Sgan cohen
the head cohen in the beis hamikdash. Also called “hamnuna”.
Seder habrachos ein m’akvos zu es zu
saying brachos in the wrong order does not prevent you from being yotsey
Aseres hadibros
the ten commandments. We read them in shul on shivuos, parshas yisro, parshas va’echanan.
Kol bracha she’ein bo hazcras hashem eino bracha
a bracha needs mention of hashem’s name to be a good bracha
V’ha’eretz nasan livnei adam
possuk in tehillim. Implies that we own what is on earth not hashem
mishmar
the family of kohanim who’s turn it was to watch in the beis hamikdash that week
Lav beferush itmar ela m’klalla
what was said before was not said/learned out from s/t explicit, rather it was derived from s/t else
Ta’am elyon
version of the aseres hadibros that breaks the text up by dibros instead of psukim
Kol bracha shein bo malchul eino rbacha
a bracha needs mention of hashem’s kingship to be a good bracha
La’ashem ha’aretz umlo’a
possuk in tehillim. Implies that hashem owns also what is on earth
ma’amad
the family of yisra’elim who were in yirushalyim that week representing the nation
avoda
the “avoda” in the beis hamikdash was the bracha of ritsey. We have different versions of what that is
Ta’am tachton
aseres hadibros in normal torah structure (psukim)
Bi’eya dilo afshita be’iyun
an unsolved problem
matir
a bracha that serves as asking permission from hashem to do s/t
b’zichin
removal of spices and livona from the avoda
Nese’as kapayim
when the kohanim raise their hands to duchun
Ma’amad har sinay
literally means the standing of har sinay. We are trying to recreate what took place at har sinay by matan torah.
Sufek brachos lekula
we are lenient by a doubt in brachos (don’t repeat)
Sufek bracha levatala
a doubt that you might be making a bracha levatala
Brachos ein m’akvos zu es zu
the lack of one bracha does not prevent the bracha that was said from counting
Tarumas haminim
the fear that heretics(rebels) might complain and thing wrong things about the minhag presented and therefore we don’t do
Tov achris davar mereshesan
the end of s/t depends on the beginning. If the beginning is good, end will be good. If beginning is bad, all is bad
Toch k’dei dibur (kidibur damie)
a time period- amount of time it takes to say “shalom alecha rebbe mori”. We consider s/t said within like that as said first.
Mitzvos tzrichos kavana
the opinion that holds mitzvos require your intent to be yotsey