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אֹוכֶלm. (b. h. אֹכֶל; אכל) food, edible. Bets.I, 8 בורר א׳ ואֹוכֵל (Y. ed. בורר אוכל אוכל) he selects singly what is edible and eats immediately; a. fr.א׳ נפש the necessary food for the day. Meg.I, 5 אלא א׳ נ׳ בלבד except the preparation of food (cooking, permitted on Holy Days, Ex. 12:16).Pl. אֹוכְלִים, אֹוכְלִין food, eatables. Ber.50b; a. fr. Ab. Zar.52b תקרובתע״ז של א׳ an idolatrous offering consisting of edibles; Y. ib. IV, 43d אֹכְ׳.

אֹוכֶלm. (b. h. אֹכֶל; אכל) food, edible. Bets.I, 8 בורר א׳ ואֹוכֵל (Y. ed. בורר אוכל אוכל) he selects singly what is edible and eats immediately; a. fr.א׳ נפש the necessary food for the day. Meg.I, 5 אלא א׳ נ׳ בלבד except the preparation of food (cooking, permitted on Holy Days, Ex. 12:16).Pl. אֹוכְלִים, אֹוכְלִין food, eatables. Ber.50b; a. fr. Ab. Zar.52b תקרובתע״ז של א׳ an idolatrous offering consisting of edibles; Y. ib. IV, 43d אֹכְ׳.

בָּרַר(b. h.; √בר, contr. of באר, בור) (to clear, clean; to place outside, whence) 1) to make clear, prove, ascertain. Keth.46a (interpret. Deut. 22:17) ובוֹרְרִין את הדברוכ׳ and they make the fact as clear (bright) as a new garment.Part. pass. בָּרוּר q. v. 2) to single out, select, sift, assort. Maasr. II, 6 שאָבוֹר לי which I may select for me. Ib. בּוֹרֵר ואוכל he has a right to pick out and eat (one after the other). Kil. II, 1 יָבוֹר he must take it out entirely. Sabb.VII, 2 הבּוֹרֵר he who sifts (a labor forbidden on the Sabbath). Y. ib. VII, 10a, a. fr. משום בורר (is guilty) because it comes under the class of sifting. Bab. ib. 74a בורר ואוכלוכ׳ he may take out singly and eat, take out singly and put it down (rejecting it) ולא יִבְרוֹר but he must not assort (v. discussion ibid.). Gitt. V, 9 לא תָבוֹר she must not help her to sift the grain. Snh.45a בְּרוֹר לווכ׳ choose for the convict the most gentle method of execution; Sot.8b, a. fr.Snh.III, 1 זה בוררוכ׳ each party chooses one judge, and the two judges בּוֹרְרִיןוכ׳ elect a third. Pi. בֵּרַר, בֵּירַר 1) to prove, ascertain. Snh.23b צריך לבָרֵר the claimant must offer clear evidence. Kerith. 24a לב׳ עוון to ascertain whether or not the woman was guilty; Num. R. s. 9, v. בָּעַר. Y.Kidd.III, 63d, v. סִימְפּוֹן. Lev. R. s. 11; v. Nithpa. 2) to sift, select. Y.Ber.IX, 13c top דש זרה ובי׳ he threshed, winnowed and sifted. Y.Ned.I, beg.51a לשונות שביררו להןוכ׳ the terms (for oaths, vows) which the Mishnahs have selected (as substitutes for the real expressions of oaths); Bab. ib. 10b שבדו, v. בָּדָא. (Esth. R. to I, 22 (read:) בירר להם בלשון … רומי מלשון יוני interpreted for them (the Bible) in Latin, v. בָּדָא. The passage is defective; cmp. Y.Meg.I, 71c top. Y.Snh.X, 28a בחרו להם ביררו הברזלוכ׳, read בְּרִיּוּת, they selected (as similes for the Law) the soundness of the iron and the fixedness of the tree; cmp. Num. R. s. 14; Koh. R. to XII, 11. Hof. הוּבְרָר to be cleared up, to be decided (between two alternatives); v. בְּרֵירָה. Bets.4a (a hen is bought either for consumption or for breeding) נשחטה הובְרָרָהוכ׳ by its being killed, it appears that it was originally intended for slaughtering; Ḥull.14a. Nif. נִבְרָר to be selected. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ. 4 נִבְרְרוּ צדיקים they were righteous at the time they were selected. Nithpa. נִתְבָּרֵר 1) to desire clearness, to seek evidence, search for truth. Lev. R. s. 11 (ref. to 2 Sam. 22:26 sq.) בשעהשנ׳ על עסקיו הק״בה בירר לווכ׳ when he desired to be enlightened about his affairs (asking, ‘Whereby shall I know, Gen. 15:8), the Lord enlightened him (ib. 13). Ib. בשעהשנ׳וכ׳ (with ref. to Moses); Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:26 sq. 2) to be confirmed, established. Tanḥ. Ttsavveh 9, end (read:) נִתְבָּרְרָה כהונה בידם through them the priesthood became established. Pesik. Dibré p. 115b> (read as:) Yalk. Jer. 258 לא נ׳ … עד שעמדוכ׳ their prophecies were not fulfilled until Jer. arose.

