oral law

מִשְׁנָהf. (preced.) repetition, verbal teaching by repeated recitation; traditional law, opp. to מִקְרָא. Ab. III, 7 מפסיק ממִשְׁנָתוֹ interrupts his study. Ib. 8 כל השוכח … ממשנתו he who forgets one word of what he has learned. תקפה עליו משנתו his study was too hard for him. Erub.54b כיצד סדר (ה)מ׳ what was the order of delivery of the oral law? Ber.5a (ref. to Ex. 24:12) התורה … והמצוה זו מ׳ ‘Torah means the Pentateuch, ‘Mitsvah, the oral law; a. fr.Esp. Mishnah, a collection of oral laws, esp. that edited by R. Judah han-Nasi; also a section of the Mishnah. Esth. R. to I, 2, a. fr. ששה סדרי מ׳ the six Orders of the Mishnah; Cant. R. to VI, 4; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 7a>, sq. ערכי המ׳, v. עֵרֶךְ. Ned.91a מ׳ ראשונה the earliest collection, מ׳ שניה the second edition. Y.Keth.V, 29d bot.; Y.Ter.VIII, beg.45a, sq.; a. fr.Y.Yeb.III, 4d, a. e. אבי המ׳, v. הוֹשַׁעְיָא. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c מִשְׁנָתוֹ שלוכ׳ the collection made by Y.Ter.VIII, 46b bot. ולא מ׳ עשיתי did I not follow the law of the Mishnah?; ib. וזו מִשְׁנַת החסידים but is this the mishnah of the pious (who must act kindlier than the strict law demands)?Erub.62b, a. fr. משנתר׳ … קב ונקי the opinions of R.… recorded in collections are merely a ḳab (few) bat pure (incontestable); a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁנָיוֹת. Y. Hor. l. c. מ׳ גדולות the large collections. Ib. שיקע … רוב מ׳ Rabbi embodied (in his collection) most of the collections (of his predecessors); a. fr.

מִשְׁנָהf. (preced.) repetition, verbal teaching by repeated recitation; traditional law, opp. to מִקְרָא. Ab. III, 7 מפסיק ממִשְׁנָתוֹ interrupts his study. Ib. 8 כל השוכח … ממשנתו he who forgets one word of what he has learned. תקפה עליו משנתו his study was too hard for him. Erub.54b כיצד סדר (ה)מ׳ what was the order of delivery of the oral law? Ber.5a (ref. to Ex. 24:12) התורה … והמצוה זו מ׳ ‘Torah means the Pentateuch, ‘Mitsvah, the oral law; a. fr.Esp. Mishnah, a collection of oral laws, esp. that edited by R. Judah han-Nasi; also a section of the Mishnah. Esth. R. to I, 2, a. fr. ששה סדרי מ׳ the six Orders of the Mishnah; Cant. R. to VI, 4; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 7a>, sq. ערכי המ׳, v. עֵרֶךְ. Ned.91a מ׳ ראשונה the earliest collection, מ׳ שניה the second edition. Y.Keth.V, 29d bot.; Y.Ter.VIII, beg.45a, sq.; a. fr.Y.Yeb.III, 4d, a. e. אבי המ׳, v. הוֹשַׁעְיָא. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c מִשְׁנָתוֹ שלוכ׳ the collection made by Y.Ter.VIII, 46b bot. ולא מ׳ עשיתי did I not follow the law of the Mishnah?; ib. וזו מִשְׁנַת החסידים but is this the mishnah of the pious (who must act kindlier than the strict law demands)?Erub.62b, a. fr. משנתר׳ … קב ונקי the opinions of R.… recorded in collections are merely a ḳab (few) bat pure (incontestable); a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁנָיוֹת. Y. Hor. l. c. מ׳ גדולות the large collections. Ib. שיקע … רוב מ׳ Rabbi embodied (in his collection) most of the collections (of his predecessors); a. fr.

מִשְׁנֶהII m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) repetition. (ספר) מִשְׁנֵה תורה the Book of Deuteronomy. Gen. R. s. 3; Yalk. Gen. 4. Meg.31b קללות שבמ׳ ת׳וכ׳ the curses contained in Deuteronomy (Deut. 28:15–68); a. e. 2) copy, duplicate. Snh.22a. 3) = next w. Sifré Deut. 161; Yalk. ib. 915 תרגום מביא לידי מ׳ מ׳ מביאוכ׳ interpretation (of the Law, Targum) leads to oral law, the study of the oral law leads to discussion (Talmud).

