Shechitah (H.),
slaughter.
Shemah beni (H.),
Hear, my son! = Dear me!
Shemang (H.),
confession of the Unity of God.
Shidduch (H.),
match.
Shiksah (H.),
non-Jewish girl.
Shnodar (H.),
offer money to the synagogue. (An extraordinary instance of Jewish
jargon,—a compound Hebrew word meaning "who vows,"—being turned
into an English verb, and conjugated accordingly, in ed and ing.)
Shochet (H),
official slaughterer.
Shofar (H.),
trumpet of ram's horn, blown during the penitential season.
Shool (c. G.),
synagogue.
Shulchan aruch (H.),
a sixteenth-century compilation, codifying Jewish law.