title: Glossary
abstract: aron ha-qodesh -Torah closet, the place for keeping Torah scrolls in a synagogue Ashkenazim -German, West-, Central-, or East-European Jews bnei Yisra<el -lit."sons of Israel," the term to denote Jews in general dzymat/dżymat -a Turkic term to denote a Karaite community (from Arab.jema'at; cf.Turk.cemaat) Ereṣ Yisra<el -Heb."the Land of Israel" gabbai -treasurer, originally a charity collector genizah -the place in a synagogue (rarely in a cemetery) for keeping worn-out sacred books and scrolls 