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earlocks (Hebrew: pais)
early rising (Hebrew: hashkamah)
Eban, Abba (b. 1915)
Ebionites
Ecclesiastes, Book of
Ecclesiasticus
ecstasy
education
Egypt
ehad mi yodea(Hebrew, 'Who knows one?')
Eibeschütz, Jonathan (c.1690-1794)
Eighteen Benedictions
El
el male rahamim(Hebrew, 'O God, full of compassion')
elder
Elders of Zion, Protocols of the
Eleazar ben Judah of Worms (c.1165-c.1230)
election
Elephantine
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (1720-97)
Elijah, Apocalypse of
Elijah (fl. 9th century bce)
Elimelech of Lyzanhsk (1717-87)
Elisha ben Avuyah(fl. 2nd century)
Elisha (fl. 9th century bce)
Elohim
emanation
emancipation
Emden, Jacob (1697-1776)
emissary (Hebrew: meshullah)
En Sof (Hebrew, 'infinite')
engagement
Enlightenment(Hebrew: Haskalah)
Enoch, Book of
entertaining travellers (Hebrew: hakhnasat orehim)
ephod
Ephraim (fl. ?16th century bce)
epicoros
epitropos(Greek, 'trustee', 'guardian')
Eretz Israel
eruv
Esau (fl. ?16th century bce)
eschatology
Esdras
eshet hayil
Essenes
Esther, Book of
Esther, Fast of
Esther, Feast of
eternal light (Hebrew: ner tamid)
ethical literature
Ethiopian Jews
etrog
etz hayyim
eulogy
euthanasia
Eve
evening service (Hebrew: maariv)
evil eye (Hebrew: en ha-ra)
evil inclination(Hebrew: yetzer ha-ra)
excommunication(Hebrew: herem)
execution
exegesis
exilarch (Aramaic: resh galuta)
exile, Babylonian
exiles, ingathering of
exile (Hebrew: galut)
Exodus, Book of
exorcism
expulsion
Ezekiel, Book of
Ezra, Apocalypse of
Ezra, Book of
ezrat nashim(Hebrew, 'court of women')
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.