Rabbi Julian Sinclair

Klezmer

In Yiddish, klezmer denotes the musician; however it derives from the Hebrew, kli zemer, which means musical instrument.

Cardo

The Cardo was the main shopping street in Roman Jerusalem.

Sprauncy

Sprauncy (pronounced "shprauncy") is one of those unusual Jewish words that appears to be a genuinely original invention of British Jews.

Nachamu

Nachamu is the name given to the Shabbat after Tishah b'Av.

Sheitl

A prominent word in "Yinglish" and refers to a woman's wig, worn for religious purposes as a form of head-covering.

Malach

Malachi is an angel in Hebrew. It derives from the verb lech, to go and literally means a messenger.

Sandak

The sandak (sandek in Yiddish) is the person who holds a baby boy on his knees during a circumcision.

Tefillin

Tefillin are the black boxes attached with leather straps that Jewish men wear for morning weekday prayers.

Nogeia b’davar

Klitah

Parashah

Etzem