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kabbalah
kabbalat Shabbat
kabronim (Hebrew, 'buriers')
kaddish (Aramaic, 'holy')
Kairouan
kal va-homer(Hebrew, 'light and heavy')
Kalischer, Zevi Hirsch (1795-1874)
kallah
Kallir, Eleazar (fl. seventh century)
Kanah, Book of
Kaplan, Mordecai (1881-1983)
kapparah (Hebrew, 'atonement')
Karaites
karet (Hebrew, 'extirpation')
kashrut
kavod
kavvanah
kedushah
kehillah
kelal Israel(Hebrew, 'community of Israel')
keneset Israel(Hebrew, 'congregation of Israel')
keriah
kerovah
keter malkut(Hebrew, 'crown of royalty')
keter torah(Hebrew, 'crown of law')
ketubbah
Ketuvim (Hebrew, 'Writings')
Khazars
kibbutz (Hebrew, 'gathering in')
kiddush ha-Shem (Hebrew, 'sanctification of the Divine Name')
kiddush (Hebrew, 'sanctification')
kidnapping
kike
Kimhi, David (?1160-1235)
kinah
kindling of lights
kingdom of heaven
Kings, Books of
kingship
kipah
kittel
Knesset (Hebrew, 'Assembly')
Kohelet
Kohler, Kaufmann (1843-1926)
Kol Bo (Hebrew, 'Compendium')
kol nidrei (Hebrew, 'all vows')
kollel
Kook, Abraham Isaac (1865-1935)
korban
kosher (Hebrew, 'ritually fit')
Kotsk, Menahem Mendel of (1787-1859)
Krochmal, Nahmun (1785-1840)
kuppah (Hebrew, 'charity box')
Kuzari
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.