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tzaddik(pl., tzaddikim): righteous man, often used as a synonym for
Rebbe
tzedakah:charity
tzitzis: fringes on the corner of a *tallis(see Bamidbar
Ufaratza (lit., "and you shall spread out"): the Biblical word that has
become a byline for Lubavitch outreach efforts
yahrzeit•(Yid.): anniversary of a person's passing
yarmulka(Yid.): skullcap
Yechidah:the highest of the five levels of the soul, the rung at which the
soul is in absolute unity with G-d
yechidus:private meeting with a Rebbe
yeshivah (pl., yeshivos): Rabbinical academy
Yid(Yid.): Jew
Yiddishkeit(lit., "Jewishness"; Yid.): the Torah way of life
yiras shamayim:the fear (or awe) of heaven
Yom Kippur: the Day of Atonement, fast day falling on 10 Tishrei and
climaxing the Days of Awe
Yom-Tov:a festival
Yud-BeisTammuz ("the Twelfth of Tammuz"): the Previous Rebbe's birth¬
day (1880) and the anniversary of his release from capital sentence
and imprisonment in Soviet Russia in 1927
Yud Shvat ("the Tenth of Shvat"): anniversary of the passing of the
Previous Rebbe in 1950
Yud-TesKislev ("the Nineteenth of Kislev"): anniversary of the passing of
the Maggid of Mezritch in 1772, and anniversary of the release from
capital sentence of his disciple, the Alter Rebbe, in 1798
zeide("grandfather"; Yid.)
Zohar (lit., "radiance"): classical work embodying the mystical teachings
of the *Kabbalah
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