Lech lecha (lech le-cha´). Leave for yourself; go away. The opening verse of a portion in Genesis.
mazel (noun, ma´-zel). Luck; often used in a phrase, mazel tov, wishing one good luck at a celebration or happy occasion. Alternate spelling: mazal (ma-zal´) tov.
metziah (noun, me-tzee´-ah). Bargain; literally, “a find.”
Mishna (noun, mish´-na). Jewish oral law; together with the Gemara, a collection of commentaries, it forms the Talmud.
mishpacha (noun, mish-pa´-cha or mish-pa-cha´). Family.
nahrishkeit (noun, nah´-rish-keit). Nonsense; silliness.
Nu (interjection). So.
pareve (adjective, pa´-reve). Nondairy.
Shabbat (noun, shab-bat´). Sabbath.
Shabbos (noun, shab´-bes). Sabbath. Also, Shabbat.
Shavuah tov (sha-vu´-ah tov). A good week. See Gut voch, above.
sheyfele (noun, diminutive, sh-a´-fele). Little lamb.
Shit arayn (shit a-rine´). A dialectical variation of shis a'rayn. Pour (it) in.
shul (noun). Synagogue.
Torah (noun, to´-rah or to-rah´). The Bible; also, the parchment scroll itself.
VaYerah (va-y´-rah). Opening verse of a chapter in Genesis. Literally, “And He appeared.”
voch (noun). Week.
yarmulke (noun, yar´-mul-ke). Skullcap; synonym for kippah.
zeidie (noun, z-a´-die). Grandfather; also, zeidi, zeide, zeideh, zaydie.
zemirot (noun, ze-mi-rot´; plural of ze´-mer). Songs usually sung during the Sabbath or holiday meals.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rochelle Krich is the author of many acclaimed novels of suspense, including Blues in the Night (which introduced Molly Blume), Shadows of Sin, Dead Air, Blood Money, and Fertile Ground. An Anthony Award winner for her debut novel, Where's Mommy Now? (which was adapted as the TV movie Perfect Alibi), Ms. Krich lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their children.
Visit Rochelle Krich's Web site at www.rochellekrich.com.
BY ROCHELLE KRICH
Where's Mommy Now?
Till Death Do Us Part
Nowhere to Run
Speak No Evil
Fertile Ground
IN THE MOLLY BLUME SERIES
Blues in the Night
Dream House
IN THE JESSE DRAKE SERIES
Angel of Death
Blood Money
Dead Air
Shadows of Sin
SHORT STORIES
“A Golden Opportunity”
Sisters in Crime 5
“Cat in the Act”
Feline and Famous
“Regrets Only”
Malice Domestic 4
“Widow's Peak”
Unholy Orders
“You Win Some . . .”
Women Before the Bench
“Bitter Waters”
Criminal Kabbalah
A Ballantine Book
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Copyright © 2003 by Rochelle Majer Krich
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
“Reuben Bright” reprinted with the permission of Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, from The Collected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson, Revised Edition, by Edwin Arlington Robinson (New York: Macmillan, 1937).
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