# Dictionary of Terms

Source: Halachipedia: Dictionary of Terms

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Exported: 2025-12-30

This dictionary is for commonly used words in a shiur that is mostly in English but includes a handful of Yeshivish, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Aramaic.

## Commonly used Yeshivish/Yiddish Words
; avada
: of course

; ayid
: a Jew

; azoy
: really, so-so (sometimes a question)

; bissel
: a little

; eppes
: a little

; farfaln
: hopeless, irretrievable

; farlozich
: rely upon, rely on

; ginoy
: sure (derived from genau, German meaning exactly)

; gishmak
: delicious

; grada
: certainly, as a matter of fact

; grossa
: large

; punkt
: precisely, exactly, so happens to be

; punkt farr kert
: just the opposite

; shprach
: enhancement

; shtoch
: affront (usually used to describe when one opinion proved the other wrong)

; shtup
: stuff in (usually used to describe when an explanation that doesn't fit the words)

; shver
: difficult

; taka
: really, (usually used as a confirmation of fact, but sometimes used in question form)

; teitch
: translate

; vayter
: continue, let's move on

;verlassen sich
: leave one, rely on
;zach
: something (usually used to describe something popular)

;zayn
: to be

;zicher
: for sure

## Commonly Used Hebrew Words
;al kol ponim
: either way, from all perspectives

;chashivus
: importance

;kol tov
: all the best

;lehavdil, lehavdil elef alfey havdalot
: to distinguish (usually used to say that this concept is very different)

;lehavdil bein hachayim vehachayim
: to distinguish between the living and those who have passed

;lemaysa
: in reality, practically speaking

; lichoira
: theoretically

;mamesh
: actually, actual, in actuality

; maskim
: agreed

;pashut
: obvious

;peshat
: simple explanation

## Commonly Used Aramaic Words
;aderaba
: the opposite is true

;chaval al deovdin
: we are saddened by the loss of a person/work

;chaval al deovdin v'einan mishtakchin
: we are saddened by the loss of a person/work who are never forgotten

;kal vechomer
:fortiori, if the greater nuance is true certainly the lesser one is as well

; kol sheken
: fortiori, if the greater nuance is true certainly the lesser one is as well

;mee heychi teytee
: from where do you know that? (usually used as a negation of a conjecture)

; pshita
: obvious (usually used as a question)