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| CE | ||
| "Common Era" or "Christian Era." Designation of years used by Jews and others who wish to avoid the affirmation of faith embedded in AD (Latin anno domini, "in the year of our Lord"). |
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| chanukkiah | ||
| Nine-branch candlestick used on Hanukkah. More commonly, though not accurately, called a menorah. See Jewish Holidays: Hanukkah. |
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| chutzpah | ||
| Arrogance, guts, presumption. Generally meant positively. |
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| circumcision | ||
| See brit milah. | ||
| chukkim | ||
| Commandments that have no known reason behind them. |
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| chuppah | ||
| (Hebrew, "canopy"). Also spelled huppah. Canopy under which the Jewish marriage ceremony takes place, representing the marriage chamber or the couple's new home. The term is also used colloquially for the marriage ceremony as a whole. See Jewish Life Cycle: Marriage. |
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| Counting of the Omer | ||
| (Hebrew Sefirat ha-Omer). The counting of days between Passover and Shavuot. |
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