Hebrew and Yiddish terms
| Aron kodesh | The holy ark where the Torah is kept in a Synagogue. |
| Bedikat chametz. | Checking for chametz to make sure we didn’t miss any. |
| Birkat Hamazon | the prayer after meals |
| Biyur chametz | Removing all chametz from the household, the tradition of burning the scraps on the morning of Passover Eve. |
| Chametz | a product of leavened bread forbidden for consumption on Passover. |
| Chazal | the Sages / ancient commentators |
| Chumash | A physical copy of one of the five books of Torah. |
| Fleishik | Meat / observing the hours after eating meat, before eating dairy. |
| Gebrochts | Matzah that got wet. |
| Halacha/halachic | Something related to the observence of Jewish laws. |
| Isha Kushit | The dark skinned woman. |
| Kasher | To make kosher. |
| Kitniyot | Legumes, sort of. These are grains, beans, and other types of plants which can be made into flour. Some types of Jews, usually Ashkenazi, avoid eating these on Passover. |
| Korech | also known as the Hillel Sandwich |
| Kvetching | Complaining. |
| Maror | Bitter herbs. |
| Midrash | The Midrash is a collection of stories and fables by ancient Judaic authorities which are often used to interpret the scriptures. |
| minhag | custom. |
| Motzi | The blessing over bread. |
| Omer | the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot |
| Pareve | something that is neither dairy nor meat. |
| Pesach | Passover |
| Pesadik | Kosher for Passover. |
| Siyum | The celebration of completing the study of a set of Mishnah or Talmud books. |
| Ur’hatz | Washing the hands. |
| Yachatz | Splitting the middle matzah. |
| Yontiff | A sacred day, like shabbat, but specific to a Jewish Holiday such as Passover, Sukkot, Rosh Hashannah, etc. |
| Zuzim | Two pieces of some very old currecny. |
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