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B.C. — Before Christ

B.C.E. — Before the Common Era (same as B.C. but less offensive to non-Messianic Jewish people)

b’avon — in sin

b’derech hatevah — naturally

B’dikat Chametz — the formal search for leaven before Passover.

b’nei — sons

b’rakhah — blessing, benediction (pl. b’rakhot)

b’ris milah — (alt. b’rit, bris, brit) circumcision

b’rit — (alt. b’ris) covenant, contract

B’rit Hadashah — Renewed Covenant (so-called “New Testament”)

b’seder — in order

b’seter — in secret .

b’shem hazeh — in this name .

b’yirah — with fear

b’yom — (alt. byom) at day

ba’al — husband; master

ba’al gaavah — haughty; proud person

ba’al melitzot — rhetorician; fine talker

Ba’al Shem Tov — Rabbi Yisroel Ba’al Shem Tov; born 18 Elul, 1698 in Okop, Ukraine; died 6 Sivan, 1760; Rebbe in Mezhibuzh; founder of the modern Chassidic movement; main disciples Maggid of Mezritch & R’ Yaakov Yosef of Polonnoye

Ba’al Teshuva — Literally “Master of Repentance.” Used for someone that is newly observant.

ba’al tzavva’a — testator; person who makes the will

ba’alim — husbands

Baal Bayit — master of the house

Baal HaKerem — Owner of the Vineyard

baalei hamum — the maimed

baalei-batim — laymen [lit. householders]

badchan — humorist

badeken — traditional formal veiling of the bride by the groom before the wedding ceremony

baderech — on the road

bahlt — soon

bailus — sovereignty; ownership; dominion

bais — house

baitel — wallet

bakkashot — petitions

bakosha — petition; request

balailah hazeh — during this night

baleidikung — insult

Bamah — an improvised altar, outside the Sanctuary (pl. Bamot)

bamidbar — in the wilderness

banim — children

bannai chacham — wise builder

bar — (Ar.) son

Bar Kokhba (alt. Kochba) — Leader of a Jewish revolt (132-135) against Hadrian

bar mitzvah — lit. “son of the commandment” or “son of the law” … i.e. has reached his majority; his legal age. Ceremony marking a youngster’s reaching the age of religious majority, traditionally thirteen for boys and twelve for girls; in many congregations, thirteen for girls as well. See bat mitzvah

barad — hail

barah — created

baraita’ — (Ar.) a statement of law, historical, or aggadic tradition which is attributed to the tannaitic period but which is not contained in the Mishnah

barchu — call upon the congregation to bless G‑d

barech — grace … the part of the Seder when the grace after the meal is recited

barei lev — pure in heart

bari vshalem — safe and sound

bariim — healthy ones

baruch — bless, blessed, blessed is

Baruch Dayan Ha’emet — a blessing of acceptance of G-d’s judgments

baruch habah — welcome

Baruch habah bashem Adonai — Blessed is he who comes in the name of the L‑rd

Baruch Hu Uvaruch Shemo — a phrase of blessing of G-d’s Name upon hearing it uttered

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basar — body; flesh; fallen human nature

Basar — to announce (glad news) — messenger, preach, publish, show forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings … Good news (same as gospel)

basar echad — one flesh

basherte — his destined mate

baShomayim — heavenly bodies

bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah

bat — daughter

bat mitzvah — lit. “daughter of the law” or “daughter of the commandment” … i.e. has reached her majority; her legal age. Ceremony marking a youngster’s reaching the age of religious majority, traditionally thirteen for boys and twelve for girls; in many congregations, thirteen for girls as well. See bar mitzvah

bat kol — a voice from heaven; an “echo” of a Divine Voice

batim — households

batlanim — male householders who had leisure to give themselves to regular attendance

batlanim — unemployed or lazy loafers; idlers

bavorn — anticipates

bavust — famous

Bayit — House

bazunder — unrelated and separate

be’einei Hashem — in the eyes of G‑d

be’ichud — united

be’ikvot — in the footsteps

be’ito — “in its season” [Tehillim 1:3]

bechi — weeping

bechirah — divine election; selection; choosing

Bechirim — Chosen Ones

Bechor — Firstborn

bechorah — inheritance

bedavka — deliberately

bederech klal — usually

bedieved — begrudgingly

bedievedike — expedient

bedikah — examination

Bedikat Chametz — Search for leaven before Passover … casting out the leaven

beemes — in truth

beerech — approximately; dacht zich

beetzem — intrinsically

befeirush — explicitly

begadim — clothes

Beha’alotcha — a portion in the Book of Numbers

behechrach — necessarily

Bein Hametzarim — the period between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av, “Between the Fences”

beinoni — of median piety (pl. Beinonim)

beit — (alt. beyt, bet, beth) the second letter of the Hebrew alef-beit (alphabet)

beit — (alt. bet, beth, beyt, bayt, bayit) house

Beit Din —“House of Judgment [Law]” Jewish court employing religious and Talmudic law … Rabbinical court

Beit HaMikdash— House of Sanctity; synagogue. The sanctuary or Temple in Jerusalem.

