SHEMA YISROEL. "Hear, O Israel"; beginning of the Jewish confession of
faith.
SHICKSEL. (Heb. with Ger. suffix). Drastic expression for a non-Jewish
girl.
SHIKKER. Habitual drunkard.
SHIVEH. "Seven" days of mourning, immediately after a death occurs in a
family.
SHIVOH OSER BE-TAMUZ. "Seventeenth Day of Tamuz"; a fast day
commemorating the first breach in the walls of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar, who took the Temple itself three weeks later.
SHNORRERS (Ger.). Beggars.
SHOLOSH SUDES. The third meal on the Sabbath.
SHUL (Ger.). Synagogue.
SHULCHAN ORUCH. The Jewish code of ritual laws, etc.
SUKKOTH. Feast of Tabernacles.
TALLES. Prayer-scarf.
TALMID CHOCHOM. A Jewish scholar, learned specifically in Jewish lore.
TASHLICH. "Thou wilt cast"; ceremony connected with the afternoon of the
first day of New Year, and observed at a running stream or at the
seashore.
TREFA. Ritually unfit for food.
TZORES. Trials; tribulations.
WAIGESCHRIEEN (Ger.). Woe is me.
YEVORECHECHO ADONAY VE-YISHMERECHO. "May the Lord bless thee and keep
thee."
YICHUS. Aristocracy; good family connections.
YIDDISHKEIT (Ger.). Jewishness.
YOM KIPPUR. Day of Atonement.
YONTEF. Holiday; festival.
ZECHER ZADDIK LIVROCHOH. "The remembrance of the righteous is for a
blessing."
ZECHUS. Merit; privilege.