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- ma’al
- betrayal
- ma’amad ha’banim
- the
standing as sons
- ma’aminim
- believers
- ma’arav
- ambush
- ma’arav
- west
- ma’aseh haemunah
- work
of faith
- ma’aseh tov
- good deed
- ma’asei haChoshech
-
works of darkness
- ma’aser
- tithe (a tenth portion) given to the
Kohen, the Levite, or the poor (pl. Ma’asrot; alt. maasros)
- ma’asim
- works
- ma’asim hamitzvot
-
works of the commandments
- ma’asim hara’im
- evil
deeds
- ma’asim metim
- dead
works
- ma’asim tovim
- good
deeds; works
- ma’avak
- struggle
- ma’ayanot
- springs;
sources
- ma’on
- permanent
residence
- ma’ot chittim
- money
for wheat; financial contributions
- Maamad
-
“Station”
- groups of lay people who assisted the Levites at the daily sacrifices one week a year
- groups of lay people who assisted the Levites at the daily sacrifices one week a year
- maamadot
-
contributions
- ma'amin Meshichi
-
Messianic believer
- ma'ariv
- evening prayer
service … evening prayers after sunset
- ma'asros
- (alt.
ma’aser) tithe
- mabbul
- flood
- machah
- to stroke or
rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e.
grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
- abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, utterly, wipe (away, out)
- abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, utterly, wipe (away, out)
- machalifei hakesafim
-
moneychangers
- machaloket
-
controversy
- machaloket
- division
of dissension
- machanot
- encamping
armies
- machla
- illness
- machlokot
- divisions
of dissension
- machmir
- stickler
- machovim
- sorrows
- machsh’vot
- thoughts
- machshavah
- thought
- machshelah
- ruin
- machshiv
- respect
- machsor
- shortage;
want
- Machzor
- (Repetition)
High Holy Day prayer book. In some Orthodox synagogues, a special
prayer book
- also known as a machzor is used on the Pilgrimage Festivals
- also known as a machzor is used on the Pilgrimage Festivals
- madduchei shav
- false
enticement; delusion
- madon
- strife; quarrel
- mafte’ach
- key
- Maftir
- Last part of
Torah reading on a given Shabbos or festival … the man who is
“called up” to the reading of the concluding passage
- Magen Avot
- a short
summary of the Sabbath amidah prayer recited on Sabbath Eve after
the silent prayer
- maggid
-
darshan; preacher, generally itinerant, and popular because of
his clever parables … narration
- Maggid of Mezritch
-
Reb Dov Ber of Mezritch; main disciple of the
Ba’al Shem Tov and leader of the
Chassidic movement after him; also a disciple of the Pnei
Yehoshua; born 1704; died 19 Kislev, 1772; mentor of the whole next
generation of Chassidic Rebbes.
- Mah Nishtanah
- Four
Questions; at the beginning of the
Passover
Seder, the youngest child traditionally asks the “Four
Questions” which prompt the leader of the Seder to explain the
significance of Passover to the celebrants
- makhaneh
- camp
- makhar
- tomorrow
- makkah
- plague
- makor
- fountain
- malach
- angel (pl.
malachim)
- malbush
- clothing
- male no’am
- full of
pleasantness
- malkah
- queen
- malkosh
- spring rain
- malkot
- the penalty of
lashing
- Malkut Shamayim
- The
Kingdom of Heaven
- malon
- inn
- malshin
- informer;
accuser
- mamashus
- real worth
- mamlechot
- kingdoms
- mammon
- ill-gained
money
- manhigim
- leaders
- manhigut
- leadership
- manhigut ruchanit
-
spiritual leadership / administration
- mamzer
- bastard, child of incest, illegitimate child
- bastard
- mixed population (fig.)
- born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother or visa versa
- manoach
- resting place
- maot chitim
- (alt.
maoz chittin) lit. wheat money … money collected prior to
Passover to assist the needy to celebrate the holiday and to buy
special Passover foods
- maoz
- fortress
- Maoz Tsur
- cest-known
Chanukkah song. An English version of the song is entitled “Rock
of Ages.”
