Chalutzim
(Hebrew: "pioneer"): members of a Zionist Youth movement
Purim
(Hebrew: "lot"): Purim commemorates the salvation of Jews in Persia from Haman. On Purim one reads from the Megillah (the Book of Esther), eats hamantashen, wears masks and costumes and celebrates exuberantly.
Seder
(Hebrew: "order"): ceremonial dinner within the family circle on the first eve of Passover, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt.
Alijah
(Hebrew: "ascent"): Jewish immigration to the former British Mandate Palestine and, after the declaration of the new state in 1948, to Israel.