Covenant- An agreement between two contracting parties, originally sealed with blood; a bond, or a law; a permanent religious dispensation.
Torah- Name applied to the five books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Mitzvah- a precept or commandment
Halakhah- the path that one walks. Jewish law. The complete body of rules and practices that Jews are bound to follow, including biblical commandments, commandments instituted by the rabbis, and binding customs.
Mashiach- A man who will be chosen by G-d to put an end to all evil in the world, rebuild the Temple, bring the exiles back to Israel and usher in the world to come. It is better to use the Hebrew term "mashiach" when speaking of the Jewish messiah, because the Jewish concept is very different from the Christian one.
Israel The Hebrew people, past, present, and future, regarded as the chosen people of God by virtue of the covenant of Jacob.
Kedushah- traditionally the third section of all Amidah recitations. In the silent Amidah it is a short prayer, but in the repetition, which requires a minyan, it is considerably lengthier.
Teshuvah- one of the great gifts God gives each of us – the ability to turn back to Him and seek healing for our brokenness. Psalm 51 is sometimes called "Perek Teshuvah" – the great Chapter of Repentance of the Scriptures.
Shekhinah- the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
Tikkun Olam- literally means "world repair." It is commonly used to refer to the pursuit of social action and social justice. However, few realize that the phrase and the concept behind it originate in kabbalah, in the teachings of the 16th century mystic Isaac Luria.
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