Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People

by Israel Zangwill

Mitzvah (H.),
a commandment, i.e. a good deed.

Mizrach (H.),
East; a sacred picture hung on the east wall in the direction of
Jerusalem, to which the face is turned in praying.

Narrischkeit (c.G.),
foolishness.

Nasch (c.G.),
pilfer (dainties).

Nevirah (H.),
sin.

Niddali (H.),
Talmudical tractate on the purification of women.

Nu (R.),
well.

Olov hasholom (H.),
Peace be upon him! (loosely applied to deceased females also).

Omer (H.),
the seven weeks between Passover and Pentecost.

Parnass (H.),
president of the congregation.