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Ladino
Lag Ba-Omer
lamed vav zaddikim
Lamentations, Book of
lamps
Landau, Ezekiel (1713-93)
lashanah habaah bi-Yerushalayim (Hebrew, 'next year in Jerusalem')
latter prophets
laver
law
Law of Return
Leah (fl. ?16th century bce)
leaven (Hebrew: hametz)
lekhah dodi(Hebrew, 'come, my beloved')
leku nerananah(Hebrew, 'O come, let us exult')
lel shimmurim
Leon, Moses ben Shem Tov de (1250-1305)
Leontopolis
leprosy
leshon hara
letter mysticism
Levi ben Gershon (1288-1344)
Leviathan
levirate marriage
Levite
levitical cities
Leviticus
Levi (fl. ?16th century bce)
libation
Liberal Judaism
light
Lights, Festival of
Lilith
liturgy
Litvak
Liubavitch
loans
lost tribes
Lots, Feast of
love of neighbour
Love of Zion(Hebrew: Hibbat Zion)
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon (1534-72)
Luzzatto, Moses Hayyim (1707-46)
Luzzatto, Samuel David (1800-65)
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.