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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.
The Ushpizin are the seven mystical visitors whom we welcome to our succot throughout the holiday, They are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David.
If you lose some money or cut your finger, someone might say to you in a comforting tone, "It should be a kapparah."
A siman is a mark, sign or omen. The root is the verb soom, which means to put or place and so also to mark or distinguish.
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Jerusalem has more than 70 names. That's not a myth or a midrash. You can actually count them.
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.