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GLOSSARY AND NOTES

[Abbreviations: Dimin. &#x2550; diminutive; Ger. &#x2550; German, corrupt German, and Yiddish; Heb. &#x2550; Hebrew, and Aramaic; pl. &#x2550; plural; Russ. &#x2550; Russian; Slav. &#x2550; Slavic; trl. &#x2550; translation.

Pronunciation: The transliteration of the Hebrew words attempts to reproduce the colloquial "German" (Ashkenazic) pronunciation. Ch is pronounced as in the German Dach.]

(Heb.). The Hebrew alphabet.

(Ger.). Klemenke is done for!

(= Ger. also). That's the way it is!

(Heb.). A boy of thirteen, the age of religious majority.

(Ger.). Ring-shaped roll.

(Heb.). House-of-study, used for prayers, too.

(Heb.). Interference with religious study.

(Slav.). Grandmother; midwife.

(Russ.). Sour soup made of beet-root.