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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