Jewish Concepts, Middot, Mitzvot, and Values
Ach'zariyut – Cruelty
Ahavah – Love
ahavat ger — kindness to strangers
ahavat chinam – unconditional love
Ahuv – Being beloved
Am bachir – Chosen people
anavah — humility
arichat sefatayim – orderly (thoughtful) speech
Atzlut – Laziness
averah goreret averah — each sin helps bring another
Avodah – spiritual service; work
Aymah – Fear
Azut – Arrogance
bal tashchit — do not destroy or be wasteful
bikkur Cholim — visiting the sick
binat ha-lev – an understanding heart
Bushah – Shame
Chanifut – Flattery
Charatah – Regret
Cherut – freedom, inner freedom, free will
chesed — showing kindness
Da'agah – Worry
dan lechaf zechut — giving the benefit of the doubt
devekut – yearning for / communion with God
dibuk chaverim – cleaving to friends
Eino Machazik Tova L'Atzmo – Taking no personal credit
Eino Samayach BeHora'ah – Not delighting in rendering decisions
emet — truthfulness
emunah — faith, trust (in ourselves, others, in life, in God)
Emunat Chachamim – Trust in the sages
erech apayim – slow to anger
Ga'avah – Pride
gemilut chasadim — acts of lovingkindness
hachnasat orchim — welcoming the stranger
hitbonenut — introspection, personal reflection
Hoda'ah -- thanksgiving
Ka'as – Anger
Kabbalat HaYisurin – Acceptance of suffering
kavod — respect for people, for human dignity
kedusha – making sacred or special
Keenah – Envy
kibud zekenim — honoring the elderly
lashon hara — gossip
Lev Tov – A generous heart
limud -- study
lo anochiyut — selflessness
lo levayesh — not embarrassing
Lo Maygis Libo B'Talmudo – Not boasting onf one's learing
Lomed al Manat La'asot – Studying in order to perform Mitzvot
Lomed al Manat Lelamed – Studying in order to teach
Lomed lishma – studying for its own sake
Ma'amido al HaEmet – Setting others on the path of truth
Ma'amido al HaShalom – Setting others on the path of peace
Machkim et Rabo – Sharpening the wisdom of one's teacher
Machrio L'Chaf Zechut – Influencing one's fellow to virtue
Makir et Mekoma – Knowing one's place
mechabed zeh et zeh — honoring others
Mechavayan et Sh'muato – Being precise in transmitting what one has learned
melacha – work, industriousness
middot — "measures", human qualities
Mishnah – Study of Scripture and Mishnah
Mitrachayk Min HaKavod – Shunning honor
mitzvah goreret mitzvah — each good deed helps bring another one
mitzvot ben adam lechavero — good deeds/mitzvot toward others
Miyashev BeTalmudo – Concentrating on one's studies
Miyut Derech Eretz – A minimum of wordly pursuits
Miyut Sechok – A minimum of frivolity
Miyut Sechorah – Moderation in business
Miyut Shaynah – A minimum of sleep
miyut sicha – minimizing small talk
Miyut Ta'anug – A minimum of wordly pleasure
nedivut — generosity
Nedivut – Generosity/magnanimity
ne-eman — loyalty
Nosay V'OlIm Chavayro – Sharing the burden with one's fellow
Ohev et HaBriyot – Loving all creatures
Ohev et HaMakom – Loving God
Ohev et HaMaysharim – Loving rectitude
Ohev et HaTorchachot – Loving rebuke
Ohev et HaTz'dakot – Loving charitable deeds
ohev zeh et zeh — loving others
Omer Davar BeShem Omro – Quoting one's source
ometz lev — courage
oseh shalom — making peace
Pilpul HaTalmidim – Acute discussion with pupils
rachamim — mercy
Ratzon – Willingness
rodef shalom — pursuing peace
rofeh cholim – healing the sick
ruach — spirit
same-ach b'chelko — contentment with your lot
savlanut – patience
sefer chayim – Book of life; one's fate; path of life
sever panim yafot — a pleasant demeanor
Seyag LiD'varav – Guarding one's speech
shalom — peace
shalom bayit — peace in the home
shalva — tranquility
Sheker – Falseness
shem tov — a good name, a good reputation
Shetikah – Silence
Shichechah – Forgetfulness
Shimush Chachamim -- Ministering to the sages
Shmiat HaOzen – Attentiveness
shmi-at ha-ozen — attentiveness; being a good listener
shmirat ha-guf – caring for our bodies
Shoayl U'Mayshiv – Asking and answering questions
Shomaya U'Mosif – Absorbing knowledge and adding to it
shomrei adama — caring for the earth
Sichlut HaLev – A perceptive heart
Simchah – Joy
simchat chayim — joy in life
Sinah – Hatred
Sinat chinam – baseless hatred
someach noflim – supporting the downfallen
Talmud – Study
Talmud torah
tefila — prayer
temimut — integrity, uprightness, wholesomeness
teshuva — repentance
tikkun bayit — repairing our family life
tikkun middot — repairing our moral life; upgrading our human qualities
tikkun olam — repair of the world, bringing wholeness healing to the world
Tikvah -- hope
tochechah – helpful rebuke
Torah – Learing
tsniyut — modesty
Tzayekanut – Miserliness
tzedaka — righteousness, "charity"
yediat ha-El — knowledge of God
Yirah – Awe
yirah – awe and reverence
Yirat Shamayim – Fear of heaven
Yishuv BeMikra – Calmness in study
Zechirah – Rememberance
zerizut — enthusiasm and diligence
Tzelem Elohinm – all are created in image of God
Tzedek -- justice