- apron: worn by female with the tachrichim
- ark: focal point of synagogue or temple
- aron: jewish wooden casket, holes in bottem, bloodied garments go with body
- avelim: mourner
- bais hakevorous: burial ground
- bar minen: male deceased
- bat minen: female deceased
- bet olan: to bury
- bimah: sanctuary
- cantor: singer
- chevra kadisha: burial society-washers
- conservative: middle of the road jews, lean more toward orthodox
- daven: to pray
- el molei rachamin: final prayer of jewish funeral service
- hesped: eulogy
- kaddish: jewish mourning prayer
- kevor: grave
- kriah ribbon: a symbol of mourning that is cut (conservative and reformed)
- layava: funeral procession
- menorah: candelabra
- mitzvah: good deed
- mogen david: star of david
- ner tamid: oil lamp in bimah that signifies eternal light
- niftar: deceased
- orthodox: strict, deterined and absolute in beliefs, set in ways of doing things
- prays tehilim: prayers and psalms
- rabbi: conducts service
- reformed: free, loose, and not strict, revert to orthodox at burial, marriage, and death
- sabbath: holy day of rest
- shivah: sit for 7 days of mourning
- shivah benches: these show humility while sitting shivah
- shmira: the watching done by the shomer
- sholoshim: 30 days of mourning
- shomer: overseer of the tahara
- sovev: linen bag of israel dirt
- synagogue: orthodox funeral service
- tachrichim: burial shroud
- tahara: washing of the body ceremony
- tallis: prayer shawl worn by jewish men
- talmud: jewish oral teachings
- temple: reformed and conservative service
- torah: jewish scripture, first five books of bible
- yahrzeit: year anniversary of death
- yamaka: skull cap worn by jewish men
- yami: little boy's yamaka
- yizkor: memorial prayers for deceased 4 times a year
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