A hechsher is a stamp, symbol or label denoting that a product is kosher.
Chol Hamoed is the name for the days during Succot and Pesach that fall in between the Yomtovim at the beginning and the end.
If you lose some money or cut your finger, someone might say to you in a comforting tone, "It should be a kapparah."
In Yiddish, klezmer denotes the musician; however it derives from the Hebrew, kli zemer, which means musical instrument.
The Cardo was the main shopping street in Roman Jerusalem.
Sprauncy (pronounced "shprauncy") is one of those unusual Jewish words that appears to be a genuinely original invention of British Jews.
Nachamu is the name given to the Shabbat after Tishah b'Av.
A prominent word in "Yinglish" and refers to a woman's wig, worn for religious purposes as a form of head-covering.
Malachi is an angel in Hebrew. It derives from the verb lech, to go and literally means a messenger.
The sandak (sandek in Yiddish) is the person who holds a baby boy on his knees during a circumcision.
Tefillin are the black boxes attached with leather straps that Jewish men wear for morning weekday prayers.
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