Shadchen. Marriage broker.

Shammes. Verger; beadle; sexton.

Sheitel (Ger.). A covering for the head, to hide the hair of a married Jewess.

Shem Yisborach. "The Name (of God) be blessed."

Shema Yisroel. "Hear, O Israel"; beginning of the Jewish confession of faith.

Shicksel. (Heb. with Ger. suffix). Drastic expression for a non-Jewish girl.

Shikker. Habitual drunkard.

Shiveh. "Seven" days of mourning, immediately after a death occurs in a family.

Shivoh oser be-Tamuz. "Seventeenth Day of Tamuz"; a fast day commemorating the first breach in the walls of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, who took the Temple itself three weeks later.

Shnorrers (Ger.). Beggars.