Part 46 (1/2)

Nash (_c. G._), pilfer (dainties).

Niddah (_H._), Talmudical tractate on the purification of women.

Nu (_R._), Well?

Olov Hasholom (_H._), Peace be upon him! (loosely applied to deceased females also).

Omer (_H._), the seven weeks between Pa.s.sover and Pentecost.

Parna.s.s (_H._), President of the Congregation.

Pesachdik (_H._), proper for Pa.s.sover.

Pidyun Haben (_H._), redemption of the first-born son.

Piyut (_Hebraicised Gk._), liturgical poem.

Potch (_c. G._), slap.

Pullack (_c. G._), Polish Jew.

Ras.h.i.+ (_H._), Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, whose Commentary is often printed under the Hebrew text of the Bible.

Schlemihl (_H._), unlucky, awkward person.

Schmuck (_c. G._), lubberly person.

Schmull (_c. G. schmollen_), pout, sulk.

Schnecks (? _c. Schnake_, gay nonsense), affectations.

Schnorrer (_c. G._), beggar.

Seder (_H._), Pa.s.sover-eve ceremony.

Selaim (_H._), old Jewish coins.

Sephardim (_H._), Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

Shaaloth u-Teshuvoth (_H._), questions and answers; casuistical treatise.

Shabbas (_H._), Sabbath.

Shadchan (_H._), professional match-maker.

Shaitel (_c. G._), wig worn by married women.

Shammos (_c. H._), beadle.

Sha.s.s (_H. abbreviation_), the six sections of the Talmud.