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nagid (Hebrew, 'prince')
nahalat
Nahman of Bratslav (1772-1811)
Nahmanides (1194-1270)
Nahum, Book of
nakdanim (Hebrew, 'punctuators')
name, change of
names of God
nashim (Hebrew, 'women')
Nasi, Joseph (c.1524-79)
nasi (Hebrew, 'prince')
Nathan of Gaza (1643-80)
nature
nazirite
Nebuchadnezzar(fl. seventh/sixth century bce)
nefesh
Nehardea
Nehemiah, Book of
neilah (Hebrew, 'closing')
neo-Orthodoxy
neo-Platonism
ner tamid
nesekh
neshamah yeterah
Neturei Karta(Aramaic, 'Guardians of the City')
Neviim
New Christians
new moon
New Year(Hebrew: Rosh Ha-Shanah)
New York
Next Year in Jerusalem
nezikin (Hebrew, 'damages')
niddah(Hebrew, 'menstruous woman')
Night of Watching(Hebrew: lel shimmurim)
night prayer(Hebrew: keriat shema al ha-mittah)
nikkur
Nineveh
Ninth of Av (Hebrew: Tisha b'Av)
nishmat (Hebrew, 'the breath of every living thing')
Noachide laws
Noah
Northern Kingdom
notarikon
numbers
Numbers, Book of
nusakh (Hebrew, 'version)
Nuzi
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.