(ה)מדליקין

צֳרִיm. (b. h.; preced. art.) (that which runs through cracks,) resin, balsam (v. Gen. R. s. 91, quot. s. v. בַּלְסָם).Ker.6a, a. fr. הצ׳ an ingredient of frankincense. Sabb.25b; Tosef. ib. II, 3 אין מדליקין בצ׳ you must not feed the Sabbath lamp with balsam; Y. ib. II, 4d אין מדליקין צוֹרִי.

צֳרִיm. (b. h.; preced. art.) (that which runs through cracks,) resin, balsam (v. Gen. R. s. 91, quot. s. v. בַּלְסָם).Ker.6a, a. fr. הצ׳ an ingredient of frankincense. Sabb.25b; Tosef. ib. II, 3 אין מדליקין בצ׳ you must not feed the Sabbath lamp with balsam; Y. ib. II, 4d אין מדליקין צוֹרִי.

נֵפְטְm. (prob. a transpos. of נטף, a readaptation of νάφθα) naphtha. Sabb.II, 2. Ib. 26a אין מדליקין בנ׳ לבן וכ׳ white naphtha must not be used for lighting … because it is explosive. Ib. ומה יעשו … אלא נ׳ and what shall the Cappadocians do who have … only naphtha? Yoma 38b, sq. Y.Snh.VII, 24b bot. (v. שְׂרֵפָה) בפתילה של נ׳ the Mishnah, describing capital punishment by burning, means a wick saturated with naphtha. Y.Sot.VII, beg.22b אש כנגד נ׳ שלהן ‘fire (Ps. 18:13) corresponds to the arrows of the human armies tipped in naphtha; Pesik. R. s. 17 רמה בהן נ׳ he (the besieger) throws naphtha (βέλη πυροφόρα or πυροβόλα).

נֵפְטְm. (prob. a transpos. of נטף, a readaptation of νάφθα) naphtha. Sabb.II, 2. Ib. 26a אין מדליקין בנ׳ לבן וכ׳ white naphtha must not be used for lighting … because it is explosive. Ib. ומה יעשו … אלא נ׳ and what shall the Cappadocians do who have … only naphtha? Yoma 38b, sq. Y.Snh.VII, 24b bot. (v. שְׂרֵפָה) בפתילה של נ׳ the Mishnah, describing capital punishment by burning, means a wick saturated with naphtha. Y.Sot.VII, beg.22b אש כנגד נ׳ שלהן ‘fire (Ps. 18:13) corresponds to the arrows of the human armies tipped in naphtha; Pesik. R. s. 17 רמה בהן נ׳ he (the besieger) throws naphtha (βέλη πυροφόρα or πυροβόλα).

נֵרc. (b. h.; v. נוּר) light. Sabb.22b; Men.86b נר מערבי שנותניןוכ׳ the westernmost light (on the candlestick in the Temple) into which as much oil was put as all the others together contained. Sabb.22a מדליקין מנר לנר you may light one Ḥanuckah light on the other; a. v. fr.Ber.28b, a. e. נר ישראל light of Israel (great scholar).Ex. R. s. 36 נֵרִי my (the Lords) light (the Law), נֵרְךָ thy (mans) light (the soul); Lev. R. s. 31 נֵרִי (the Lords light in the Temple).Pl. נֵרוֹת. Tam.VI, 1 שני נ׳ מזרחיים (Talm. ed. שתי נ׳ מערביים, corr. acc.) the two easternmost lights. Ib. III, 9 (30b) שתי נ׳ מזרחיות (Talm. ed. ב׳ נ׳ מערבית, read מערביות or מערביים); a. fr.

נֵרc. (b. h.; v. נוּר) light. Sabb.22b; Men.86b נר מערבי שנותניןוכ׳ the westernmost light (on the candlestick in the Temple) into which as much oil was put as all the others together contained. Sabb.22a מדליקין מנר לנר you may light one Ḥanuckah light on the other; a. v. fr.Ber.28b, a. e. נר ישראל light of Israel (great scholar).Ex. R. s. 36 נֵרִי my (the Lords) light (the Law), נֵרְךָ thy (mans) light (the soul); Lev. R. s. 31 נֵרִי (the Lords light in the Temple).Pl. נֵרוֹת. Tam.VI, 1 שני נ׳ מזרחיים (Talm. ed. שתי נ׳ מערביים, corr. acc.) the two easternmost lights. Ib. III, 9 (30b) שתי נ׳ מזרחיות (Talm. ed. ב׳ נ׳ מערבית, read מערביות or מערביים); a. fr.

