Jewish Terms and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Chag Sameach | Happy Feast | |
| Chalalah | A desecrated person. | |
| Chametz | Leaven | |
| Chasunah | Wedding | |
| Chazal | Also transliterated as "Hazal". Acronym for (translated): "our sages, may their memory be blessed". Term of respect for the talmudic sages including the eras of: soferim, zugot, tannaim, amoraim and savoraim. | |
| Chol ha-mow'ed | The days during the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles which are available for people to work. | |
| Cholent | A beef stew. | |
| Chrain | Yiddish for horseradish, used on gefilte fish, etc. | |
| Chukim | Laws amongst the 613 mitzvot for which the rationale and purpose are no longer obvious. See also “Mitzvot”. This is the Hebrew word translated as "statutes" in the Old Testament. | |
| Chumra | Extra strict, above and beyond the letter of the law. | |
| Chutzpah | From a root meaning "insolence", it means "cheek or audacity for good or for bad". | |
| Cutheans | Another name for the Samaritans. |