בָּרַר(b. h.; √בר, contr. of באר, בור) (to clear, clean; to place outside, whence) 1) to make clear, prove, ascertain. Keth.46a (interpret. Deut. 22:17) ובוֹרְרִין את הדברוכ׳ and they make the fact as clear (bright) as a new garment.Part. pass. בָּרוּר q. v. 2) to single out, select, sift, assort. Maasr. II, 6 שאָבוֹר לי which I may select for me. Ib. בּוֹרֵר ואוכל he has a right to pick out and eat (one after the other). Kil. II, 1 יָבוֹר he must take it out entirely. Sabb.VII, 2 הבּוֹרֵר he who sifts (a labor forbidden on the Sabbath). Y. ib. VII, 10a, a. fr. משום בורר (is guilty) because it comes under the class of sifting. Bab. ib. 74a בורר ואוכלוכ׳ he may take out singly and eat, take out singly and put it down (rejecting it) ולא יִבְרוֹר but he must not assort (v. discussion ibid.). Gitt. V, 9 לא תָבוֹר she must not help her to sift the grain. Snh.45a בְּרוֹר לווכ׳ choose for the convict the most gentle method of execution; Sot.8b, a. fr.Snh.III, 1 זה בוררוכ׳ each party chooses one judge, and the two judges בּוֹרְרִיןוכ׳ elect a third. Pi. בֵּרַר, בֵּירַר 1) to prove, ascertain. Snh.23b צריך לבָרֵר the claimant must offer clear evidence. Kerith. 24a לב׳ עוון to ascertain whether or not the woman was guilty; Num. R. s. 9, v. בָּעַר. Y.Kidd.III, 63d, v. סִימְפּוֹן. Lev. R. s. 11; v. Nithpa. 2) to sift, select. Y.Ber.IX, 13c top דש זרה ובי׳ he threshed, winnowed and sifted. Y.Ned.I, beg.51a לשונות שביררו להןוכ׳ the terms (for oaths, vows) which the Mishnahs have selected (as substitutes for the real expressions of oaths); Bab. ib. 10b שבדו, v. בָּדָא. (Esth. R. to I, 22 (read:) בירר להם בלשון … רומי מלשון יוני interpreted for them (the Bible) in Latin, v. בָּדָא. The passage is defective; cmp. Y.Meg.I, 71c top. Y.Snh.X, 28a בחרו להם ביררו הברזלוכ׳, read בְּרִיּוּת, they selected (as similes for the Law) the soundness of the iron and the fixedness of the tree; cmp. Num. R. s. 14; Koh. R. to XII, 11. Hof. הוּבְרָר to be cleared up, to be decided (between two alternatives); v. בְּרֵירָה. Bets.4a (a hen is bought either for consumption or for breeding) נשחטה הובְרָרָהוכ׳ by its being killed, it appears that it was originally intended for slaughtering; Ḥull.14a. Nif. נִבְרָר to be selected. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ. 4 נִבְרְרוּ צדיקים they were righteous at the time they were selected. Nithpa. נִתְבָּרֵר 1) to desire clearness, to seek evidence, search for truth. Lev. R. s. 11 (ref. to 2 Sam. 22:26 sq.) בשעהשנ׳ על עסקיו הק״בה בירר לווכ׳ when he desired to be enlightened about his affairs (asking, ‘Whereby shall I know, Gen. 15:8), the Lord enlightened him (ib. 13). Ib. בשעהשנ׳וכ׳ (with ref. to Moses); Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:26 sq. 2) to be confirmed, established. Tanḥ. Ttsavveh 9, end (read:) נִתְבָּרְרָה כהונה בידם through them the priesthood became established. Pesik. Dibré p. 115b> (read as:) Yalk. Jer. 258 לא נ׳ … עד שעמדוכ׳ their prophecies were not fulfilled until Jer. arose.

