אשם תלוי

אָשָׁםm. (b. h.) guilt; guilt-offering, asham, a special kind of offering.א׳ תלוי (Lev. 5:18) an asham to be offered when you are in doubt as to the commission of a sinful act. Kerith. III, 1; a. fr.; (ib. 17b differ. opin. as to the nature of the doubt). Ib. VI, 3 אֲשַׁם חסידים the asham offered by the over-scrupulous because they may have transgressed.א׳ ודאי the asham for the undoubted commission of certain offenses, which are: a) אֲ׳ גזילות for illegal appropriation of private property (after pecuniary reparation; Lev. 5:25); b) אֲ׳ מעילות for misappropriation of sacred property (Lev. 5:16); c) אֲ׳ שפחה חרופה for carnal connection with a slave betrothed to another man (Lev. 19:21);d) אֲ׳ נזיר offering of a nazarite when interrupting the days of vowed nazaritism by levitical impurity (Num. 6:12).Deut. R. s. 1, beg. (alluding to וַאֲשִׂמֵם Deut. 1:13) וְאַשְׁמָם כתיב it is so written that you may read vashmam (and their guilt); if you listen not to them אשמה תלויוכ׳ (read אשמם) their guilt shall fall upon your heads (you will be answerable for what offenses they may commit); differ. in Sifré Deut. 13. (Our Bible editions, however, read ואשימם, plene.Pl. אֲשָׁמוֹת. Kerith. VI, 4. Sifré l. c.; a. fr.

מִצְוָהf. (b. h.; צָוָה) command, esp. religious act, meritorious deed. Ḥull.141a, a. fr. לדבר מ׳ for a religious purpose, opp. לדבר הרשות for a secular or religiously indifferent purpose.מלחמת מ׳ v. מִלְהָמָה.Ab. IV, 11 מ׳ אחת one good deed, opp. עֲבֵרָה sin. Ib. שכר מ׳ מ׳ the reward of a good deed is another good deed, v. גָּרַר. Ib. II, 1 מ׳ קלה a light command (obeyed with little sacrifice); Ned.39b; a. fr.מ׳ הבאה בעבירה a religious act achieved through a wrong deed, e. g. using an illegitimately obtained object for a religious ceremony. Succ.30a; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XIII, 14a bot.; Y.Ḥall.I, end, 58a אין עבירה מ׳ no-sin is virtue; אין מ׳ עבירה no-virtue is sin.Zeb.52a, a. fr. מ׳ (sub. קרבן) an offering dependent on certain occasions as ordained in the Law, opp. חובה an obligatory offering (at regular seasons).איסור מ׳, v. אִיסּוּר.Y.Sot.I, beg.16b איתמרת למ׳ (או) לעיכוב is this said only as a recommendation or as an indispensable act?; Y.Pes.II, 29b bot., a. fr., v. עִיכּוּב.Ḥull.106a משום מ׳ because it is meritorious; מאי מ׳ מ׳ לשמועוכ׳ what is the merit of it? It is meritorious to obey Ib. לא חובה ולא מ׳ אלא רשות neither an obligatory, nor a meritorious, but a religiously indifferent act; Sabb.25b.מִצְוַת עֲשֵׁה (abbr. מ״ע) a positive command; מ׳ לא תעשה a prohibition. Kidd. I, 7; a. v. fr., v. גְּרָמָא, a. לֹא, לַאו.מת מ׳ the corpse of a person whose relatives are unknown and whose burial is obligatory on everybody. Hor.13a פגע בהם מת מ׳ they struck upon a corpse; a. fr.M. Kat. 20a חמשה מתי מ׳ the five relations (besides father and mother) whom one is obliged to bury (Lev. 21:2, sq.).Lev. R. s. 34 תן לי מ׳ in give me what thou art commanded to, i. e. alms, v. next w.Pl. מִצְוֹת, מִצְווֹת. Macc.23b שש מאות … מ׳ six hundred and thirteen commands (positive and prohibitive). Y. Sabb. l. c.; Y. Ḥall. l. c. (ref. to אלה המצות, Lev. 27:34) אם עשיתן כְּמִצְוָותָן מ׳וכ׳ if thou doest them as they are commanded, they are deeds of merit R. Hash. 28b מ׳ אינו עובר עליהן אלא בזמנן one violates the law by adding to the prescribed form of ceremonies only when executed in their due season (e. g. one does not violate the law by dwelling in the Succah on the eighth day). Ib. מ׳ אין צריכות כונה; Ber.13a מ׳ צריכות כ׳, v. כַּוָּנָה. Succ.39a, a. e. כל המ׳ כולן מברךוכ׳ the benediction at the performance of religious ceremonies must precede the act. Nidd.61b מ׳ בטלות לע״ל ceremonial laws find no application in the hereafter (e. g. a dead body may be wrapped in Kilayim). Ib. חפשי מן המ׳, v. חָפְשִׁי; a. v. fr.Ker.17b (ref. to Lev. 5:17) מצוות קרינן the traditional reading (v. אֵם) is acts (therefore a doubt between two pieces, one permitted and one prohibited, is required for a sacrifice ( אשם תלוי). Ib. ליכא מ׳ the requirement of two pieces is not complied with.

