Shmooreh-Matzes (Heb.). Unleavened bread specially guarded and watched from the harvesting of the wheat to the baking and storing.
Shochet (Heb.). Ritual slaughterer.
Shofar (Heb.). Ram's horn, sounded on New Year's Day and the Day of Atonement. See Lev. xxiii. 24.
Sholom (Shalom) Alechem (Heb.). "Peace unto you"; greeting, salutation, especially to one newly arrived after a journey.
Shomer. Pseudonym of a Yiddish author, Nahum M. Schaikewitz.
Shool (Ger., Schul'). Synagogue.
Shulchan Aruch (Heb.). The Jewish code.
Silent Prayer. See Eighteen Benedictions.
Solemn Days. The ten days from New Year to the Day of Atonement inclusive.