or encouragement.

Neilah

The overriding theme of Neilah is God's readiness always to accept and forgive all who turn in repentance.

Harat Olam

The word harat is connected to pregnancy and birth.

Machzor

Machzor is a cycle, deriving from the root chazar, to return.

Taharah

Taharah is purification, from tahor, meaning pure.

Chayal

The modern Hebrew word for soldier is chayal, coined by Eliezer Ben Yehuda.

Bagel

According to New York Times columnist William Safire, the Yiddish beigel was shortened and anglicised to bagel around 1932.

Tachanun

Tinok Shenishbah

Tinok shenishbah means a small child who was kidnapped by non-Jews.