מִצְוָהf. (b. h.; צָוָה) command, esp. religious act, meritorious deed. Ḥull.141a, a. fr. לדבר מ׳ for a religious purpose, opp. לדבר הרשות for a secular or religiously indifferent purpose.מלחמת מ׳ v. מִלְהָמָה.Ab. IV, 11 מ׳ אחת one good deed, opp. עֲבֵרָה sin. Ib. שכר מ׳ מ׳ the reward of a good deed is another good deed, v. גָּרַר. Ib. II, 1 מ׳ קלה a light command (obeyed with little sacrifice); Ned.39b; a. fr.מ׳ הבאה בעבירה a religious act achieved through a wrong deed, e. g. using an illegitimately obtained object for a religious ceremony. Succ.30a; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XIII, 14a bot.; Y.Ḥall.I, end, 58a אין עבירה מ׳ no-sin is virtue; אין מ׳ עבירה no-virtue is sin.Zeb.52a, a. fr. מ׳ (sub. קרבן) an offering dependent on certain occasions as ordained in the Law, opp. חובה an obligatory offering (at regular seasons).איסור מ׳, v. אִיסּוּר.Y.Sot.I, beg.16b איתמרת למ׳ (או) לעיכוב is this said only as a recommendation or as an indispensable act?; Y.Pes.II, 29b bot., a. fr., v. עִיכּוּב.Ḥull.106a משום מ׳ because it is meritorious; מאי מ׳ מ׳ לשמועוכ׳ what is the merit of it? It is meritorious to obey Ib. לא חובה ולא מ׳ אלא רשות neither an obligatory, nor a meritorious, but a religiously indifferent act; Sabb.25b.מִצְוַת עֲשֵׁה (abbr. מ״ע) a positive command; מ׳ לא תעשה a prohibition. Kidd. I, 7; a. v. fr., v. גְּרָמָא, a. לֹא, לַאו.מת מ׳ the corpse of a person whose relatives are unknown and whose burial is obligatory on everybody. Hor.13a פגע בהם מת מ׳ they struck upon a corpse; a. fr.M. Kat. 20a חמשה מתי מ׳ the five relations (besides father and mother) whom one is obliged to bury (Lev. 21:2, sq.).Lev. R. s. 34 תן לי מ׳ in give me what thou art commanded to, i. e. alms, v. next w.Pl. מִצְוֹת, מִצְווֹת. Macc.23b שש מאות … מ׳ six hundred and thirteen commands (positive and prohibitive). Y. Sabb. l. c.; Y. Ḥall. l. c. (ref. to אלה המצות, Lev. 27:34) אם עשיתן כְּמִצְוָותָן מ׳וכ׳ if thou doest them as they are commanded, they are deeds of merit R. Hash. 28b מ׳ אינו עובר עליהן אלא בזמנן one violates the law by adding to the prescribed form of ceremonies only when executed in their due season (e. g. one does not violate the law by dwelling in the Succah on the eighth day). Ib. מ׳ אין צריכות כונה; Ber.13a מ׳ צריכות כ׳, v. כַּוָּנָה. Succ.39a, a. e. כל המ׳ כולן מברךוכ׳ the benediction at the performance of religious ceremonies must precede the act. Nidd.61b מ׳ בטלות לע״ל ceremonial laws find no application in the hereafter (e. g. a dead body may be wrapped in Kilayim). Ib. חפשי מן המ׳, v. חָפְשִׁי; a. v. fr.Ker.17b (ref. to Lev. 5:17) מצוות קרינן the traditional reading (v. אֵם) is acts (therefore a doubt between two pieces, one permitted and one prohibited, is required for a sacrifice ( אשם תלוי). Ib. ליכא מ׳ the requirement of two pieces is not complied with.

קְבִיעוּתָאf. (preced.) 1) appointment. Targ. 1 Chr. 4:23, v. preced. 2) definitiveness, certainty. Ker.18a דלא בעי ק׳ לאיסורא who does not make certainty (of the presence of one forbidden piece among permitted ones) a requirement for a sacrifice ( אשם תלוי), v. קְבַע II. Yoma 50b אחיו הכהנים בק׳וכ׳ have his (the high priests) fellow-priests a definite share in the atonement through the high priests bullock (i. e. are they to be considered partners in the sacrifice from the time of its dedication), or do they receive their forgiveness merely by implication?, v. קופְיָא.V. קִבְעָא.

קְבִיעוּתָאf. (preced.) 1) appointment. Targ. 1 Chr. 4:23, v. preced. 2) definitiveness, certainty. Ker.18a דלא בעי ק׳ לאיסורא who does not make certainty (of the presence of one forbidden piece among permitted ones) a requirement for a sacrifice ( אשם תלוי), v. קְבַע II. Yoma 50b אחיו הכהנים בק׳וכ׳ have his (the high priests) fellow-priests a definite share in the atonement through the high priests bullock (i. e. are they to be considered partners in the sacrifice from the time of its dedication), or do they receive their forgiveness merely by implication?, v. קופְיָא.V. קִבְעָא.