פָּקַע(cmp. בקעי) to split; to burst; to break forth, escape. Gen. R. s. 32 אינו מספיק … עד שהיא פוֹקַעַת he scarcely beats it (the bad flax) once, when it bursts; ib. s. 34; Yalk. Is. 350. Gen. R. l. c. שאינו מקיש עליהם אחת עד שהיא פוקעת he knocks at them (the bad earthen vessels) scarcely once, and one is cracked (ib. s. 32 עד שהוא שיברם). Y.Maasr.III, 50d top פעמים שהיא פוקעתוכ׳ sometimes it (the fig) bursts under the wheel. Zeb.IX, 6 גחלת שפָּקְעָה מעלוכ׳ a coal that sprang from the altar; אברים שפָּקְעוּוכ׳ chips of limbs that sprang off the altar. Tosef.Par.III (II), 11 פ׳ מעירהוכ׳ if a part of her skin … (in burning the red cow) leaped off beyond the pit. Ib. 12. Yalk. Num. 761 את הפּוֹקְעִין the portions which spring off, v. פֶּקַע; a. fr.Pesik. R. s. 11 או שמא תִפְקַע האוזןוכ׳ (or תִפָּקַע Nif.) or (I would venture to say it, were I not afraid,) lest the ear of the hearer burst, i. e. it is almost blasphemous to say it; (Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 כדי שתבקע אוזן it is enough for an ear to burst). Y.Yeb.I, 2c bot. פקעו ממנה קידושין (not ופקעו) the betrothal rebounds from her, i. e. has no legal effect, opp. חלו עליה.Part. pass. פָּקוּעַ; f. פְּקוּעָה an animal which is ripped open; בן (ה) פ׳ an animal taken alive out of the slaughtered mothers womb. Ḥull.69a; a. fr. Pi. פִּקֵּעַ to cause splitting. Y.Pes.VII, 35b top שלא לפַקֵּעַ תחת הבשר in order not to cause a splitting of the bone under the flesh, v. פֶּקַע. Hif. הִפְקִיעַ 1) to split, break open. Sabb.III, 3 (38b) לא יַפְקִיעֶנָּה בסודרין he must not break it (the egg) over a hot cloth, rashi (oth. interpret.: he must not cause it to crack by wrapping it in a hot cloth and rolling it; v. Tosaf. Yom Tob a. l.). 2) to strip, pluck, ravel out. Bets.31b מתיר ומַפְקִיעַ וחותך may untie (the knot, v. חוֹתָם), or ravel out or cut through; Sabb.146a; Y. ib. XV, beg.15a, a. e. ומַפְקִיעִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Succ.V, 3 מהן היו מַפְקִיעִין ובהן היו מדליקין they stripped them (the worn-out belts of priests) and used them for wicks; Sabb.21a בגדי … מפקיעין אותן ומהן היו עושין פתילותוכ׳ they ravelled out priestly garments and made of them wicks ; expl. Y.Succ.V, 55b bot. מפשילים, v. פָּשַׁל. Esth. R. to I, 6 הכל מפקיעין בחבליוכ׳ all make straps (for their couches) of woolen or flax ropes, and this wicked man uses byssus and purple; a. fr. 2) (to cause breaking loose,) to release, cancel an obligation. Yeb.66b sq., a. fr. הקדש … מפקיעין מידי שעבוד consecration (of a pledged object), leavened matter (on the entrance of Passover), and liberation (of a pledged slave) cause a release from mortgage (cancel the mortgage contract). Bekh.5a אין בכור מפקיע בכור a first-born Levite could not serve as ransom for a firstborn Israelite; דיו לבכור שיַפְקִיעַוכ׳ it was enough for the first-born Levite that he released his own consecration (that he needed no priest to be substituted for him); a. fr. 3) ה׳ השער to break up, unsettle the market, to raise prices arbitrarily, create a panic. Taan. II, 9 שלא להַפְקִיעַ השערים in order not to cause a sudden rise of market prices (by creating the impression of impending scarcity). Meg.17b כנגד מַפְקִיעֵי שערים a prayer against those who raise prices (speculating on a coming scarcity).