- mareh
- vision
- maror
- hitter, ground
horseradish … a bitter herb such as horseradish, symbolizing the
bitter plight of the enslaved Israelites; one of the symbolic foods
used on the
seder plate
- marot
- visions
- Marranoes
- forcibly
converted Jews in Spain
- marut
- authority; rule
- marzipan
- a confection
made of almond paste and sugar and molded into small shapes, usually
of fruits and vegetables
- masah
- trial (pl.
masot)
- Mashgiach Ruchani
-
Spiritual Overseer
- Mashiach, מָשִׁ֖יחַ
- (alt. Moshiach) Greek: Μεσσίας (Messias); Χριστός (Christos). Messiah, anointed, an anointed one. In Israel three classes of persons were anointed for their office of service: prophets, priests, and kings. Yeshua HaMashiach is all three: Prophet, Priest, and King, hence The Anointed One
- “The Hebrew word mashiach (or moshiach) refers to the Jewish idea of the messiah. Mashiach means anointed, a meaning preserved in the English word derived from it, messiah. The Messiah is to be a human leader, physically descended from the Davidic line, who will rule and unite the people of Israel and will usher in the Messianic Age of global and universal peace. While the name of Jewish Messiah is considered to be one of the things that precede creation, he is not considered divine, in contrast to Christianity where Jesus is both divine and the Messiah.
- In biblical times the title mashiach was awarded to someone in a high position of nobility and greatness. For example, Cohen ha-Mašíaḥ means High Priest. In the Talmudic era the title mashiach or מלך המשיח, Méleḫ ha-Mašíaḥ (in the Tiberian vocalization is pronounced Méleḵ haMMāšîªḥ) literally means “the anointed King”. It is a reference to the Jewish leader and king that will redeem Israel in the end of days and usher in a messianic era of peace and prosperity for both the living and deceased.”
[“Jewish Eschatology” at
The
Spiritual Life , accessed 21 November 2021.]
- mashkeh
- drink
- maskana
- outcome
- maso panim
-
favoritism; partiality
- masoret
- tradition
- Masoretic Text
- the
accepted Hebrew text of scriptures, the first Hebrew writing to
contain vowel points as an aid to pronunciation, developed in the
9th century C.E.
- masot
- trials /
temptations (sg. masah)
- matanah
- gift (pl.
matanot)
- matanot tovot
- good
gifts
- matarah
- objective
- mateh
- deceiver
- matnat hachesed
- free
gift of grace
- Matnat HaTzedakah
- the
gift of righteousness
- matnat kesef
- gift of
money
- matsevot
- gravestones
- matsli’ach
- successful
- mattah
- below
- mattan torah
- (alt.
matan) the giving of the law or instruction
- mattanah
- free gift
- mattanot le-evyonim
-
giving to the poor
- Mattityahu
- Matthew;
The Gospel According to Matthew; first book of the B;’rit Chadasha
presenting Yeshua HaMashiach in his role as HaMelech
- matzah
- (alt. matzo, pl. matzot) “without leaven”; a
flat bread made without adding leavening (yeast or baking
powder). Called the “bread of affliction.” Unleavened bread …
The unleavened bread eaten in recollection of the hurried
departure from Egypt; the eating of matzah is obligatory only at
the seder
- matzo tash
- (Yid.)
a baglike fabric container used for the three ritual wafers of
unleavened bread at the
seder
- matzpun
- conscience
- matzpun naki
- clear conscience
- mavet
- death
- mavo
- introduction
- mayim
- water
- mayim hayim
- living
water
- mazal tov
- good luck;
congratulations
- mazikim
- malicious
spirits
- me’ah vchamishim ushloshah
- one hundred and fifty three
- me’onot
- dwelling
places; permanent residences; homes
- me’ushar
- blessedness
- meah kevasim
- a
hundred sheep
- meayen
- engaged in
research
- mechabed
- honor
- mechila
- pardon;
forgiveness
- Mechilta
- Halakhic
midrash to Exodus
- mechitzah
- the
dividing partition
- medakdeke
-
painstakingly thorough
- Medieval
- relating to
or characteristic of the Middle Ages
- mefakkechim
- stewards;
supervisors
- mefarsem
- make known
- megadef
- reviler (pl.
