URJ Transliteration Guidelines and Master Word List Prepared by Debra Hirsch Corman and Rabbi Hara Person February 4, 2005
Transliteration See Word List for exceptions to the following guidelines, based on dictionary spelling or common usage. “ch” for chet and chaf “f” for fei “k” for kaf and kuf “tz” for tzadi “i” for chirik “e” for segol “ei” for tzeirei “a” for patach and kamatz “o” for cholam and kamatz katan “u” for shuruk and kibbutz “ai” for patach with yod Final “h” for final hei; none for final ayin (exceptions based on common usage): atah, Sh’ma, but Moshe. Apostrophe for sh’va nah (with exceptions based on common usage): b’nei, b’rit, Sh’ma, but ketubah. Hyphen for two vowels together where necessary for correct pronunciation: ne-eman, samei-ach, but maariv, Shavuot. No hyphen for prefixes unless necessary for correct pronunciation: babayit, HaShem, Yom HaAtzma-ut, but Va- eira. Do not double consonants (with exceptions based on dictionary spelling or common usage): t’filah, chayim, but tikkun, Sukkot.
Capitalization In transliterated text, capitalize only proper nouns. In general, capitalize transliterated word if the word would be capitalized in English (exceptions: pronouns referring to God): Adonai, Eretz Yisrael, Gan Eden, Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, but atah, hu. In transliterated text, use lowercase for prefixes in running text, but capitalize prefixes in titles and proper nouns: “Ki MiTziyon” (title of song), Ki miTziyon teitzei Torah (running text); V’zot HaTorah (title of prayer), V’zot haTorah asher… (text of prayer); l’Adonai; HaShem; Rosh HaShanah. Capitalize references to God: the Divine, the Divine Presence, the One, HaShem, You, Your, but who, atah, hu. Use lowercase for derivatives of references to God: godlike, godly, messianic. Capitalize the names of religious denominations and words derived from them: Chasidism, Chasidic, Judaic, Sephardic, Reformers. Capitalize titles of prayers: Kiddush, Kaddish, Blessing after Meals, the Four Questions. Capitalize the names of the service or parts of the service: Shacharit, Yizkor. Use lowercase for life-cycle events: bar mitzvah, confirmation, b’rit milah.
Italics, Roman, & Quotation Marks Generally use italics for transliterated words that do not appear in the dictionary (see Word List). Generally use roman for transliterated words that appear in the dictionary (see Word List); but use italics if the word appears in a transliterated phrase where other words are in italic: Shabbat, Oneg Shabbat. Use roman or italics for foreign titles according to whether they would be roman or italic in English: the song “Hava Nagila”; the book Mishneh Torah. Use roman for titles of classic Jewish texts: Torah, Mishnah, Talmud, midrash. Use italics for the Hebrew titles of prayers, roman for English titles: Kaddish, Kiddush, Sh’ma, the Four Questions, Blessing after Meals. Exception: Depending on context, treat as song—use roman, in quotation marks. Use roman for foreign proper names, including organizations: Yochanan ben Zakkai, Magen David Adom. Use roman for Hebrew months: Adar, Elul. Use roman for holidays: Pesach, Lag BaOmer. Master Word List, URJ Press
