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Ulam: (lit. "hall"); the entrance hall of the Beit Hamikdash
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Unterfirher: (Yiddish) parents or other couple escorting bride and groom to the chuppah
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Upsherin: (Yiddish, lit. "to cut off"); traditional first haircut of a little boy when he turns three
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Urchatz: (lit. "and wash") the second step of the Passover seder--washing one's hands before eating the karpas
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Uriah the Hitite: (d. 849 BCE) First husband of Bathsheba. As per King David’s orders, he was killed in a battle against the Ammonites. David was rebuked and punished for this act.
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Urim VeTumim: the stones embedded in the High Priest’s breastplate, which served as oracles
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Ushpizin, The: (Aramaic, lit. “honored guests”); seven leading figures in Jewish history who make noncorporeal visits to our sukkot on the holiday of that name
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