Glossary

Parnas (pl. Parnassim)

The chief administrative officer of a Jewish Congregation. Historically, they could handle justice, relief of the poor, and taxation within

Patrilineal, also known as agnatic, descent traces a lineage through males exclusively. Orthodox Jewish Law holds that someone is a

Traditionally referring to small-scale traveling merchants, the term peddler has also expanded to include people who insistently promote ideas, or

the process of confessing one’s sins, accepting punishment, and receiving absolution from the Church.

A type of fish (Cynoscion acoupa) also referred to as an acoupa weakfish or grey snapper, the Pescada amarela is

The act or desire to help others through charity, donations, or institutions.

Pirarucu is another name for an arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a species of carnivorous bony fish native to the Amazon river

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A massacre or violent riot directed towards a given ethnic group. The term originates from the anti-Jewish Pogroms in 19th

Sephardi Jews who resided in port towns during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They tended to be connected to migration

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