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  1. Copyright Notice
  2. Dedication
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  41. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  42. GLOSSARY
  43. Also by Naomi Ragen
  44. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  45. Newsletter Sign-up

taharas hamishpacha. Family purity, a code word for abstention from sex during menstruation, counting seven clean days, and immersion into a ritual bath before resuming marital relations.

taka. Really, actually.

tisch. Literally “table,” but refers to joyous Hasidic gathering of wine and song around rebbe.

treife. Foods forbidden by Jewish law, especially meat from nonkosher animals, or animals not slaughtered according to Jewish law.

tummel. Confusion, uproar, noise.

tzaddik. A saintly man. tzaddikim (plural). tzadakis. A saintly woman.

tznius, tzniusdik. Referring to modest behavior in dress, deportment, and relations between the sexes.

umglick. A born loser, unlucky.

“Vus is dus?” “What is the meaning of this?”

yenne-velt. Literally, “other world,” used to indicate the afterlife or the world to come. Also used in the context of a place that is really far away or in the “middle of nowhere.”

yichus. Good pedigree, important lineage.

yungerman. A married male learning in kollel, as opposed to working for a living. A term of respect.

Also by Naomi Ragen

Also by Naomi Ragen

FICTION

Jephte’s Daughter

Sotah

The Sacrifice of Tamar

The Ghost of Hannah Mendes

Chains Around the Grass

The Covenant

The Saturday Wife

The Tenth Song

The Sisters Weiss

The Devil in Jerusalem

An Unorthodox Match

PLAY

Women’s Minyan

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

NAOMI RAGEN is an award-winning novelist, journalist, and playwright. Her first book, Jephte’s Daughter, was listed among the one hundred most important Jewish books of all time. Her bestselling novels include Sotah, The Covenant, The Sisters Weiss, and The Devil in Jerusalem. An outspoken advocate for women’s rights and an active combatant against anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda through her website, she has lived in Jerusalem since 1971. An Observant Wife is her thirteenth novel. You can sign up for email updates here.

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