Acharei Mot (parashah) avanah acknowledgment aveirah Adar (month) Avinu Malkeinu (prayer) Adar I (month) Avinu shebashamayim Adar II (month) avodah “Adir Hu” (song) Avodah Zarah (tractate) Adon Olam avon Adonai Avot (tractate) Adonai Melech Avot D’Rabbi Natan (tractate) Adonai Tz’vaot Avot V’Imahot (prayer) afikoman ayin (letter) aggadah, aggadot aggadic baal korei agunah Baal Shem Tov ahavah baal t’shuvah Ahavah Rabbah (prayer) Babylonian Empire Ahavat Olam (prayer) Babylonian exile Akeidah Babylonian Talmud Akiva baby naming, baby-naming ceremony Al Cheit (prayer) badchan alef (letter) Balak (parashah) alef-bet bal tashchit Aleinu (prayer) baraita, baraitot Al HaNisim (prayer) Bar’chu aliyah, aliyot bareich A.M. (SMALL CAPS) Bar Kochba am bar mitzvah Amidah Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, Amora, Amoraim asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu amoraic Baruch She-Amar (prayer) am s’gulah Baruch Shem Am Yisrael Baruch SheNatan (prayer) Angel of Death bashert, basherte Ani Maamin (prayer) bat aninut bat mitzvah anti-Semitism Bava Batra (tractate) Arachin (tractate) Bava Kama (tractate) aravah Bava M’tzia (tractate) arbaah minim Bavli arba kanfot bayit (house) Arba Parashiyot Bayit (the Temple) ark (synagogue) B.C.E. (SMALL CAPS) Ark of the Covenant, the Ark b’chol l’vavcha Aron HaB’rit B’chorot (tractate) Aron HaKodesh B’chukotai (parashah) Aseret HaDibrot b’dikat chameitz Aseret Y’mei T’shuvah beit (house of) Ashamnu (prayer) beit din Ashkenazi, Ashkenazim Beit HaMikdash (the Temple) Ashkenazic Beit Hillel, Beit Shammai Ashrei (prayer) beit k’neset atzei chayim beit midrash atzeret beit t’filah aufruf beitzah (egg) Av (month) Beitzah (tractate) Avadim (tractate) ben Ben-Gurion, David CCAR Responsa Committee Ben Sira C.E. (SMALL CAPS) bet (letter) Central Europe Beth Hatefutsoth “Chad Gadya” (song) B’haalot’cha (parashah) Chabad B’har (parashah) chadash Bible chaf biblical chag bikur cholim Chagall Windows Bikurim (tractate) Chag HaAsif bimah Chag HaAviv binah Chag HaMatzot the Binding of Isaac Chag HaPesach birchot hamitzvot Chag HaSukkot birchot hanehenin Chagigah (tractate) birchot hapratiyot chai Birkat Eirusin (prayer) chalilah Birkat HaMazon (prayer) chalitzah Birkat Kohanim (prayer) challah (sacrifice) Birkat Nisuin (prayer) challah, challot (bread) Birkat Shalom (prayer) Challah (tractate) biur chameitz Chameish M’gillot Blessing after Meals (prayer) chameitz b’midbar Chamishah-Asar BiSh’vat B’midbar (parashah) Chamor B’midbar Rabbah Chanukah B’nai B’rith chanukat habayit B’nei B’rak chanukiyah b’nei mitzvah charoset B’nei Yisrael Chasid, Chasidim b’not mitzvah chasidav Bo (parashah) Chasidic Book of Exodus Chasidism Book of Life chatan boshet chatan B’reishit b’rachah, b’rachot chatan Torah B’rachot (tractate) chatat the Bratzlaver Rebbe chatimah b’reishit Chatzi Kaddish B’reishit (parashah) chaver B’reishit Rabbah chavurah, chavurot b’riah Chayei Sarah (parashah) b’rit chayim b’rit hachayim chazak, chazak, v’nitchazeik b’rit milah chazan b’rit olam chazanut b’riut cheder b’ruchah at cheit b’samim cherem B’shalach (parashah) cherubim b’tzelem Elohim chesed bubbe Chesed (s’firah) bubbemeises chesed shel emet the Burning Bush Cheshvan (month) chet (letter) candlelighting blessings chevrah kadisha chevruta d’veikut Children of Israel chochmah Eastern Europe chodesh East European Chodesh HaAviv echad chol hamo-eid “Echad Mi