Feb 25, 2024
Drawing by Klaudia Kiercz-Długołęcka
Sztetł
Yiddish - שטעטל
English transcription - Shtetl
Meaning - a town
Sztibł
Yiddish - שטיבל
English transcription - Shtibl
Meaning - a house or a room used for communal Jewish prayer
Jesziwa
Yiddish - ישיבֿה
English transcription - Yeshiva
Meaning - a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of the Talmud
Mykwa
Yiddish - מיקווה
English transcription - Mikvah
Meaning - a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion to achieve ritual purity
Synagoga (this one is in Polish)
Yiddish - שול
English transcription - shul
Meaning - synagogue
Macewa
Yiddish - מצבֿה
English transcription - Matzevah
Meaning - a headstone or tombstone marking a Jewish grave
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