בָּלַל(b. h.; √בל; a) sec. r. of בול, ביל; √בו, בה, cmp. בִּין, to penetrate, break through, v. בלט; b) √בל, to crumble, soften, cmp. √מל; v. בלי, נבל, בלט in בולטיתא) to mix (with oil), knead, stir; to mix fodder. Zeb.XIV, 3 (112b) הבּוֹלֵל the priest who kneads the meat-offering with oil, v. בְּלִילָה. Dem. V, 5 בולל ונוטל (strike out ואוכל in Bab. ed., Ar. Var. בורר) he mixes the fruits and takes the tithe. Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a לִבְלֹול to mix up (coins in a bag.) Y.R. Hash. I, 56d bot.; Tanḥ. Noah 11, v. בּוּל III; a. fr.Part. pass. בָּלוּל, f. בְּלוּלָה. Snh.24a (play on בבל) ב׳ במקראוכ׳ mixed up (confused) in Bible study Y.Yeb.VIII, end, 9d קריבה בבלל, read בכָלִיל) v. בָּלוּל. Nif. נִבְלַל, Hof. הוּבְלָל to be mixed. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c, v. חָפַן. Men.XII, 4 (103b; 18b) ששים נבללין sixty measures of flour can be thoroughly mixed; v. בִּילָה. Ib. יכולים לְהִבָּלֵלY.Shek.VI, 49d bot. אש מוּבְלָלָה באש fire mixed with fire.Y.Taan.III, 66d bot. עד שיִבָּלֲלוּוכ׳ until your speech shall become confounded from repeatedly saying, Enough; v. בלי. Y.Ber.VI, 10a top (play on בַּל) יִבָּלֲלוּוכ׳ all blessings shall be kneaded together Pilip. בִּלְבֵּל.

בָּלַל(b. h.; √בל; a) sec. r. of בול, ביל; √בו, בה, cmp. בִּין, to penetrate, break through, v. בלט; b) √בל, to crumble, soften, cmp. √מל; v. בלי, נבל, בלט in בולטיתא) to mix (with oil), knead, stir; to mix fodder. Zeb.XIV, 3 (112b) הבּוֹלֵל the priest who kneads the meat-offering with oil, v. בְּלִילָה. Dem. V, 5 בולל ונוטל (strike out ואוכל in Bab. ed., Ar. Var. בורר) he mixes the fruits and takes the tithe. Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a לִבְלֹול to mix up (coins in a bag.) Y.R. Hash. I, 56d bot.; Tanḥ. Noah 11, v. בּוּל III; a. fr.Part. pass. בָּלוּל, f. בְּלוּלָה. Snh.24a (play on בבל) ב׳ במקראוכ׳ mixed up (confused) in Bible study Y.Yeb.VIII, end, 9d קריבה בבלל, read בכָלִיל) v. בָּלוּל. Nif. נִבְלַל, Hof. הוּבְלָל to be mixed. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c, v. חָפַן. Men.XII, 4 (103b; 18b) ששים נבללין sixty measures of flour can be thoroughly mixed; v. בִּילָה. Ib. יכולים לְהִבָּלֵלY.Shek.VI, 49d bot. אש מוּבְלָלָה באש fire mixed with fire.Y.Taan.III, 66d bot. עד שיִבָּלֲלוּוכ׳ until your speech shall become confounded from repeatedly saying, Enough; v. בלי. Y.Ber.VI, 10a top (play on בַּל) יִבָּלֲלוּוכ׳ all blessings shall be kneaded together Pilip. בִּלְבֵּל.

