| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aron | container; a coffin or casket made enitely of wood and contaning no metal parts |
| avelim | a mourner; the nearest of 7 relatives; father, mother husband, wife, son or daughter, brother or sister |
| bar minen | a deceased male |
| bat minen | a deceased female |
| cantor | a religious singer who assists the Rabbi |
| chevrah kadisha | burial society; holy Brotherhood of men and women from a synogogue who care for the dead |
| el molei rachamin | a memorial service; literally meaning "God Full of Compassion", usually the last prayer of the funeral service |
| hesped | a eulogy |
| judaism | the monothesistic religion of the jewish people |
| kaddish | a prayer recieted for the deceased by the direct mourners (parents, sibilings, spouce, children) for the first time at the conclusion of the interment |
| kever | the grave |
| kevurah | burial |
| leyava | a funeral cortege |
| menorah | a candlebrum with a central stem bearing seven candles. The oldest symbol in Judaism |
| mogen david/star of david | hexagon shaped by 2 triangles, symbolizing a new hope for the Jewish people |
| niftar | deceased |
| rabbi | a teacher or ordained leader in the Jewsh faith |
| shabbat | the Jewish Sabbath which begins at sundown firday and ends at sunday saturday |
| shivah | seven days of mourning following burial |
| shivah candle | a special candle which is burned durin the seven days of mouring |
| sholoshim | the thirty day mouring period in the Jewish faith |
| synagogue | Orthodox Jewish religious building |
| taharah | the ceremony performed by the chevrah kaddisha of washing the deceased before the burial; serves as a ritual purification or cleansing of the body |
| tallis | a prayer shawl worn by Orthodox Jewish men during the mourning prayer service |
| tehilim | prayers from the book of Psalms said before the funeral by a group of friends and the shomer |
| torah | the book of law, instruction and learning |
| yarhzeit | the anniversary of death |
| yarhzeit candle | a candle burned for twnety-four hours on the anniversary of a death |
| yamaka | also known as Yarmulke or Kippah: the skull cap worm by men at temple service and funeral services |
| yizkor | a memorial service recited four times a year |
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