ATZERET  -  A festive gathering for the conclusion of a festive season; a concluding feast.  The
eighth day of Sukkot known as Shemini Atzeret.

AZAZEL  -  Name of the goat (scapegoat) driven into the wilderness in the temple service for Yom
Kippur.

CHUPAH  -  The marriage canopy under which the bride and groom stand to be married.

ERUSIN  -  Betrothal.  The first of two steps of a biblical wedding.

KETUBAH  -  A written marriage contract.

MATZAH  -  Unleavened bread eaten during Passover and especially at the Seder.

MIQRA  - Convocation, a rehearsal.

MISHNAH  -  The legal law code of basis Jewish law governing all aspects of life.  It is based upon
the Pharisees' and rabbis' interpretation of the Torah and was arranged and reenacted by R. Judah
Hanasi about 200 A.D.  The Mishnah contains the basic oral law as evolved through the
generations.  It is divided into six orders.

MO'ED  -  A set time or appointed time.  Season; Festival.

NATZAL  -  Deliverance.  Used to denote the catching away of the believer in Jesus at the start of
the last thousand years of the Messianic era.

SEDER  -  Set order or arrangement.  This refers to the Passover meal.

SHOFAR  -  A trumpet made from a ram's horn.

SUKKAH  -  Booth.  A temporary shelter used during the festival of Sukkot, woven together from
branches and leaves.

SUKKOT  -  Booths, Tabernacles.  The fall harvest festival, which goes from the fifteenth through
the twenty-first of Tishrei.

TALMUD  -  Study or learning.  The body of teaching that comprises the commentary and
discussions of the early rabbis on the Mishnah of R. Judah Hanasi.  The Talmud is the code of Jewish
law composed of the Mishnah and the Gemara.  The Talmud has unparalleled influence on Jewish
thought and is the foundation for modern day traditional Judaism.

TESHUVAH  -  Repent or return.  Repentance denoting a return to God after sin.  Starts on Elul 1
through Tishrei 10.

TORAH  -  Teaching or instruction.  Used primarily to denote five books of the Bible.

ZEROAH  -  Arm.  A roasted shank-bone burned or scorched, which is one of the items of the
Seder plate.