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[balmofgilead]

Some of this rings true for me, too.


Apikorsis - heresy. related to the Greek root of "epicure"...
frumme Yid - religious/observant Jew
ossur - forbidden
shtetl-kopp - shtetl mentality
Treife - non-kosher (literally, "torn"--an animal that's not been slaughtered properly)
bemayzid - on purpose. term used regarding sins--by accident or on purpose
beda’as - with knowledge
lechachis - ?? it's actually lehachis--to make [God?] angry
Yiddishe - Jewish
chaverim - friends
mishpocha - family
ben-galus - literally "son of exile"--someone who's in exile