by Yael Neeman
4 Plural of metapelet.
5 Moshavs are agricultural settlements where the houses and land are privately owned by residents that share common facilities, unlike the kibbutz, which belongs to all its members and has no private property of any kind; moshav children live with their parents and attend traditional schools.
6 A system of labor camps maintained in the former Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955, known for their harsh and deadly conditions.
7 A unit of land measurement in Israel equal to 1000 square meters.
8 The common name used to describe both an immigrant to Israel and the waves of immigration by Jews to Palestine and later Israel (i.e. the First Aliyah, the Second Aliyah).
9 A nickname for native Israeli Jews, taken from the name of a common cactus in Israel.
10 A religious Jewish high school focusing on the study of traditional texts.