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- maasehAction, doing activity, one's deeds.
- Ma’avar YabbokThe title of an influential book published in 1626, documenting Jewish customs around caring for the dying and dead. It became the foundational work guiding Jewish end-of-life practices, and underlies what we do today.
- machzorJewish prayer book.
- matzevahHeadstone or grave marker; literally a “pillar”.
- mayyim hayyimHebrew for "Living Waters" - a term referring to clean running water (often natural, as in a mountain stream).
- meitA deceased person. (Meit is masculine, meitah is feminine, meitim is plural.)
- Meit MitzvahAn abandoned body, (who can become a source of mitzvah for those who bury him/her).
- mezuzahA piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which Jews fix to the doorposts of their homes.
- mikvahCommunity ritual bath.
- minhagLocal Jewish custom (as opposed to halacha, Jewish law).
- minhag hamakomLocal Jewish custom; literally, "the custom of the place." Sometimes local custom is in practice for so long it is considered equal to Jewish law for a specific ritual or tradition.
- minyanA group of 10 adults who compose a Jewish quorum for communal prayer.
- Mi Shebeirach"May the One Who Blesses..." - a prayer for those who are ill.
- mitzvah A commandment in the Torah. In general usage, this term also denotes an action of high value.