מִשְׁנֶהII m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) repetition. (ספר) מִשְׁנֵה תורה the Book of Deuteronomy. Gen. R. s. 3; Yalk. Gen. 4. Meg.31b קללות שבמ׳ ת׳וכ׳ the curses contained in Deuteronomy (Deut. 28:15–68); a. e. 2) copy, duplicate. Snh.22a. 3) = next w. Sifré Deut. 161; Yalk. ib. 915 תרגום מביא לידי מ׳ מ׳ מביאוכ׳ interpretation (of the Law, Targum) leads to oral law, the study of the oral law leads to discussion (Talmud).

פֶּהc. (b. h.) ( opening, orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull.142a, v. לָחַךְ. Pes.113b המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot.11b. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץוכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb.140b, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.Keth.I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָוכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu.IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case), מפי אחרים administered by others.בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt.72b top אי אמרר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60b תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פהוכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing. תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע״פ) oral law. Yoma 28b, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath.11b לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.b) because. Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת … לפיכךוכ׳ because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore ; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. 21:16).Nidd.16b רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh.100a (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men.98a; a. fr.Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. 13:8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתיוכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber.30a. Ib. 5a (expl. פיפיות, Ps. 149:6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef.Ter.V, 11 אם יש (שם) מאה פ׳וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of Trumah has been put) ; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43a bot.

פֶּהc. (b. h.) ( opening, orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull.142a, v. לָחַךְ. Pes.113b המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot.11b. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץוכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb.140b, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.Keth.I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָוכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu.IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case), מפי אחרים administered by others.בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt.72b top אי אמרר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60b תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פהוכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing. תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע״פ) oral law. Yoma 28b, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath.11b לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.b) because. Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת … לפיכךוכ׳ because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore ; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. 21:16).Nidd.16b רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh.100a (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men.98a; a. fr.Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. 13:8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתיוכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber.30a. Ib. 5a (expl. פיפיות, Ps. 149:6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef.Ter.V, 11 אם יש (שם) מאה פ׳וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of Trumah has been put) ; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43a bot.

הֲלָכָהf. ( הלך) 1) (cmp. מִנְהָג) practice, adopted opinion, rule.ה׳ כ־ in practice, the opinion of … is the rule. Keth.77a ה׳ כמותו; a. v. fr.ה׳ למשה מסיני a usage dating from Moses as delivered from Sinai, i. e. a traditional law or a traditional interpretation of a written law. Kidd.38b; a. fr. 2) in gen. traditional law, tradition, custom. Orl. III, 9 הערלהה׳ the application of the laws of Orlah (v. עָרְלָה) outside of Palestine is traditional or a custom ( הילכות מדינה, v. Kidd.38b).Y.Bets, II, 61b top לה׳ as a traditional opinion (of a teacher), opp. לעובדא as his own decision for practice. Y.Dem.III, 23c bot., sq. מה׳ according to a custom. Ker.13b ‘which the Lord has spoken (Lev. 10:11) זוה׳ that means traditional interpretations. Ib. III, 9 (15b) אםה׳ נקבל אם לדיןוכ׳ if it is a tradition, we must accept it, but if it is a logical inference, there may be an objection to it. 3) law, contrad. to אֲגָדָה. Ber.31a מתוך דברה׳ from discussion about a law, opp. ה׳ פסוקה a decision arrived at after discussion. Ib. 47b המחדדין … בה׳ who whet each others wits in legal discussion. Snh.82a נתעלמה ממנוה׳ the law had escaped his memory. Ib. ראה … ונזכרה׳ he saw an act and recalled the law; a. v. fr.Pl. הֲלָכוֹת, constr. הִלְכוֹת, הִילְ׳. Kidd. l. c. הי׳ מדינה (v. R. S. to Orl. III, 9; ed. הלכתא מדינה, corr. acc.) the usages of the country (outside of Palestine). Y.Hor.III, end, 48c אילוה׳ that means the collections of laws (Mishnah). Tem.14b כותביה׳ those who reduce traditions (oral law) to writing. Snh.67b הי׳ כשפים the laws concerning the punishment of witchcraft. Ib. הלְ׳ יצירה mystic practices. ‘Sabb.32a; Tosef. ib. II, 10; a. v. fr. הלכה in Talmud Y., heading of Mishnah, in Talm. Bab. מתני׳.

