Grigorescu, Felicia: Forme de artă în cimitire evreieşti din nord-vestul Romaniei (Satu Mare, 2013)
Glosar de termeni
Hasid - a follower of hasidism Hasidism - religious movement initiated by Elieser Ba’al Shem Tov in the second half of XVIII century haskalah - Enlightened movement which came from Germany in the XVII century Hesed şei emet - the goodness of truth Hevra Kadişa -a society that helps with the deceased before burial lom Kipur - the holiday for forgiveness Kevura - burial Kior - the container for the ritual wash of the hands before entering the synagogue Kriyah - the custom of tearing the clothes off of the next of kin to the deceased person at the funeral Lag ba Omer - Jewish holiday Likut atzamot - the second burial (of the bones) Lulav- palm tree branch Mahamorot - the first burial (burial under rocks) Maţeva - tombstone Mengen(maghen) David - David’s star Menora - a six branched lampstand built according to the Bible Met mitva - non-Jew Mrt Mitva - a non-Jew dead Midé orayta - Biblic incumbency Mikva - ritual bath Mitsva - order, religious obligation Mizrah - the eastern wall where the cabinet is with the Torah’s scrolls Ohel - mortuary chapel, funeral chapel Ohel moed - the tabernacle from the desert Oil - dialect from Moldavia for the mortual chapel Rehiţa - room where the ritual wash of the dead is done Rehiţa ha-met wash-up pf the dead Roş haşana - the new year Sefaradi - Jew from the Iberian and Balkan region Refer Tora - Scrolls of Torah Shiva - the first mourning period Shabat - the seventh day of rest Sheloshim - a 30-day period of mourning Sné luhot habut - The Ten Commandments Suca - the tent raised on the occasion of the holiday Sukot Sukot - the holiday of the tents which commemorates the pilgrimages in the desert Tahara - the ritual wash of the dead by the memebers of Hevra Kadishei Tahrihin - the white shroud for covering the dead Talit - the scarf that the Jewish men wear during the prayer Tora - doctrine, the first part of the Old Testament Turna - source of ritual impurity 156
