Parchonim. Riff-raff; small fry; vermin.
Pesach. Feast of Unleavened Bread; Passover.
Pleitegeher. (Heb. and Ger.). An habitual bankrupt.
Posheh Yisroel. "A sinner in Israel"; one who disregards the ceremonial law of Judaism.
Rav. Officiating rabbi.
Rebbetzin. (Heb. with Ger. suffix). Wife of the officiating rabbi.
Roshekol. Head of the Jewish community.
Seder. Home service on the first two nights of the Passover.
Shabbes. Sabbath.
Shabbes Goy. A non-Jew engaged, often by all the families in a Jewish congregation, to do work forbidden the Jew on the Sabbath, such as kindling a fire, etc.