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  • Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship
  • Bimah is a platform in the middle of the synagogue
  • Kippah is a small round cap
  • Tefillin are two small black boxes made from leather of a kosher animal which are strapped to the forehead and left arm
  • Siddur is a Jewish prayer book
  • Brit Milah is a Jewish ceremony for a boys circumcision performed on 8 day old baby boys
  • Shofar an instrument from the horn of a ram
  • Bar/Bat mitzvah is the Jewish ceremony of coming to age
  • Kosher food that has met Jewish food law
  • Tallit is a prayer shawls worn by Jews
  • Ketubah is a marrige contract between a husband and wife that is signed before a Jewish wedding
  • Abraham is the father of the Jewish nation
  • Sandek is a respected friend or relative that will hold the baby during circumcision
  • Mohel is a specially traied jew who performes the circumcision
  • Mazel Tov means congradulation
  • Kashrut means food laws