Beit haShoevah — The House of the Waterpouring

beit hasohar — prison

beit kevarot — cemetery

Beit Lechem — lit. House of bread; Bethlehem; Birthplace of Yeshua and King David.

beit midrash — houses of study (pl. batey midrashot)

bekavod — suitable

bekeshe — kaftan

bekitzur — briefly; concisely

bekvius — regularly

beleidikt — offended

ben — son

ben Adam — human being (lit. son of Adam)

ben chayil — son of worthiness

ben chorin — freeman

Ben HaAdam — Mashiach (“The” Son of Man) [Daniel 7:13-14]

ben hanaggar — the carpenter’s son

ben torah — scholar

ben yachid — only son

beni — my son

beni haahuv — beloved son

benoigeia — regarding

bentsh — custom of saying grace after meals

berachah — brachah

Berachot Hashachar — the blessings of awakening recited each morning

Beraichot —a section of Talmudic commentary on benedictions.

bereshis — in the beginning

beriah — creation

berishonah — in the first place

berit — covenant

berit milah — often referred to simply as b’ris

berit — (alt. b’ris) literally, covenant; refers to the covenant between G‑d and Avraham and his descendants (pl. beritot)

beriyah — creature

beseder — in order

besere — better

Beshalach — a portion in the Book of Exodus

beshita — as a matter of conviction or principle

beshum oifen — absolutely

besod — in secret

Besuras HaGeulah — the Good News of Redemption

Besuroh Tovoh — Good Tidings of a Joyous Event

bet — (alt. beyt, beit, beth) the second letter of the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet)

bet — (alt. beit, beth, beyt, bayt, bayit) house

bet din — court of law

Bet HaKnesset — House of Assembly; shul; synagogue; shtibel

betulim — virginity

betulot — virgins

betzah — (alt. beytzah) egg, the symbolic hard-boiled and roasted egg on the seder plate; also called Chaggegah or Haggigah; a symbol for the second sacrifice of Passover

betzi’at halechem — breaking of bread; meal

beyt — (alt. beit, bet, beth) the second letter of the Hebrew alef-beyt (alphabet)

beyt — (alt. bet, beit, beth, beyt, bayt, bayit) house

beytzah — (alt. betzah) egg

bi’ur ma’asrot — the disposal of tithes

Bias HaMashiach — Coming of Mashiach; Parousia

bibrit hanissuim — in covenant of marriage

bichlal — entirely

bifraht — particularly

bikkur — examining or investigating

bikkur cholim — (alt. holim) visiting the sick; a pious duty, carried out in the past by Chevra Kadisha

bikkurim — (alt. bikurim) The offering of the first fruit; barley harvest; first fruit

bikoret beshbonot — audit

bima — (alt. bimah) The raised central platform (lectern) in the synagogue from which the Torah is read and from which worship services are usually conducted. The platform is called tevah in Sephardic synagogues. On Succot, it is circled by the community, while holding their lulav. This inevitably results in major “traffic jams” in synagogues.

bimesibba — reclining at tish

binah — understanding

binnuy — construction

Binyamin (Benjamin) — One of Jacob’s (Ya’akov) 12 sons. One of the 12 Tribes of Israel descended from Ya’akov’s son. The Name means “son of the right hand”

binyan — building

biradah — trembling

birkat — (alt. berachah) blessing

Birkat HaChodesh — the blessing of the New Moon

Birkat haMazon — benediction over food; grace after meals

Birkat HaMinim — 90 C.E. decree

bishmi — in my name

bitachon — confident trust

biti — my daughter

bitul Torah — the neglect of the study of the Torah

bizyoinos — humiliation

blailah — at night

bnei — sons (sg. ben)

bnei basar — carnally-minded believers

Bnei Chorin — Sons of Freedom; Freedmen

bnei ha-chuppah — wedding invitees

Bnei HaKhofshiyah — Sons of Lady Freedom; the Free Woman

Bo — a portion in the Book of Exodus

bo’u u’re’u — come and see

bocher; bochur — bachelor; young man

Boethuseans — A religious party of the first century composed of wealthy and influential members of the priesthood, similar in doctrine with the Sadducees

boged — traitor; betrayer

bogedim — betrayers

boh — come

boker — morning

boneh — builder

Boneh Yerushalayim — the blessing over the rebuilding of Jerusalem

Booths, Feast of — In Hebrew, Succoth, the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar; a seven-day holiday when Israel was to dwell in booths to commemorate the wilderness wanderings.

Bore Nefashot — a short blessing after the eating of food that does not require Birkat Hamazon

Bore Peri Ha’etz — the blessing over fruit of the tree

borur — obvious

brachah — (alt. brakah, berachah) blessing … a prayer of thanksgiving that always begins, “Baruch etah, Adonai Elohaynu, Melech HaOlam” (“Blessed art Thou, O L‑rd, our G‑d, King of the Universe.”) Literally, “a blessing” or “benediction.” (pl. berachot; brachot, birchot)

Breath of Every Living Thing, The — The closing hymn of the Passover seder.

bren — fervor; hitlahavut

Bri’at HaOlam — the creation of the world

bria chadasha — a new being

briah — creation

bris milah — (alt. b;’ris, b;rit, brit) circumcision

brit — covenant

bubbemeises — (Yid.) old wives tales

bukki — expert; meivin

bushah — shame

buttel — cancelled out

byirah — (alt. b’yirah) with fear

byom — (alt. b’yom) at day

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