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Aramaic words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings

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Gemara
thumb|The first text page of Rosh Hashanah (tractate)|tractate Rosh Hashanah. The center column contains the Talmud text, beginning with a section of [[Mishnah. The Gemara begins 8 lines down with the abbreviation 'גמ (gimmel-mem). Mishnah and Gemara sections alternate throughout the Talmud text. The large blocks of text on either side are the Tosafot and Rashi commentaries. Other notes and cross references are in the margins.]]
Kaddish
The Kaddish (, 'holy' or 'sanctification'), also transliterated as Qaddish, is a hymn praising God that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the liturgy, different versions of the Kaddish are functionally chanted or sung to separate the sections of the service.
Chevra kadisha
Jewish burial association
Tanya
main work of the Chabad philosophy
Kol Nidre
recitation that precedes Yom Kippur service
Gabbai
thumb|upright|Gabbai in Biała Podlaska (Poland, 1926) A gabbai (), sometimes spelled gabay, also known as shamash (, sometimes transcribed shamas) or warden (UK, similar to churchwarden), is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be undertaken on a voluntary or paid basis. A shamash (literally 'servant') or gabbai can also mean an assistant to a rabbi (particularly the secretary or personal assistant to a Hasidic rebbe).
Chavruta
right|250px|thumb|Khaveyrim (study partners) sit opposite each other or side by side in the beth midrash of [[Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret.]] Chavrusa, also spelled chavruta or ḥavruta (, lit. "fellowship"; : , ḥāḇrāwāṯā), is a traditional rabbinic approach to Talmudic study in which a small group of students (usually 2–5) analyze, discuss, and debate a shared text. It is a primary learning method in yeshivas and kollels, where students often engage regular study partners of similar knowledge and ability, and is also practiced by those outside the yeshiva setting, in work, home, and vacation set
Chad Gadya
16th‐century Jewish song
Baraita
thumb|Tanna, the introductory word of a baraita, in a 1743 prayerbook.
Pesukei dezimra
Hispanic Jewish liturgical tradition
Besiyata Dishmaya
("with the help of Heaven") Aramaic-language expression used by Orthodox Jews; lacks the Hebrew letter He used to imply the name of God, and thus not subject to religious restrictions on the divine name
Akdamut
thumb|First page of Akdamut from the Mahzor of Worms, a 13th-century illuminated manuscript Akdamut, or Akdamus or Akdamut Milin, or Akdomus Milin ( ʾaqdāmûṯ millîn "In Introduction to the Words," i.e. to the Ten Commandments), is a prominent piyyut ("liturgical poem") written in Aramaic recited annually on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot by Ashkenazi Jews. It was penned by (the Nehorai) of Orléans, who was a cantor (prayer leader) in Worms, Germany, (died ca. 1095). Akdamut consists of praise for God, His Torah, and His people.
Mesivta
Metivta (also mesivta; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is commonly used in the United States to describe a yeshiva that emphasizes Talmudic studies for boys in grades 9 through 11 or 12; alternately, it refers to the religious studies track in a yeshiva high school that offers both religious and secular studies.