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בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

עָלַםII (b. h.; v. preced.) (to surround, tie up, to conceal. Yalk. Cant. 981, v. infra.Part. pass. עָלוּם; f. עֲלוּמָה; pl. עֲלוּמִים, עֲלוּמִין, עֲלוּמוֹת. Ab. Zar.35b (play on עֲלָמוֹת, Cant. 1:3) קרי ביה עלומות read it ‘ălumoth (secret things). Pi. עִילֵּם same. Part. pass. מְעוּלָּם; f. מְעוּלֶּמֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּמִים, מְעוּלָּמִין; מְעוּלָּמוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 46:1 (play on עלמות, ib.) מע׳ הן הדבריםוכ׳ the things we saw are hidden, we know not what we saw. Nef. נֶעְלָם, Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּם to be concealed, to escape; to hide ones self. Num. R. s. 20 אין כל דבר נ׳ ממך nothing is unknown to thee. Y.Pes.VI, beg.33a נֶעֶלְמָה הלכה ממנו the law escaped his memory; Bab. ib. 66a נִתְעַלְּמָה. Y.Yoma III, 40d bot. לא … מִתְעַלֵּם מהן they did not move from there before it (the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton) escaped their memory again. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44b top עד שיִתְעַלֵּם מעיניהם until he is left out of their sight. Y.Ber.IV, 8a ואל תִּתְעַלֵּם מתחינתנו do not hide thyself (turn away) from our prayer; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱלִים 1) to conceal. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to העלמה Ex. 2:8) שהֶעֱלִימָהוכ׳ she kept her own secret. Cant. R. to I, 3 (play on עלמות, ib.) על שהֶעֱלַמְתָּ מהם יוםוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the day of death and the day of consolation, they love thee; על שהעלמת מתןוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the reward of the righteous ; Yalk. ib. 981 שעָלַמְתָּ (Kal); Midr. Till. to Ps. 9; a. fr. 2) (v. עָלַם I) הע׳ עינים to close the eyes, to lose sight of. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a bot. Sot.10b ואל תַּעֲלֵם עיניך ממני do not avert thy eyes from me. Tosef.Peah IV, 20; B. Bath.10a, a. e. המעלים … מן הצדקה who closes his eyes to charity; a. fr. Hof. הוּעֲלָם to be concealed. Koh. R. to III, 11 (play on הָעֹלָם ib.) ה׳ מהם שםוכ׳ the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was concealed from them.

עָלַםII (b. h.; v. preced.) (to surround, tie up, to conceal. Yalk. Cant. 981, v. infra.Part. pass. עָלוּם; f. עֲלוּמָה; pl. עֲלוּמִים, עֲלוּמִין, עֲלוּמוֹת. Ab. Zar.35b (play on עֲלָמוֹת, Cant. 1:3) קרי ביה עלומות read it ‘ălumoth (secret things). Pi. עִילֵּם same. Part. pass. מְעוּלָּם; f. מְעוּלֶּמֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּמִים, מְעוּלָּמִין; מְעוּלָּמוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 46:1 (play on עלמות, ib.) מע׳ הן הדבריםוכ׳ the things we saw are hidden, we know not what we saw. Nef. נֶעְלָם, Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּם to be concealed, to escape; to hide ones self. Num. R. s. 20 אין כל דבר נ׳ ממך nothing is unknown to thee. Y.Pes.VI, beg.33a נֶעֶלְמָה הלכה ממנו the law escaped his memory; Bab. ib. 66a נִתְעַלְּמָה. Y.Yoma III, 40d bot. לא … מִתְעַלֵּם מהן they did not move from there before it (the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton) escaped their memory again. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44b top עד שיִתְעַלֵּם מעיניהם until he is left out of their sight. Y.Ber.IV, 8a ואל תִּתְעַלֵּם מתחינתנו do not hide thyself (turn away) from our prayer; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱלִים 1) to conceal. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to העלמה Ex. 2:8) שהֶעֱלִימָהוכ׳ she kept her own secret. Cant. R. to I, 3 (play on עלמות, ib.) על שהֶעֱלַמְתָּ מהם יוםוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the day of death and the day of consolation, they love thee; על שהעלמת מתןוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the reward of the righteous ; Yalk. ib. 981 שעָלַמְתָּ (Kal); Midr. Till. to Ps. 9; a. fr. 2) (v. עָלַם I) הע׳ עינים to close the eyes, to lose sight of. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a bot. Sot.10b ואל תַּעֲלֵם עיניך ממני do not avert thy eyes from me. Tosef.Peah IV, 20; B. Bath.10a, a. e. המעלים … מן הצדקה who closes his eyes to charity; a. fr. Hof. הוּעֲלָם to be concealed. Koh. R. to III, 11 (play on הָעֹלָם ib.) ה׳ מהם שםוכ׳ the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was concealed from them.

תַּעֲנִיתf. (b. h.; עָנָה II) affliction, fast. Taan.12b יחיד … ת׳ an individual that vowed to fast. Ib. ת׳ יחיד a private fast-day; ת׳ עיבור public fast. Ib. שמא ת׳ ציבור קבל עליו may-be he vowed a fast with the restrictions of a public fast. Ib. לווה אדם תַּעֲנִיתוֹ ופורע one may borrow his fast and pay it, i. e. one may break his private fast, and make up for it on another day. Ib. ת׳ חלום a fast on account of a bad dream. Ib.; Sabb.11a יפה ת׳ לחלוםוכ׳ fasting is as good to avert a bad dream as fire to consume flax. Taan.11a היושב בת׳ נקרא חוטא he that fasts for self-affliction is called a sinner; a. v. fr.Pl. תַּעֲנִיּוֹת). Ib. I, 4 הגיע … מתענין שלשה ת׳ when the seventeenth day of Marḥeshvan comes, and no rain has fallen, the select begin to observe three fast-days. Ib. 5 בית דין … ת׳ the court decrees three fast-days; a. fr.Taʿănith, Taʿăniyoth, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.

תַּעֲנִיתf. (b. h.; עָנָה II) affliction, fast. Taan.12b יחיד … ת׳ an individual that vowed to fast. Ib. ת׳ יחיד a private fast-day; ת׳ עיבור public fast. Ib. שמא ת׳ ציבור קבל עליו may-be he vowed a fast with the restrictions of a public fast. Ib. לווה אדם תַּעֲנִיתוֹ ופורע one may borrow his fast and pay it, i. e. one may break his private fast, and make up for it on another day. Ib. ת׳ חלום a fast on account of a bad dream. Ib.; Sabb.11a יפה ת׳ לחלוםוכ׳ fasting is as good to avert a bad dream as fire to consume flax. Taan.11a היושב בת׳ נקרא חוטא he that fasts for self-affliction is called a sinner; a. v. fr.Pl. תַּעֲנִיּוֹת). Ib. I, 4 הגיע … מתענין שלשה ת׳ when the seventeenth day of Marḥeshvan comes, and no rain has fallen, the select begin to observe three fast-days. Ib. 5 בית דין … ת׳ the court decrees three fast-days; a. fr.Taʿănith, Taʿăniyoth, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.