Yodei-a” (song) Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot eco-kashrut the Chosen People Eduyot (tractate) chug Eichah (Lamentations) Chukat (parashah) Eichah Rabbah Chulin (tractate) Eikev (parashah) Chumash Ein Adir chuppah Ein Kamocha chutzpah Ein Keiloheinu classical Reform Judaism Ein Sof the codes eirusin the commentaries eiruv confirmand Eiruvin (tractate) confirmation Eishet Chayil Conservative Judaism eitz Converso Eitz Chayim Hi counting of the Omer el (to) covenant El (God) creation (generic), the Creation Elijah’s cup cup of Elijah Eliyahu HaNavi (the prophet) cup of Miriam “Eliyahu HaNavi” (the song) El Malei Rachamim (prayer) daat Elohai N’shamah (prayer) dalet (letter) Elohai N’tzor (prayer) dam Eloheinu dam b’rit Elohim darshan El Shaddai daven Elul (month) Dayan ha-emet e-mail Day of Atonement Emancipation Days of Awe emet “Dayeinu” (song) Emor (parashah) decision making emunah Derech Eretz Rabbah (tractate) the Enlightenment Derech Eretz Zuta (tractate) Ephraim a diaspora, the Diaspora Eretz Yisrael din erev Din (s’firah) Erev Shabbat, Erev Yom Kippur divine (adj.) Eser Makot the Divine (God) eternal light the Divine Name (God) etrog the Divine Presence (God) the Evil Eye divrei Torah exilarch D’mai (tractate) the Exodus (from Egypt) Documentary Hypothesis d’rash family education dreidel festival, the Festivals D’TZACH, ADASH, B’ACHAV firstborn D’varim (parashah) the First Temple D’varim Rabbah Five Books of Moses d’var Torah, divrei Torah the Five M’gillot fleishig Half Kaddish the Flood (from Noach) hallel (praise) the Four Questions Hallel (prayers) Full Kaddish Hallel HaGadol (prayer) Hallelujah (English translation) Gadlu hal’luyah (transliteration) gadol HaMakom (God) galut hamantaschen Gan Eden Hamavdil (prayer) gaon,gaonim, geonic HaMotzi (prayer) Garden of Eden han’viah Geihinom haolam gelt HaRachaman (God) Gemara HaShem (God) genizah Hashkiveinu (prayer) gentile Haskalah (the movement, the Enlightenment) geonic “Hatikvah” (song) ger, gerim “Hava Nagila” (song) the Gerer Rebbe havdalah (separation) Gerim (tractate) Havdalah (service) get, gittin hayom ghetto, but Warsaw Ghetto heaven gibur Hebrew school gimel (letter) Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Gittin (tractate) Religion (HUC-JIR) [en-dash for spelled out; giyoret, giyorot hyphen for abbreviation] g’lilah hei (letter) g’mar chatimah tovah hell g’matria hespeid g’milut chasadim hidur mitzvah godlike hidur p’nei zakein godliness hifil godly High Holy Days God’s name High Priest go-eil Hilchot T’shuvah Golden Calf Hillel golem Hillel sandwich goy (nation) “Hinei Mah Tov” (song) grager Historical Prophets the Great Hallel hitpa-eil the Great Kaddish Hod (s’firah) G’ulah (prayer) Hodaah gut yontif (Yiddish) the Holiness Code G’vurah (s’firah) the Holy Ark G’vurot (prayer) the Holy Land the Holy of Holies Haazinu (parashah) the Holy One (God) Habakkuk the Holy One, blessed be He hachnasat orchim hora hadas, hadasim Horayot (tractate) haftarah, haftarot Hoshana Rabbah (holiday) Haggadah, Haggadot hoshanot hakafah, hakafot hoshiah na Hakotel House of David halachah House of Hillel halachic House of Israel House of Judah ketubah, ketubot House of Shammai keva kever avot intermarriage (not mixed marriage) k’hilah, k’hilot intermarried (not mixed married) “Ki Anu Amecha” (song) ish kibud av va-eim