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Badchan - Jester, merry maker or master of ceremonies at a wedding; at the end of the meal he announces the presents, lifting them up and praising the giver and the gift in a humorous manner
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Bagroben - To bury
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Baitsim - Testicles
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Balebatisheh yiden - Respectable Jews, men of substance and good standing in the community
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Balhabosteh - Mistress of the house
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Balnes - Miracle-worker
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Bal Toyreh - Learned man, scholar
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Bareden yenem - To gossip
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Barimer - Braggart, show-off
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Baroygis - Angry, petulant
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Bashert - Fated or predestined
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Bashert zein - To be destined
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Behaimeh - Animal, cow (when referring to a human deing, means dull-witted)
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Bentshen lecht - Recite prayer over lit candles on Sabbath eve or Holy Day candles
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Beryeh - Efficient, competent housewife
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Bes medresh - Synagogue
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Billik - Cheap, inexpensive, bargain
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Bist meshugeh? - Are you crazy?
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Biteh - Please
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Blondjen - To wander, be lost
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Bobkes - Small things, triflings, small change, nothing, worthless
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Bohmer - Bum (masc.)
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Bohmerkeh - Bum (fem.)
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Borsht - Beet soup
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Borsht circuit - Hotels in the Catskill Mountain, New York area, with an almost entirely Jewish clientele, who are fond of borsht; term is used by entertainers who performed in those hotel.
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Bris - Circumcision
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Bristen - Breasts
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Broitgeber - Head of family
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Bronfen - Whiskey
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B'suleh - Virgin
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Bubee - Friendly term for anybody you like
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Bulvan - Man built like an ox; boorish, coarse, rude person