בְּרִירָהf. ( ברר) sifting, assorting. Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top (read:) כל מה שהותר מכלל ב׳וכ׳ what is allowed on Holy Days as coming under the category of sifting, is not always allowed … on the Sabbath; Y.Bets. I, 60d (usually משום בורר).

בְּרִירָהf. ( ברר) sifting, assorting. Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top (read:) כל מה שהותר מכלל ב׳וכ׳ what is allowed on Holy Days as coming under the category of sifting, is not always allowed … on the Sabbath; Y.Bets. I, 60d (usually משום בורר).

שָׁמַר(b. h.) (to be still,) to watch, guard, wait; to observe; to keep. Snh.63b לא … שְׁמוֹר ליוכ׳ one should not say to his neighbor, wait for me at such and such an idolatrous statue (or temple). B. Mets.58a השוכר … לִשְׁמוֹר אתוכ׳ if one hires a workingman to guard a cow, a child Sabb.118b אלמלי שָׁמְרוּ ישראלוכ׳ if Israel had observed the first Sabbath ; a v. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּר; f. שְׁמוּרָה Ib. XXII, 4 נותנין … בשביל שיהא ש׳ you may put a dish into the well that it be kept (cool); a. e. Pi. שִׁמֵּר 1) same. Ib. 118b אילמלי מְשֵׁמְּרִין ישראלוכ׳ if Israel would observe two Sabbaths as they ought do, they would at once be redeemed. Keth.62b ענייה זו לשוא שִׁימְּרָה the poor woman has in vain waited (for her husband). Ab. Zar. IV, 11 אין … יושב ומְשַׁמֵּרוכ׳ the watchman (guarding wine against idolatrous defilement) need not sit and watch Y.Kidd.I, 58d top המקום משמרוכ׳ God has watched, and such a case has never occurred. Y.M. Kat. III, 82c שי׳הקב״ה … שבעה the Lord observed the seven days of mourning for his world (before the flood, ref. to Gen. 7:10); a. fr. 2) (denom. of שְׁמָרִים) to clear wine from lees, filter, strain (v. מְשַׁמֶּרֶת). Sabb.138a שי׳ חייבוכ׳ if one filtered wine (on the Sabbath), he is bound to bring a sin-offering; Y. ib. XX, 17c; VII, 10b, a. e. המשמר חייב שום בורר he who filters is guilty, v. בָּרַר. Ib. המשמר יין למטןוכ׳ when one filters, the wine goes down, and the lees remain above (in the filter); a. fr.Bab. ib. 146b מקום העשוי לְשַׁמֵּר a place in the keg where a hole has been made for the purpose of letting the wine off, clear of lees (and has been closed again; Ar. s. v. חזק; Rashi: where the hole has been closed in order to preserve the flavor).Part. pass. מְשוּמָּר a) guarded. Pes.109b (ref. to שמרים, Ex. 12:42) ליל המש׳ ובא מן המזיקין a night which is for all time guarded against dangers (v. מַזִּיק); R. Hash. 11b.b) kept, preserved, designated. Ib. ליל המש׳ ובא מששתוכ׳ a night which has been designated for redemption since the six days of creation. Snh.99a; Ber.34b יין המש׳וכ׳, v. עֵנָב; a. e. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּר 1) to be on ones guard, be observant. Mekh. Bo, s. 14 (ref. to שמרים, v. supra) מגיד … צריכין להִשְׁתַּמֵּר בו this intimates that all Israelites must be careful in it (to observe its ceremonies); Yalk. Ex. 210; Tanḥ. Bo 9. 2) to be guarded. B. Mets.11a המִשְׁתַּמֶּרֶת, v. חָצֵר. Erub.54b אם ראשון … מִשְׁתַּמֵּרוכ׳ if the fowler; breaks the wings of each bird as he catches it, it is kept (from flying off) Men.99b כל המשמר … נשמתוֹ משתמרת who guards the Law (takes care not to forget it), his soul is guarded; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁמַר same, to be on ones guard. Ib. כל מקומ שנאמר הִשָּׁמֶר פן ואלוכ׳ wherever the Scripture has the words, ‘be on thy guard, lest, or ‘be on thy guard that not, it is a prohibitive law; ib. השמר ופןוכ׳ ‘be on thy guard and ‘lest make two prohibitions. Ib. 36b השמר דלאו לאו hishshamer followed by a negative is a prohibitory law; השמר דעשה עשה hishshamer connected with a positive order, is a positive command (v. עָשָׂה).Tanḥ. Vayḥi 13 ומשמירין, v. שָׁפַר.

