gaavah / גאווה

Pronunciation: gah-ah-VAH
Definition: Pride.
Example: “Gaavah blocks growth.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: gaiva

gadol / גדול

Pronunciation: gah-DOHL
Definition: Great Torah leader.
Example: “A gadol once said…”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: gadol hador

galus / גלות

Pronunciation: GAH-lus
Definition: Exile.
Example: “We live in galus.”
Origin: Hebrew/Yiddish
Also spelled: galut

gashmiyus / גשמיות

Pronunciation: gahsh-MEE-yus
Definition: Physicality; materiality.
Example: “Gashmiyus can become holy.”
Origin: Hebrew/Yiddish
Also spelled: gashmius

gemara / גמרא

Pronunciation: guh-MAH-rah
Definition: Talmudic discussion.
Example: “The Gemara asks…”
Origin: Aramaic
Also spelled: gemora

geshmak / געשמאַק

Pronunciation: GESH-mak
Definition: Enjoyable; sweet; satisfying.
Example: “This is a geshmak sugya.”
Origin: Yiddish
Also spelled: gishmak

geshmak in learning / געשמאַק אין לערנען

Pronunciation: GESH-mak in learning
Definition: Enjoyment in Torah study.
Example: “Find geshmak in learning.”
Origin: Yiddish/Yeshivish
Also spelled: gishmak

gevald / געוואַלד

Pronunciation: guh-VALD
Definition: Wow; cry of intensity.
Example: “Gevald, what a teaching.”
Origin: Yiddish
Also spelled: gevalt

gevaldig / געוואַלדיק

Pronunciation: guh-VAL-dig
Definition: Amazing; wonderful.
Example: “That’s a gevaldig idea.”
Origin: Yiddish
Also spelled: gevaldik

gevurah / גבורה

Pronunciation: geh-voo-RAH
Definition: Strength; restraint.
Example: “Gevurah creates boundaries.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: gevura

geulah / גאולה

Pronunciation: geh-oo-LAH
Definition: Redemption.
Example: “Moving from galus to geulah.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: geula

gornisht / גאָרנישט

Pronunciation: GOR-nisht
Definition: Nothing.
Example: “Without that, it’s gornisht.”
Origin: Yiddish
Also spelled: garnisht

guf / גוף

Pronunciation: GOOF
Definition: Body.
Example: “The guf and neshama…”
Origin: Hebrew