ishah kibud hameit Ivrit kibud z’keinim Iyar (month) kibbutz Iyov (Book of Job) kibbutznik Kiddush (prayer, reception) Jerusalem Talmud Kiddush HaShem Jerusalem Targum Kiddush L’Yom Shabbat (prayer) the Jewish Federation kiddushin Jewish Renewal Movement Kiddushin (tractate) Jews-by-choice Kil’ayim (tractate) Jubilee year “Ki Lo Na-eh” (song) Judah (southern kingdom) “Ki MiTziyon” (song) Judea (after Babylonian exile) Kingdom of Israel judgment Kingdom of Judah Kinim (tractate) Kabbalah kinot Kabbalat Shabbat (service) kinyan kabbalism kinyan sudar kabbalistic kippah, kippot kabbalists Kislev (month) Kaddish Ki Tavo (parashah) Kaddish D’Rabanan (prayer) Ki Teitzei (parashah) Kaddish L’Hitchad’ta (prayer) kitel Kaddish Shaleim (prayer) Ki Tisa (parashah) Kaddish Titkabeil (prayer) Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Kaddish Yatom (prayer) k’laf kadeish K’lal Yisrael kadosh klezmer, klezmorim kaf (letter) Knesset kaf sofit (letter) Kodashim (tractate) kal kodesh kallah, kallot Kodesh HaKodashim Kallah (tractate) kohein, kohanim (priest) Kallah Rabbati (tractate) Kohein Gadol kaparot Kohelet (Book of Ecclesiastes) karpas Kohelet Rabbah kashrut kol katan Kol Nidrei kavanah Korach (parashah) kavod korban k’doshim kosher K’doshim (parashah) kos Miryam k’dushah k’ra K’dushah (the prayer) k’rei K’dushat HaShem (prayer) k’riah K’dushat HaYom (prayer) K’ritot (tractate) Keilim (tractate) k’tiv kein K’tubot (tractate) kesef K’tuvim (Writings—Bible) Keter (s’firah) k’vod hameit kuf (letter) Mah Tovu kugel Major Prophets Kutim (tractate) Makot (tractate) kvater, kvaterin malach kvell Malchut (s’firah) Malchuyot (section of machzor) l’Adonai mamzer, mamzerim Lag BaOmer mamzeret, mamzerot lamed (letter) Manasseh lamed-vav tzaddik manna Land of Israel, the Land “Maoz Tzur” (song) Later Prophets maror latke Marrano lay leader Masada layperson, laypeople masechtot L’chah Dodi Mas-ei (parashah) l’chayim mashal, m’shalim lechem hapanim mashiach, the Mashiach Lech L’cha (parashah) maskilim Leil Shimurim Masorah Leivi, L’vi-im Masoretes lev Masoretic text Levite Matot (parashah) Liberal (referring to denomination) a matriarch, the Matriarchs life cycle, life-cycle event matzah, matzot Likutei Moharan mazal tov Literary Prophets m’chabeid zeh et zeh L’maan Tizk’ru M’chilta lo anochiyut M’chilta D’Rabbi Yishmael lo l’vayeish M’dinat Yisrael loving-kindness Meah Shearim l’shanah habaah birushalayim megillah (Eng.; e.g., “the whole megillah”; see l’shanah tovah tikateivu also m’gillah, M’gillah) l’shon hara meitim l’shon hatov melech Lubavitcher mem (letter) lulav mem sofit Lurianic Kabbalah menorah mensch Maariv (Evening Service) menschlichkeit Maariv Aravim (prayer) a messiah, the Messiah maaseh messianic Maaseh B’reishit messianic age Maaseh Merkavah mezuzah, mezuzot (but m’zuzah in blessing) Maaseir Sheini (tracate) m’gillah, m’gillot (Heb. “scroll”) maasim tovim M’gillah (tractate) Maas’rot (tractate) the M’gillah (Book of Esther) Maccabees M’gillat Esther macher Mi Chamochah (prayer) Machshirin (tractate) midah, midot machzor Midot (tractate) Machzor Vitry midrash, midrashim, midrashic, midrashist Magen David midrash aggadah Magen David Adom Midrash HaGadol Magid (section of Haggadah) midrash halachah Mah Nishtanah Midrash Rabbah Midrash Sachar Tov m’sadeir mitzvah