megadefim)
- megareia
- weakened
- megillah
- (alt. megilah) lit. scroll; there are five megillot
in the Bible. The one we read on
Sukkot is Ecclesiastes, on
Purim is Esther, on
Pesach is Song of Songs, on
Shavuot is Ruth, and on
Tishah Be’av is Lamentations (pl. megillot)
- meid
- provide
testimony; attest
- mekabel
- receiving;
accepting
- mekanne
- jealous;
envious
- mekhonen
- founder
- mekom linah
- guest
room
- mekom megurim
-
dwelling place
- mekor
- basis
- mekor
- passage;
citation
- melach
- salt
- melachah
- work
- melammed
- instructor
- melech
- king (pl.
melachim)
- melitz echad
- oone mediator
- melo
- plentitude
- memayet
- precluded;
excluded
- memshalah
- government;
dominion
- mena’afim
- adulterers
- Meni
- pagan moon
goddess
- menorah
- the Lamp of the Sanctuary … a 7-branched candelabra
representing the lampstand that stood in the Holy Place within the
Temple … a version with eight branches plus the
shamash
(a Chanukkiah) is used during Chanukka, in celebration of the
Maccabean victory over the Greeks and the rededication of the Temple
(pl. Menorot)
- menuchah
- (alt.
menuhan) resting place
- meorer
- point out;
rekindle, stimulate; motivate; shtarken
- mered
- revolt;
uprising
- merirut lev
-
bitterness
- merivah
- strife
- merkavot
- chariots
- mesader
- arrange;
place in succession
- meshabed
- caused to be
obligated
- meshalim
- parables
- meshalle’ach
- sender
- mesharet
- minister;
servant
- mesharetim
- ministers; bond-slaves
- meshichei sheker
-
false Mashiachs
- meshubad
- obligated
- meshummad
- apostate
- mesibot
- parties
- mesim
- deceased ones
- mesiras nefesh
- self
sacrifice
- Mesorah
- the
traditional essential requirements in the writing of a Torah Scroll
- Messiah
- English
transliteration of Hebrew Mashiach or Moshiach, meaning “The
Anointed One” of G‑d who was to come to fill all three offices for
which one must receive anointing; prophet, priest, and king; the
promised Redeemer
- Messianic Community
- the
called-out community of Believers in Messiah; used to refer to the
entire Body of Messiah as a whole, as well as the local
congregation. I use the terms Miqra, Messianic Community, and Body of Messiah interchangeably.
- Messianic hatafah
-
preaching Mashiach
- mesupak
- uncertain;
doubting
- metohar
- purified
- metoharim
- clean
- metsakhim
- foreheads
- metzorah
- a leper (pl.
metzoraim)
- mevugar
- mature; adult
(pl. mevugarim
- meyayesh
- despairing
- mezarez
- a spur into
action
- mezimma
- evil design;
intrigue
- mezuzah
- (lit. doorpost) a ritual object consisting of a casing
and a
klaf that is put on the doorpost(s) of the house (pl. mezuzot)
- michshol
- stumbling
block (pl. michsholim)
- michyah
- subsistence .
- midah hatov
- the
attribute of virtue
- midas chasidus
-
quality of piety
- Midat Hadin
- the
Divine Attribute of Justice
- midbar
- wilderness
- midrash
- (1) homiletical interpretation of the Scriptures;
exegesis; commentary (pl. Midrashim)
(2) a collection of works compiled between the third and twelfth centuries that seeks out underlying truths and meanings of the Bible; they are the result of the process of delving into the ramifications of a biblical verse and of the ancient rabbis’ reading “between the lines” of Scripture
- mifkad
- census
- migdal
- tower
- mikdash me’at
- lit. a
small sanctuary; refers to the home
- mikhla
- fold
[enclosure]
- mikveh
- (alt. miqvah, mikvah) a pool of “living” water
conforming to exacting dimensions and specifications, used for “legal” and
spiritual purposes … also called by the Latin term “ritularium.”
