L  l

l’olam — forever

Ladino — Judeo-Spanish; the everyday language of Sephardic Jews

Lag baOmer — 33rd day of 50 days of Omer

lailah — night

lamdan — a Torah scholar with prodigious knowledge

Lamnatze’ach Ya’ancha Hashem — Psalm 20, recited on weekdays to mark sorrow and supplication

lashav — in vain

lashon — tongue, speech

lashon horah — evil speech

latreia —ministration of G‑d, i.e. worship — divine service

lavan — white

Lech Lecha — the third portion in the Book of Genesis

lechem — food; bread

lechem chukeinu — “our daily bread;” Mt. 6:11

lechem ha’amitti — the true bread

Lechem HaPanim — the Bread of the Presence, Bread of Surfaces, specially shaped loaves placed weekly on the Table in the Tabernacle and Temple, represented the Bread of the Almighty

lechem mishneh — two loaves required for the blessing on Sabbath and Festival meals

lehitpalel — lit. to judge oneself; the Hebrew word meaning “to pray”

leitzonus — mockery; fun

lemaskana — finally

lernen — Torah learning; study

Leshanah Tovah Tikatevu — Literally: May you be inscribed [in the Book of Life] for a good year; Rosh haShanah greeting, sometimes shortened to Shanah Tovah

leshonot — tongues — 1 Chron 14:13

letzim; leitzim — mockers/scorners; coarse jesting

lev — heart

lev rogez — anxious heart

levavot — hearts

Levi — one of the 12 sons of Ya’acov, ancestor of Moshe and Aharon; a Servant in the Sanctuary, a Sage of the Talmud

leviathan — sea monster mentioned in Job, of which the pious will eat at the resurrection

levirate — the institution of the brother-in-law (marrying his brothers widow)

Levites — the tribe of Levi; the hereditary lineage from which came the priests and others who ministered in the Temple … the direct descendants of Aahron served as cohenim, the rest of the tribe served as Levites

lichora — apparently

limin — at the right hand

limmud — instruction

Lion of the Tribe of Judah — a name for HaMashiach, based on Revelation 5:5; cf. Isaiah 11:1

lismol — at the left hand

lo poreh — unfruitful

loin — wages

loit — according to

lomdes — cleverness; erudition

lomdish — intricate and complicated to understand

lu yetzuuyar — assuming

luach — tablet

lulav — palm branch, with myrtle and willow sprigs attached; with the etrog, it is the symbol of Sukkot … a palm branch taken as one of the four species on the Feast of Tabernacles  … also used to refer to all four species used on Sukkos: palm branch, myrtle branch, willow, and citron. (pl. Lulavim)

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