הגדה
(Passover) Haggadah; narrative and instructions for the Seder evening. Passover begins with the Seder evening to commemorate the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.

Halacha

הלכה
Halakha; Jewish law

Hekdesh

הקדש
Hekdesh; Jewish guesthouse, poorhouse and hospital

Innsbrucker Prozess (1516-1522)

court proceedings, operated by the Regensburg city council, to obtain permission to expel the Jews from the city

Inter iudeos sitam

"situated among the Jews"; term for the Jewish quarter

Judengericht

court that hears disputes between Christians and Jews

Judenregal

right of rule originally held by the king or emperor, which he could exercise himself or lend or pledge in exchange for money, especially taxation and protection of the Jews

Judenrichter

a judge who was responsible for disputes between Christians and Jews

Judeorum habitacula

"residential area of the Jews"; designation for the Jewish quarter

Hansgraf

head of the Hanseatic League, an association of merchants

Kammerknechte

servi camerae
Legal designation according to which Jews belong to the imperial chamber as “servi“/“subordinates“.

kascher

כשר
Kosher

Kaschrut

כשרות
Kashrut; Jewish dietary laws

Eine Urkunde kassieren

Collect a document; to invalidate by cuts

Kehillah kedoschah

קהילה קדושה
Kehillah ḳedoshah; holy community

Kehillah

קהילה
Kehillah; Jewish community

Korporative Siegel

Corporate seal; seal of a community, in this case a Jewish community

Matzewa

מצבה
Matzeva; Jewish tombstone

Meschal haKadmoni

"Fable of the past"; a Jewish book of fables

Mikwe

מִקְוֶה
Mikvah; bath for ritual purification, fed by living water (spring, river, rainwater)

Minjan

מנין
Minyan; ten men are necessary to hold a worship service

Parnasim

community leader (plural)

Patrizier

Patrician; leading families of a city, who usually also occupied the city council

Pentateuch

Pentateuch; Torah; (Greek for) Five Books of Moses

Pessach

פסח
Passover; celebration of the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery

Propstgericht

Provost's court; episcopal court

Rabbi

רבי
Jewish scholar; literally: my teacher, my master

Rehov haYehudim

רחוב היהודים
Rehov haYehudim; "Road of the Jews"; Jews’s Lane

Schabbat

In Judaism, the seventh day of the week begins with the onset of dawn on Friday evening.

Schultheiß

Schultheiss; a person entrusted by the city with the administration and administration of justice

S(iegel) von Dislaba bat Mosche

דיסלוב' . בת . משה. S(IGILLVM) *
S(eal) of Dislaba bat Moshe; Dislaba’s seal, Mose’s daughter

Thora

תורה
first part of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible

Urfehdebrief

Document issued by the released person upon release from prison. In it, he swears not to take revenge on anyone connected in any way with the imprisonment.

Wacht

"watch"; name of districts in Regensburg

Wachtbüttel

security guard; persons who work for the guard service

Wahlenwacht

quarter in Regensburg, where the Jewish quarter was located