פָּקַע(cmp. בקעי) to split; to burst; to break forth, escape. Gen. R. s. 32 אינו מספיק … עד שהיא פוֹקַעַת he scarcely beats it (the bad flax) once, when it bursts; ib. s. 34; Yalk. Is. 350. Gen. R. l. c. שאינו מקיש עליהם אחת עד שהיא פוקעת he knocks at them (the bad earthen vessels) scarcely once, and one is cracked (ib. s. 32 עד שהוא שיברם). Y.Maasr.III, 50d top פעמים שהיא פוקעתוכ׳ sometimes it (the fig) bursts under the wheel. Zeb.IX, 6 גחלת שפָּקְעָה מעלוכ׳ a coal that sprang from the altar; אברים שפָּקְעוּוכ׳ chips of limbs that sprang off the altar. Tosef.Par.III (II), 11 פ׳ מעירהוכ׳ if a part of her skin … (in burning the red cow) leaped off beyond the pit. Ib. 12. Yalk. Num. 761 את הפּוֹקְעִין the portions which spring off, v. פֶּקַע; a. fr.Pesik. R. s. 11 או שמא תִפְקַע האוזןוכ׳ (or תִפָּקַע Nif.) or (I would venture to say it, were I not afraid,) lest the ear of the hearer burst, i. e. it is almost blasphemous to say it; (Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 כדי שתבקע אוזן it is enough for an ear to burst). Y.Yeb.I, 2c bot. פקעו ממנה קידושין (not ופקעו) the betrothal rebounds from her, i. e. has no legal effect, opp. חלו עליה.Part. pass. פָּקוּעַ; f. פְּקוּעָה an animal which is ripped open; בן (ה) פ׳ an animal taken alive out of the slaughtered mothers womb. Ḥull.69a; a. fr. Pi. פִּקֵּעַ to cause splitting. Y.Pes.VII, 35b top שלא לפַקֵּעַ תחת הבשר in order not to cause a splitting of the bone under the flesh, v. פֶּקַע. Hif. הִפְקִיעַ 1) to split, break open. Sabb.III, 3 (38b) לא יַפְקִיעֶנָּה בסודרין he must not break it (the egg) over a hot cloth, rashi (oth. interpret.: he must not cause it to crack by wrapping it in a hot cloth and rolling it; v. Tosaf. Yom Tob a. l.). 2) to strip, pluck, ravel out. Bets.31b מתיר ומַפְקִיעַ וחותך may untie (the knot, v. חוֹתָם), or ravel out or cut through; Sabb.146a; Y. ib. XV, beg.15a, a. e. ומַפְקִיעִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Succ.V, 3 מהן היו מַפְקִיעִין ובהן היו מדליקין they stripped them (the worn-out belts of priests) and used them for wicks; Sabb.21a בגדי … מפקיעין אותן ומהן היו עושין פתילותוכ׳ they ravelled out priestly garments and made of them wicks ; expl. Y.Succ.V, 55b bot. מפשילים, v. פָּשַׁל. Esth. R. to I, 6 הכל מפקיעין בחבליוכ׳ all make straps (for their couches) of woolen or flax ropes, and this wicked man uses byssus and purple; a. fr. 2) (to cause breaking loose,) to release, cancel an obligation. Yeb.66b sq., a. fr. הקדש … מפקיעין מידי שעבוד consecration (of a pledged object), leavened matter (on the entrance of Passover), and liberation (of a pledged slave) cause a release from mortgage (cancel the mortgage contract). Bekh.5a אין בכור מפקיע בכור a first-born Levite could not serve as ransom for a firstborn Israelite; דיו לבכור שיַפְקִיעַוכ׳ it was enough for the first-born Levite that he released his own consecration (that he needed no priest to be substituted for him); a. fr. 3) ה׳ השער to break up, unsettle the market, to raise prices arbitrarily, create a panic. Taan. II, 9 שלא להַפְקִיעַ השערים in order not to cause a sudden rise of market prices (by creating the impression of impending scarcity). Meg.17b כנגד מַפְקִיעֵי שערים a prayer against those who raise prices (speculating on a coming scarcity).