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oath
Obadiah, Book of
Odel (fl. 18th century)
ohel
oil
olam ha-Ba(Hebrew, 'world to come')
Old Testament
oleh (Hebrew, 'one who ascends')
omer, counting of the
omer (Hebrew, 'sheaf')
onanism
oneg shabbat(Hebrew, 'Sabbath delight')
Onkelos (fl. second century bce)
oracle
oral law
ordination (Hebrew: semikhah)
organ
original sin
orphan
Orthodoxy
ownerless property(Hebrew: hefker)
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.