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zaddik (Hebrew, 'righteous man')
Zadokite Fragments
Zadokites
Zadok (fl. 11th century bce)
zayde
Zealots
Zechariah, Book of
zedakah box(Hebrew, 'charity box')
zedakah (Hebrew, 'charity')
zekhor berit(Hebrew, 'remember the covenant')
zekhut avot
Zelophehad's daughters
zemirot (Hebrew, 'songs')
Zephaniah, Book of
Zeraim (Hebrew, 'Seeds')
Zerubbabel (fl. sixth-century bce)
zikhrono li-verakhah (Hebrew, 'may his memory be for a blessing')
zikhronot(Hebrew, 'remembrances')
zimzum(Hebrew, 'divine contraction')
Zion
Zionism
zitzit (Hebrew, 'fringes')
zogerin
Zohar
zugot
Zunz, Leopold (1794-1886)
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.