Night Glossary
P–R
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Passover: a Jewish holiday commemorating the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt
Pentecost: a Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles
penury: severe poverty
pestilential: deadly; poisonous
phylacteries either of two small square leather boxes containing slips inscribed with scriptural passages and traditionally worn on the left arm and on the head by Jewish men during morning weekday prayers
pipel: a young boy in the service of a kapo in the concentration camps
Red Army: the Army of the Soviet Union
Rebbe: rabbi, usually refers to a Hasidic rabbi
Rosh Hashanah: the festival of the New Year in Judaism. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the eight days in between are special days of penitence.
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