שָׁמַר(b. h.) (to be still,) to watch, guard, wait; to observe; to keep. Snh.63b לא … שְׁמוֹר ליוכ׳ one should not say to his neighbor, wait for me at such and such an idolatrous statue (or temple). B. Mets.58a השוכר … לִשְׁמוֹר אתוכ׳ if one hires a workingman to guard a cow, a child Sabb.118b אלמלי שָׁמְרוּ ישראלוכ׳ if Israel had observed the first Sabbath ; a v. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּר; f. שְׁמוּרָה Ib. XXII, 4 נותנין … בשביל שיהא ש׳ you may put a dish into the well that it be kept (cool); a. e. Pi. שִׁמֵּר 1) same. Ib. 118b אילמלי מְשֵׁמְּרִין ישראלוכ׳ if Israel would observe two Sabbaths as they ought do, they would at once be redeemed. Keth.62b ענייה זו לשוא שִׁימְּרָה the poor woman has in vain waited (for her husband). Ab. Zar. IV, 11 אין … יושב ומְשַׁמֵּרוכ׳ the watchman (guarding wine against idolatrous defilement) need not sit and watch Y.Kidd.I, 58d top המקום משמרוכ׳ God has watched, and such a case has never occurred. Y.M. Kat. III, 82c שי׳הקב״ה … שבעה the Lord observed the seven days of mourning for his world (before the flood, ref. to Gen. 7:10); a. fr. 2) (denom. of שְׁמָרִים) to clear wine from lees, filter, strain (v. מְשַׁמֶּרֶת). Sabb.138a שי׳ חייבוכ׳ if one filtered wine (on the Sabbath), he is bound to bring a sin-offering; Y. ib. XX, 17c; VII, 10b, a. e. המשמר חייב שום בורר he who filters is guilty, v. בָּרַר. Ib. המשמר יין למטןוכ׳ when one filters, the wine goes down, and the lees remain above (in the filter); a. fr.Bab. ib. 146b מקום העשוי לְשַׁמֵּר a place in the keg where a hole has been made for the purpose of letting the wine off, clear of lees (and has been closed again; Ar. s. v. חזק; Rashi: where the hole has been closed in order to preserve the flavor).Part. pass. מְשוּמָּר a) guarded. Pes.109b (ref. to שמרים, Ex. 12:42) ליל המש׳ ובא מן המזיקין a night which is for all time guarded against dangers (v. מַזִּיק); R. Hash. 11b.b) kept, preserved, designated. Ib. ליל המש׳ ובא מששתוכ׳ a night which has been designated for redemption since the six days of creation. Snh.99a; Ber.34b יין המש׳וכ׳, v. עֵנָב; a. e. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּר 1) to be on ones guard, be observant. Mekh. Bo, s. 14 (ref. to שמרים, v. supra) מגיד … צריכין להִשְׁתַּמֵּר בו this intimates that all Israelites must be careful in it (to observe its ceremonies); Yalk. Ex. 210; Tanḥ. Bo 9. 2) to be guarded. B. Mets.11a המִשְׁתַּמֶּרֶת, v. חָצֵר. Erub.54b אם ראשון … מִשְׁתַּמֵּרוכ׳ if the fowler; breaks the wings of each bird as he catches it, it is kept (from flying off) Men.99b כל המשמר … נשמתוֹ משתמרת who guards the Law (takes care not to forget it), his soul is guarded; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁמַר same, to be on ones guard. Ib. כל מקומ שנאמר הִשָּׁמֶר פן ואלוכ׳ wherever the Scripture has the words, ‘be on thy guard, lest, or ‘be on thy guard that not, it is a prohibitive law; ib. השמר ופןוכ׳ ‘be on thy guard and ‘lest make two prohibitions. Ib. 36b השמר דלאו לאו hishshamer followed by a negative is a prohibitory law; השמר דעשה עשה hishshamer connected with a positive order, is a positive command (v. עָשָׂה).Tanḥ. Vayḥi 13 ומשמירין, v. שָׁפַר.