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gabbai
Gabirol, Solomon ibn(c.1021-c.1056)
Gabriel
Galilee
galut
Gamaliel (fl. 1st century ce)
gambling
Gaon
Garden of Eden
gartel (Yiddish, 'girdle')
Gedaliah, Fast of
Gehenna
Geiger, Abraham (1810-74)
gemara (Aramaic, 'completion')
gematria (Greek, 'geometry')
gemilut hasadim
Genesis, Book of
genizah
gentile
geonim
ger
ger toshav
gerousia
Gersonides
get
geullah (Hebrew, 'redemption')
gezerah
ghetto
Gideon (fl. 12th century bce)
gilgul
giving of kindness(Hebrew: gemilut hasadim)
giving of the law(Hebrew: mattan torah)
gleanings (Hebrew: leket)
glory (Hebrew: kavod)
gnosticism
God
God, attributes of
God, names of
Gog and Magog
going up (1) (Hebrew: aliyah)
going up (2) (Hebrew: aliyah)
golem
good inclination(Hebrew: yetzer ha-tov)
Gordon, Aaron David (1856-1922)
government, prayer for the (Hebrew: ha-noten teshuah)
gown (Hebrew: kittel)
goyim (Yiddish, 'gentiles')
grace after meals(Hebrew: birkat ha-mazon)
grace before meals
Graetz, Heinrich (1817-91)
Great Assembly
Great Hallel
Great Sanhedrin
Great Synagogue
greetings
gregger
Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew: Moreh Nevukhim)
guilt offerings
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.