LEHAVDÎL Lit. "to distinguish." Elliptical for "to distinguish between the holy and the secular." It is equivalent to "excuse the comparison"; "with due distinction"; "pardon me for mentioning the two things in the same breath"; etc.
LULAV (pl. Lulavîm). The festal wreath used with the Esrog on the Feast of Tabernacles. See Lev. xxiii. 40.
MAARIV The evening service.
MASKIL An enlightened one; an "intellectual."
MINCHAH The afternoon service.
MINYAN A company of ten men, the minimum for a public service.
MISHNAH A code of laws. See Talmud.
MISHNAYES Plural of Mishnah; specifically, the volumes containing the Mishnah.
MISNAGID (pl. Misnagdîm). One opposed to the mystical teaching of the Chassidîm.
MOHEL The one who performs the rite of circumcision.