הֲלָכָהf. ( הלך) 1) (cmp. מִנְהָג) practice, adopted opinion, rule.ה׳ כ־ in practice, the opinion of … is the rule. Keth.77a ה׳ כמותו; a. v. fr.ה׳ למשה מסיני a usage dating from Moses as delivered from Sinai, i. e. a traditional law or a traditional interpretation of a written law. Kidd.38b; a. fr. 2) in gen. traditional law, tradition, custom. Orl. III, 9 הערלהה׳ the application of the laws of Orlah (v. עָרְלָה) outside of Palestine is traditional or a custom ( הילכות מדינה, v. Kidd.38b).Y.Bets, II, 61b top לה׳ as a traditional opinion (of a teacher), opp. לעובדא as his own decision for practice. Y.Dem.III, 23c bot., sq. מה׳ according to a custom. Ker.13b ‘which the Lord has spoken (Lev. 10:11) זוה׳ that means traditional interpretations. Ib. III, 9 (15b) אםה׳ נקבל אם לדיןוכ׳ if it is a tradition, we must accept it, but if it is a logical inference, there may be an objection to it. 3) law, contrad. to אֲגָדָה. Ber.31a מתוך דברה׳ from discussion about a law, opp. ה׳ פסוקה a decision arrived at after discussion. Ib. 47b המחדדין … בה׳ who whet each others wits in legal discussion. Snh.82a נתעלמה ממנוה׳ the law had escaped his memory. Ib. ראה … ונזכרה׳ he saw an act and recalled the law; a. v. fr.Pl. הֲלָכוֹת, constr. הִלְכוֹת, הִילְ׳. Kidd. l. c. הי׳ מדינה (v. R. S. to Orl. III, 9; ed. הלכתא מדינה, corr. acc.) the usages of the country (outside of Palestine). Y.Hor.III, end, 48c אילוה׳ that means the collections of laws (Mishnah). Tem.14b כותביה׳ those who reduce traditions (oral law) to writing. Snh.67b הי׳ כשפים the laws concerning the punishment of witchcraft. Ib. הלְ׳ יצירה mystic practices. ‘Sabb.32a; Tosef. ib. II, 10; a. v. fr. הלכה in Talmud Y., heading of Mishnah, in Talm. Bab. מתני׳.

אֲמֹורָאm. ( אמר) 1) speaker, lecturer, interpreter; esp. Amora, one who, in lengthy popular discourses, expounds what the lecturer (Tanna, v. תַּנָּא) says before him in brief and in a low voice; often called מְתוּרְגְּמָן. Ex. R. s. 8, end כשם שהדורש … יהא׳וכ׳ as the lecturer sits … and the Amora speaks in his presence.Snh.7b קום עליה בא׳ stand by him as an expounder. Taan.8a, a. fr. אוקים … א׳ עליה ודרש S. … placed an Amora by his side and lectured. Sot.40a ואמר אֲמֹורֵיה חד טעמא and his Amora gave a different reason. Ḥull.15a do people listen to the Tanna? לא׳ צייתי they listen to the Amora. 2) in a particular sense אֲמֹורָא, Amora ( Amoraïm), that class of Talmudic authorities who lived after the final redaction of the Mishnah, and whose discussions on the opinions of the Tannaïm or authors of the Mishnah and Boraitha, are deposited in the Guemara, thus adding a second element to the development of the oral law, called Talmud.Pl. אֲמֹורִין. Y.Ber.I, 2c top, a. e. תרי א׳ two Amoraïm differ. for which Babli usually: … אֲמֹורָאֵי נינהו ואליבא two Amoras differ in their relation (or conception) of the opinion of … Shebu.40b; a. fr.