The
ritual immersion in the pool is sometimes called mikveh,
but more accurately is tevilah. Christian “baptism”
is a based upon this concept, but has been significantly changed
from the practice followed by the early Messianic Believers.
- milah
- circumcision
- milchamot
- wars
- mimeila
- consequently;
as a result
- minchah
- from an
unused root mean. to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphem.
tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and
voluntary)
- gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice … afternoon prayer; name of Temple sacrifice … evening prayers during the day … a gift offering in the Sanctuary … an offering made of flour and oil (pl. Menachot)
- gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice … afternoon prayer; name of Temple sacrifice … evening prayers during the day … a gift offering in the Sanctuary … an offering made of flour and oil (pl. Menachot)
- minhag
- custom (pl
minhagim)
- minim
- apostates,
heretics; a derogatory term for early (1st and early 2nd century)
Jewish Believers in Messiah
- minut
- heresy;
apostasy
- minyan
- quorum of ten adult Jews necessary for public prayer.
- Minyan (Hebrew: “number”), plural Minyanim, or Minyans, in
Judaism, the minimum number of males (10) required to constitute a
representative “community of Israel” for liturgical purposes. A
Jewish boy of 13 may form part of the quorum after his Bar Mitzvah
(religious adulthood). When a minyan is lacking for synagogue
services, those who have gathered merely recite their prayers as
private individuals. There is thus no public reading from the Torah
(first five books of the Bible) and no Hafṭarah (selection from the
prophetic books of the Bible). Such invocations as the Kaddish and
qedusha are likewise omitted, for none of these is considered
appropriate unless the “Jewish community” prays as one.
(Britannica.com,
“Minyan”, accessed 3 May 2020)
- miqra arqm
- (alt. miqrah, mikra, mikrah) something or someone “called out” … a
public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a
rehearsal, assembly, calling, convocation, reading … equivalent to
Greek ekklesia,
[alt. ecclesia] called-out ones, erroneously (and we believe
deliberately and anti-Semitically) translated “church” in the KJV,
which error has continued in later English translations of the
Scriptures. There is no valid linguistic reason for translating the
word “ekklesia” or for referring to the people of Mashiach as “the
church” — it is only a Gentile tradition. We use the terms Miqra,
Messianic Community, and Body of Messiah interchangeably.
- miqvah
- (alt.
mikvah) a pool of water conforming to certain dimensions and
specifications, used for legal and spiritual purposes … also called
in Latin a “ritularium” … the ritual bathing in the pool … Christian
immersion of new believers is an equivalent practice
- miqveh
- something
waited for, i.e. confidence; also a collection, i.e. (of water) a
pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
- abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty [of water], pool
- abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty [of water], pool
- mir’eh
- pasture
- mirmah
- deceit
- mishcha
- ointment
- mishkan
- a residence
(including a shepherd’s hut, the lair of animals; figuratively the
grave); also the Temple; specifically the Tabernacle (prop. its
wooden walls)
- to dwell, a dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent … the Sanctuary Tent
- to dwell, a dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent … the Sanctuary Tent
- mishlo’ach manot
- the
sending of “portions” to friends on
Purim
- mishma’at
- obedience
- Mishnah מִשְׁנָה
- “study by repetition,” from the verb shanah שנה, or “to study
and review,” also “secondary”) is the first major written collection
of the Jewish oral traditions known as the “Oral Torah,” edited by
Rabbi Judah HaNasi (c. 135 to 220 C.E.) about 200 C.E. It is the
first major work of Rabbinic literature. Together with the
Gemara, it forms the
Talmud.
