kabalah / קבלה

Pronunciation: kah-bah-LAH
Definition: Received tradition.
Example: “We have a kabalah…”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: kabbalah

kal vachomer / קל וחומר

Pronunciation: kal vah-KHOH-mer
Definition: All the more so.
Example: “If this is true there, kal vachomer here.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: kal v’chomer

kasha / קושיא

Pronunciation: KAH-shah
Definition: Question; difficulty.
Example: “The obvious kasha is…”
Origin: Aramaic/Hebrew
Also spelled: kashe, kushya

kavod / כבוד

Pronunciation: kah-VOHD
Definition: Honor; respect.
Example: “Kavod haTorah matters.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: kovod

kedushah / קדושה

Pronunciation: keh-doo-SHAH
Definition: Holiness.
Example: “Kedushah means separation for purpose.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: kedusha

keili / כלי

Pronunciation: KAY-lee
Definition: Vessel; container.
Example: “The body becomes a keili.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: keli

kiruv / קירוב

Pronunciation: KEE-roov
Definition: Outreach; bringing close.
Example: “Kiruv must be sensitive.”
Origin: Hebrew

klal / כלל

Pronunciation: KLAHL
Definition: General rule.
Example: “The klal is…”
Origin: Hebrew

klalim / כללים

Pronunciation: klah-LEEM
Definition: Rules; principles.
Example: “These are the klalim.”
Origin: Hebrew

klur / קלאָר

Pronunciation: KLOOR
Definition: Clear.
Example: “Now it’s klur.”
Origin: Yiddish
Also spelled: klar

kol shekein / כל שכן

Pronunciation: kol sheh-KAYN
Definition: All the more so.
Example: “Kol shekein in our case.”
Origin: Hebrew

kollel / כולל

Pronunciation: KOH-lel
Definition: Advanced Torah study program.
Example: “He learns in kollel.”
Origin: Hebrew

korban / קרבן

Pronunciation: KOR-bahn
Definition: Offering; sacrifice.
Example: “A korban means coming close.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: qorban

kriyas hatorah / קריאת התורה

Pronunciation: KREE-yas hah-TOH-rah
Definition: Public Torah reading.
Example: “By kriyas haTorah…”
Origin: Hebrew/Yiddish
Also spelled: kriat hatorah

kulah / קולה

Pronunciation: KOO-lah
Definition: Leniency.
Example: “That’s a kulah.”
Origin: Hebrew
Also spelled: kula