Askkenazi: A Jew who originated from Central or Eastern Europe.

Beis Din: A Rabbinical court of law.

Bishul Akuni: Food that is cooked by a non-Jew.

Challah: The separation of dough.

Cholov Yisroel: Milking a kosher animal under the supervision of a Jew.

Chometz: Leavened grain that is forbidden on Passover.

Erev: Evening

Erev Shabbos: The day before the Sabbath.

Gevinas Akum: Cheese that is produced by a nonJew.

Glatt Kosher: Kosher animals that do not have certain internal blemishes.

Halacha: Jewish Law

Kasher: To make kosher.

Kli Rishon: The ‘first vessel’.

Kli Sheini: The ‘second vessel’.

Kli Shlishi: The ‘third vessel’.

Kosher: Refers to food that a Jew is permitted to eat or objects that a Jew may use.

Maris Ayin: Giving the wrong impression to people.

Menahel: Director of a Rabbinical seminary.

Mikveh: Ritual bath or sea.

Nat bar nat l’heteira: ‘Second degree taste’ of permitted foods.

Nat bar nat l’isura: ‘Second degree taste’ of forbidden foods.

Non-kosher: Food that a Jew is forbidden to eat.

Nosen Ta’am: Giving taste.

Orlah: Prohibition of eating fruit from a tree grown in Israel during the first three years of the tree’s existence. Some restrictions may apply in the fourth year. ( However the law of Orlah apply to fruit grown outside Israel only if one knows for certain that the fruit was grown from a tree during the first three years of its existence.)

Pareve: Food that is neither meat or dairy

Pesach: The festival of Passover which commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.

Rosh HaShannah: The Jewish New Year.

Rosh Yeshivah or Kollel: Head of a Rabbinical seminary.

Sephardi: A Jew whose ancestors originated from Spain.

Shemittah: Prohibition of planting or buying fruits and vegtables grown during the Sabbatical year (every seventh year) in Israel.

Shulchan Aruch: Code of Jewish Law.

Terumos and Ma’asros: Separation of just over 1% of fruits and vegetables grown in Israel.

Torah: The Five Books of Moses and the Talmud (Oral Law).

Tovel: To immerse a person or object in a Mikveh (ritual bath) or sea.

Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement (a fast day). Yoshon and Chodosh: Laws relating to ‘old’ and ‘new’ flour.