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va-ani tefillati (Hebrew, 'and as for me may my prayer')
va-yekhullu(Hebrew, 'and they were completed')
vakhnakht (Yiddish, 'watchnight')
ve-shameru(Hebrew, 'and they shall keep')
vegetarianism
vengeance
Venice
vessels, sacred
viddui (Hebrew, 'confession of sin')
Vienna
Vilna
Vilna Gaon
vimpel
visiting the sick(Hebrew, bikkur holim)
Vital, Hayyim
vocalization
vow
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.