Piyyutim (Heb.). Liturgical poems for festivals and Holy Days recited in the synagogue.
Porush (Heb.). Recluse.
Prayer of the Highway. Prayer on setting out on a journey.
Prayer-scarf. See Tallis.
Pud (Russ.). Forty pounds.
Purim (Heb.). The Feast of Esther.
Rashi (RaSHI). Hebrew initial letters of Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, a great commentator; applied to a certain form of script and type.
Rav (Heb.). Rabbi.
Rebbe. Sometimes used for Rabbi; sometimes equivalent to Mr.; sometimes applied to the Tzaddik of the Chassidim; and sometimes used as the title of a teacher of young children.
Rebbetzin. Wife of a Rabbi.