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Abridor
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Person who opens the Heichal (has the mitzvah of
Abrirà)
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Acompanhador or Acompanhàn
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Person who walks in front of the sefer Torah and
leads the way. He holds the cloak (has the mitzvah of acompanhar)
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Desenfaixarador
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Boy who winds the Faixa(band) from the sefer before
the reading and rewinds it afterwards.
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Ets Haim
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In a mi sheberach: referring to a nedavah (gift) to
the seminary Ets Haim and its library.
In assigning the mitzvoth (honors): the boy who holds the upper side of
the Torah when the Faixa is taken off or put back.
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Faixa
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Mappa, band. Long silk or linen sash used as a
binding for the Sefer Torah
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Hashcavah
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Memorial prayer (“Yizkor"), pronounced
Hascabah
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Heichal
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Aron Hakodesh (holy ark)
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Jadrich
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Room where deceased are washed
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Jejum
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Fast
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Kapittel
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Chapter, ngaliyah
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Lavador(es)
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Person(a) who washes (wash) the deceased.
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Levantador
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Man given the honour of raising the sefer Torah aloft
prior to the reading from it. He is selected from a group of levantadores
appointed to perform this misvah on a steady basis.
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Levador
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Man given the honour of carrying the Torah to and
from the hehal.
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Mashlim
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Last person called for torah reading, usually the
sevenths
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Mitzvah
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Burial
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Medianos
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Chol hamoed (mid-days of Sukkoth and Pesach)
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Padrinho
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Friend under 13 years, accompanying the Bar Mitzvah
boy
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Parasha
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Shabbat, weekly or Yom Tov portion of Torah reading
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Parnas
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Member of the Board. In the context of the service,
usually the parnas who is responsible for the good order of the Services.
If a member who is not a parnas directs the service, he is referred as
Presidente.
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Ponteiro
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Yad (pointer used for reading the Torah)
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Presidente
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See parnas
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Rodeamentos
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7 rounds made around coffin of a man at the cemetery
before burial.
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Rogativas
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Special payers for very ill persons
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Samuch
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Person called to the Torah before the Mashlim,
usually the sixths.
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Sandal
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Fabric covering the back of the Torah scroll, opened
to the portion to be read..
It’s the duty of the Shamash (sexton) to see to it that it be always
correctly positioned.
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Subinte
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Person called to the Torah
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Taças
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(three) silver plates used to collect tzedakah e.g.
at Chuppa, Purim or fast service.
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Tebah
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Bima, the elevated platform at the rear center of the
esnoga (snoge, synagogue) where the chazzan reads the
service or from the Torah.
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Terra Santa
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“Holy Land”: In mi sheberach: referring to
tzedakah (gift) for Eretz Yisrael.
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Ume
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One. Formerly the abbreviation of um florim
(one guilder): at present of
um euro. Used as standard amount in mi sheberach after a Hashcavah.
Money is given for 'shemen le'maor': oil for the Ner Tamid.
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