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.