Midrash T’hillim m’saderet mitzvah mikdash (sanctuary) m’tzaveh Mikdash (the Temple) M’tzora (parashah) mikdash m’at musaf (sacrifice) Mikeitz (parashah) Musaf (service) Mikvaot (tractate) musar mikveh, mikvaot Musar movement milah m’zuzah (in blessing); see also mezuzah M’ilah (tractate) M’zuzah (tractate) milchig minchah (sacrifice) naaseh v’nishma Minchah (Afternoon Service) Nachman of Bratzlav minhag, minhagim Nachmanides Minor Prophets Nashim (tractate) minyan, minyanim nasi Miriam’s cup Naso (parashah) Mi Shebeirach (prayer) Nazir (Heb., Nazirite; tractate) Mishkan (the Tabernacle) Nazirite Mishlei (Proverbs) N’chemyah (Book of Nehemiah) mishlo-ach manot N’darim (tractate) a mishnah n’divut the Mishnah ne-eman Mishnaic nefesh mishnayot neis Mishneh Torah (Maimonides) neis gadol hayah po mishpachah neis gadol hayah sham mishpat ner Mishpatim (parashah) ner tamid Mitnagdim Netzach (s’firah) Mitzrayim New World mitzvah, mitzvot New Year mitzvot aseih N’gaim (tractate) mitzvot bein adam LaMakom nidah mitzvot bein adam l’chaveiro Nidah (tractate) mitzvot lo taaseh N’ilah mitzvot shehazman g’ramah the Ninth of Av (holiday) mizbei-ach Nisan (month) M’nachot (tractate) Nishmat Kol Chai (prayer) m’nuchah nisuin mo-adim Nitzavim (parashah) Modeh Ani (prayer) nitzotzot Modern Hebrew Noach (parashah) modern Orthodoxy Noachide Laws Modim Anachnu Northern Kingdom mo-eid n’shamah Mo-eid (tractate) n’shamah t’horah Mo-eid Katan (tractate) n’shamah y’teirah mohel, mohalim nu mohelet, mohalot nun (letter) Morning Blessings nun sofit (letter) Mosaic N’vi-im (Prophets—Bible) moshav, moshavim N’zikim (tractate) Motzi Mourner’s Kaddish Ohalot (tractate) Mount Sinai ohel Ohel Mo-eid (Tent of Meeting) proof text ohev zeh et zeh Promised Land olah a prophet, prophets olam Prophets (book of the Bible) olam haba p’ru ur’vu olam hazeh P’sachim (tractate) an omer (measure of grain) a psalm, psalms, the psalm the Omer (period between Pesach and Sukkot) Psalm 113 ometz lev the Psalmist onah Psalms (book of the Bible) Oneg Shabbat p’shat onein P’shita online P’sikta D’Rav Kahana Oral Torah P’sikta Rabbati Orlah (tractate) P’sikta Zutarta Orthodox, Orthodoxy (referring to P’sukei D’zimrah denomination) Purim Oseh Shalom Purim-spiel Outreach (Reform program) Rabbinic (Talmuic), rabbinic (contemporary) paal Rabbinic Judaism paradise Rabbis, Rabbinic (Talmudic) Parah (tractate) Rabbis, rabbinic (contemporary) parah adumah Rabbis’ Kaddish parashah, parashiyot rachamim parashat hashavua rakia Parashat Noach Ralbag Pardes rasha pareve Rashi paschal lamb ratzon pasul Reader’s Kaddish a patriarch, the Patriarchs rebbe patriarchal Rebekah pei (letter) red heifer Pei-ah (tractate) Reform Judaism pei sofit (letter) Reform Movement Pentateuch Reformers (in denominational context) Pentateuchal reforms Pesach rei-ah pesach sacrifice R’eih (parashah) pidyon haben rei-im ahuvim pi-eil reish (letter) pikuach nefesh religious school a pilgrimage festival, the Pilgrimage Festivals responsum, response Pinchas (parashah) Revelation (at Sinai) Pirkei Avot r’fuah sh’leimah Pirkei D’Rabbi Eliezer r’fuat hanefesh Pittsburgh Platform Ribono shel olam (God) piyut, piyutim rimonim P’kudei (parashah) rodeif P.M. (SMALL CAPS) Roman Empire pomelos Rosh Chodesh postbiblical Rosh HaShanah prayer book Rosh HaShanah (tractate) priest (but High Priest) R’tzei Vim’nuchateinu (prayer) Priestly Benediction ruach r’vi-i Shacharit (Morning Service) shadchan Saadyah Gaon Shaddai Sabbatical year shalach manot sabra shalachmanos the Sages (Talmudic) shalom samech (letter) shalom aleichem (greeting) samei-ach b’chelko Shalom Aleichem sandak Shalom Rav Sanhedrin (tractate) Shalosh R’galim the Sanhedrin shamash savior shamayim s’chach Shammai schlep shank bone schmooze Shavuot school of Hillel Shechinah school of Shammai Shehecheyanu Scripture (the Bible) sh’eilah, sh’eilot scriptural shekel Scroll of Esther shem the Second Temple Sheol seder (order), s’darim Sheva B’rachot seder (Passover) shiduch Seder Eliyahu Rabba Shimon bar Yochai seder hat’filah shin (letter) Seder Olam shir sefer Shirat HaYam Sefer HaYashar Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) Sefer T’hillim Shir HaShirim Rabbah sefer Torah (a Torah scroll) shiurim Sefer Torah (tractate) shivah seichel Sh’kalim (tractate) seiver panim yafot Sh’lach L’cha (parashah) selah sh’leimut Sephardi, Sephardim sh’liach tzibur Sephardic sh’lom bayit seraphim sh’loshim the Seven Blessings Sh’ma the Seven Noachide Laws Sh’ma and Its Blessings the S’fat Emet Sh’ma Uvirchoteha s’firah, s’firot sh’miat haozen S’firat HaOmer Sh’mini (parashah) shaatneiz Sh’mini Atzeret Shabbat, Shabbatot Sh’monah P’rakim Shabbat (tractate) Sh’moneh Esreih Shabbat HaChodesh Sh’mot Shabbat HaGadol Sh’mot Rabbah Shabbaton sh’murah matzah Shabbat Parah the Shoah Shabbat shalom shofar Shabbat Sh’kalim the Shofar Service Shabbat Shuvah shofet, shoftim Shabbat Zachor Shoftim (parashah, Book of Judges) Shabbes shomei-a Shabbetai Zvi shomeir shacharit (sacrifice) Shomeir Yisrael (God) shtetl Talmudic shul Talmudist Shulchan Aruch talmud Torah shutafim tamei Sh’vat (month) Tamid (tractate) Sh’vi-it (tractate) Tammuz (month) Sh’vuot (tractate) Tanach sic Tanchuma siddur, siddurim Tanna, Tannaim sidrah, sidrot Tanna D’Vei Eliyahu Sifra tannaitic Sifrei Tanya Sifrei B’midbar Targum Sifrei D’varim Targum Yonatan sifrei Torah Taryag Mitzvot siman tov Tashlich simchah tav (letter) Simchat Torah Tazria (parashah) Sim Shalom t’chiyat hameitim sin (letter) the Temple (ancient) sitrei Torah the Temple Mount Sivan (month) Ten Commandments, the tenth commandment the Six-Day War Ten Days of Repentance s’lichah ten lost tribes S’lichot (the service) the Ten Plagues, the tenth plague S’machot (tractate) Tent of Meeting s’michah tet (letter) sofer Tetragrammaton Sof’rim (tractate) Tevet (month) Song of Moses t’filah Song of the Sea T’filah (Amidah) Sotah (tractate) T’filat Sheva Southern Kingdom t’fillin special Sabbaths T’fillin (tractate) Star of David t’hillim (psalms) State of Israel, the Jewish state T’hillim (Book of Psalms) s’udah Thirteen Principles of Faith s’udah sh’lishit Three Pilgrimage Festivals s’udat havraah Tiferet (s’firah) s’udat mitzvah tikkun sufganiyot tikkun bayit sukkah, sukkot Tikkun Leil Shavuot Sukkah (tractate) tikkun midot Sukkot tikkun olam time-bound mitzvot Taanit (tractate) Tishah B’Av the Tabernacle Tishrei (month) Tachanun T’murah (tractate) tachlis t’nai-im tahor tohorah tallis (Yiddish) Tohorot (tractate) tallit, tallitot Toldot (parashah) tallit katan Torah Talmud, Talmudic Torah Shebal Peh Talmud Bavli Torah Shebichtav Talmud Y’rushalmi torah lishmah