- mishpachah
- (alt. mishpakhah, mishpochah) a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively a class (of persons), a species (of
animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
family, kindred
- mishpachot
- (alt.
mishpakhot, mishpokhot)
- relatives
- relatives
- mishpat
- judgment (pl.
mishpatim)
- mishpat mavet
- a death
sentence
- Mishpatim
- a portion
in the Book of Exodus
- mishpoyel
- standing in
awe
- mishrah
- rule
- mishtatef
- involved;
joining
- mispar
- number
- mitamuhl
- suddenly
- mitarev
- meddlesome
- mitnagged
- opponent
- mitnaggedim
- opponents
- Mitzbe’ach;
- altar
- mitznefet
- head
wrapping
- Mitzrayim
- Hebraic
equivalent of “Egypt.” Spiritually, a picture of the world and the
world’s system
- mitzvah מִצְוָה
- (alt.
mitzvoh) a religious precept or obligation; one
of the 613 commandments in the Torah … principle for living, good
deed; instruction (pl.
mitzvot)
- mitzvat aseh
- a
positive command; a commandment-to-do
- mitzvat lo ta’aseh
- a
prohibition; a commandment-not-to-do
- mitzvot
- divine commandments given by Hashem to Moshe Rebbenu;
divine commandments (sg.
mitzvah)
- mizmor
- hymn; psalm
- Mizmor Letodah
- Psalm
101 recited daily to commemorate the Thanksgiving Offering in the
Sanctuary
- mizrach
- east
- mo’adim
- fixed
times/seasons/festivals; “The designated times of ADONAI
which you are to proclaim as holy convocations are My designated times” (Leviticus 23).
They include the weekly Shabbat, Pesach (Passover), Unleavened
Bread, First Fruits, Shavu'ot (Pentecost), Shofarim (Trumpets, Yom
Teru'ah), Yom Kippur (Atonement), and Sukkot (Booths/Tabernacles).
- mo’ed (alt. mow’ed)
-
an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically a
festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as
convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by
extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed
beforehand)
- appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time (appointed)
- appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time (appointed)
- mochesim
-
tax-collectors
- mochiach
- one
arbitrator
- modeh ani
- I give
thanks
- mofet
- example; role
model
- moftim
- miracles;
wonders
- Mohel
- A Rabbi
specifically trained and authorized to perform ritual circumcision
(pl. Mohalim)
- moineia
- prevented
- moked
- fire
- Molad, Molad Halevanah
- the appearance of the new Moon (pl. Moladot)
- morech lev
-
cowardliness
- moreh
- teacher
- Moreh Tzaddikim
-
teacher of righteousness
- mori
- my teacher
- moshav hashafel
- low
seat
- Moshe
- Hebrew name of Moses
- moshel
- governor (pl.
moshelim)
- Moshiach
- (alt.
Mashiach, Moshi’a) Messiah, Savior
- Moshieynu
- our
Deliverer
- moshlim
- rulers
- Motza’ei Shabbat (alt. Shabat)
- the night following the Sabbath
- Motzi (alt. Hammotzee, Hamotzi)
- Literally: [God] who brings forth [bread]; blessing over
bread; standard blessing before meals at which bread is served … one
of the fifteen phases of the Seder ceremony
- Mount Moriah
- The
Temple site at Jerusalem; also reputed to be the mountain where
Avraham bound his son Yitz’chak to the altar.
- Mount Sinai
- The
mountain from which the Torah was given by G‑d to Moshe
- mufkarim
- lawless ones
- muktzeh
- an object
forbidden to carry on the Sabbath and Festival because of its not
being fit or meant for use on that day
- mumim
- defects
- murshe
- proxy
- musar
- teaching with
an ethical point
- mussaf
- (alt. musaf) “added” prayer service for Sabbaths and Festivals,
immediately following morning prayer … the additional whole offering
in the Sanctuary prescribed by the Torah for Sabbaths, Festivals and
New Moons; Today: an additional Amidah prayer on said days as
against the additional sacrifices
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