Torah tzivah lanu Moshe vav (letter) tosafists Vayak’heil (parashah) Tosafot Va-y’chi (parashah) Tosefta Vay’chulu (prayer) tov Vayeilech (parashah) Tower of Babel Vayeira (parashah) tractate Vayeishev (parashah) Tractate Yoma Vayeitzei (parashah) t’reif Vayigash (parashah) tribe of Judah Vayikra (parashah) trope Vayikra Rabbah T’rumah (parashah) Vayishlach (parashah) T’rumot (tractate) v’higad’ta t’shuvah, t’shuvot Vidui (prayer) T’tzaveh (parashah) V’shamru (prayer) Tu B’Av V’zot Hab’rachah (parashah) Tu BiSh’vat V’zot HaTorah (prayer) T’vul Yom (tractate) the twelve tribes Warsaw Ghetto, the ghetto tzaar baalei chayim Warsaw Ghetto uprising tzaddeket Web site tzaddik, tzaddikim Western Europe tzadi (letter) Western Wall tzadi sofit (letter) whole burnt offering tzafun the wilderness tzaraat wisdom literature Tzav (parashah) Wisdom of Ben Sira tzedek women’s court (Temple) tzedakah world-to-come tzelem Elohim worldview tz’fardei-a World War II tzibur worshiped Tzidkuk HaDin (prayer) worshiper tzimmes worshiping tzimtzum Writings (section of Bible) Tziyon Written Torah tziyun tzitzit Yaaleh V’yavo Tzitzit (tractate) yad tz’niut Yad (Mishneh Torah) tzur Yadayim (tractate) Yad Vashem ugot matzah Yah Uktzin (tractate) yahrzeit ulpan Yalkut Shimoni ultra-Orthodox Yamim Noraim Un’taneh Tokef (prayer) yarmulke United States (noun) yeshivah, yeshivot ur’chatz yetzer hara U.S. (adj.) yetzer hatov ushpizin Y’hudah HaLevi Y’hudah HaNasi Va-eira (parashah) Y’hudim Va-et’chanan (parashah) YHVH V’ahavta (prayer) yichud V’al Kulam yichus Yigdal Parshiyot Yih’yu L’ratzon (prayer) Acharei Mot yishuv Balak Yism’chu B’chukotai Yisrael B’haalot’cha Yisr’eilim B’har Yitgadal v’yitkadash B’midbar Yitro (parashah) Bo Yizkor B’reishit Yochanan ben Zakkai B’shalach yod (letter) Chayei Sarah Yoma (the Day, i.e., Yom Kippur) Chukat Yoma (tractate) D’varim Yom HaAtzma-ut Eikev Yom HaDin Emor Yom HaShoah Haazinu Yom HaZikaron K’doshim Yom Kippur Ki Tavo Yom Tov Ki Teitzei Yom T’ruah Ki Tisa Yom Y’rushalayim Korach yontif Lech L’cha Yoreh Dei-ah Mas-ei Yotzer Matot Y’rushalmi Mikeitz Y’sod (s’firah) Mishpatim Y’vamot (tractate) M’tzora Naso zayde Nitzavim Zavim (tractate) Noach zayin (letter) Pinchas z’chut avot P’kudei zevach sh’lamim R’eih zichrono livrachah, zichronah livrachah Sh’lach L’cha Zichronot Sh’mini Zion (English) Sh’mot Z’man Simchateinu Shoftim z’mirot Tazria Zohar Toldot Z’raim (tractate) T’rumah z’rizut T’tzaveh z’roa Tzav zuzim Va-eira Z’vachim (tractate) Va-et’chanan Vayak’heil Va-y’chi Vayeilech Vayeira Vayeishev Vayeitzei Vayigash Vayikra Vayishlach V’zot Hab’rachah Yitro Tractates P’sachim Arachin Rosh HaShanah Avadim Sanhedrin Avodah Zarah Sefer Torah Avot Shabbat Avot D’Rabbi Natan Sh’kalim Bava Batra Sh’vi-it Bava Kama Sh’vuot Bava M’tzia S’machot B’chorot Sof’rim Beitzah Sotah Bikurim Sukkah B’rachot Taanit Chagigah Tamid Challah T’fillin Chulin T’murah Derech Eretz Rabbah Tohorot Derech Eretz Zuta T’rumot D’mai T’vul Yom Eduyot Tzitzit Eiruvin Uktzin Gerim Yadayim Gittin Yoma Horayot Y’vamot Kallah Zavim Kallah Rabbati Z’raim Keilim Z’vachim Kiddushin Kil’ayim Kinim Kodashim K’ritot K’tubot Kutim Maaseir Sheini Maas’rot Machshirin Makot M’gillah Midot Mikvaot M’ilah M’nachot Mo-eid Katan Mo-eid M’zuzah Nashim Nazir N’darim N’gaim Nidah N’zikin Ohalot Orlah Parah Pei-ah