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רָשוּתII, f. (רָשָׁה) 1) power, authority, control. Ned.X. 2, v. רוֹקֵן. Gen. R. s. 67 ששה … ברְשוּתוֹ שלשה אינן ברשותו six things (organs) serve man, three of which are under his control, and three are not; העין … ורשותווכ׳ the eye, the ear, and the nose are not under his control Bets.V, 2 משוםר׳ as an exercise of authority (judging, betrothal ; differ. interpret. in comment); a. fr.Esp. secular government, (mostly) the Roman government in Palestine, Roman officials, Roman party. Ab. I, 10, v. יָדַע. Ib. II, 3, v. זָהִיר. Sabb.11a, v. חָלָל III. Ab. Zar.17a (ref. to Prov. 30:15) קול שתי בנות … ומאי נינהי מינות והר׳ Ms. M. the voice of two daughters that cry from Gehenna, and say in this world, ‘bring, bring; and who are they? Heresy and Government. Makhsh. II, 5 אם יש בהר׳ if it is the residence of Roman officials (for whom the baths are always kept in readiness). Yoma 86b והר׳ מקברתוכ׳ and high office buries its occupant (causes premature death). Erub.41b שלשה אין רואין … חולי מעיין והר׳ three persons shall not see Gehenna (expiate their sins in this world): those who suffer from extreme poverty, from bowel diseases, and from governmental exactions (Rashi: from creditors). Y.Snh.VI, 23d sq. ר׳ של מטן the earthly government; ר׳ של מעלן the divine government; a. fr.Pl. רְשוּיוֹת. Ḥag.15a שמא … שתיר׳ הן are there, God forbid! two powers (governing the universe)? Gen. R. s. 1 (ref. to ברא, Gen. 1:1) אין כל … שתיר׳וכ׳ none can say, two powers created the world (the verb ברא being in the singular) Ber.33b דמיחזי כשתיר׳ (saying מודים twice) has the appearance of a belief in a duality; a. e. 2) (trad. pronunc. רְשוּת) dominion, domain, territory. B. Kam.I, 2 ר׳ המיוחדת למזיק a territory exclusively belonging to the owner of the animal that did the damage; ר׳ הניזק והמזיק a space belonging to both owners. Ib. 13b (in Chald. dict.) תורך ברְשוּתִי מאי בעי what had thy ox to do in my ground. Ib. 81a; Taan.6b שבילי הר׳ the paths (short cuts) through private property. B. Mets.5b משביעין אותו שבועה שאינו ברשותו we make him swear that it is not in his possession; a. v. fr.ר׳ היחיד (abbrev. רהי֞) private ground; ר׳ הרבים (abbrev. רהר֞, רה֞) public road. Sabb.6a; a. v. fr.Ib. 9a הרי זור׳ לעצמה this forms a territory for itself (with regard to Sabbath movements). Ib. VII, 2 המוציא מר׳ לר׳ he who carries things (on the Sabbath) from one territory to another; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. 6a ארבער׳ לשבתוכ׳ there are four classes of territories with regard to Sabbath laws ; Tosef. ib. I, 1. Ib. 6; Sabb. l. c. אסקופה … שתיר׳ the threshold stands for two territories; when the door is open, it is classified with the interior Ib. 9a כל … מוצא שתיר׳וכ׳ wherever you find two territories belonging to the same class; a. fr.Y.Kidd.III, 64c top; Y.Ned.VIII, 40d bot. (ref. to R. Joses opinions Kidd.III, 9, a. Ned.VIII, 2) תמן הוא אמר עד שיצאו כל הרשויות הגדולות עד שיצאו כל הר׳ הקטנותוכ׳ there, he says, the terms, ‘the oldest, ‘the youngest, tend to exclude all the older daughters, and all the younger daughters respectively (so that only the oldest of the daughters of his first wife, and respectively the youngest of the daughters of his second wife are meant), and here he says so (that the widest scope is adopted)? 3) permission, option; optional act. Ber.28a וניתנה להםר׳וכ׳ and permission to enter was given to the students. Ab. III, 15, v. צָפָה. Ḥull.141a לדבר הר׳, v. מִצְוָה. Ib. 106a, v. מִצְוָה. Ber.27b, v. חוֹבָה. M. Kat. III, 3 אגרות שלר׳, v. שְׁאִילָה; a. fr. נטילתר׳ taking leave of absence, parting, at which a religious remark was customary. Lev. R. s. 17 עביד להו נ׳ ר made these verses the text for leave-taking (cmp. אַפְטַרְתָּא). Y.Ber.II, 5c bot. ההיא מילתא … הוה נ׳ר׳ דידיה that remark … was his leave-taking.( 4) (cmp. רַשַּׁאי 2) debt, loan, creditors claim. Erub.41b, v. supra.

שִׁירII m. (b. h.; שרר) (chain, string; cmp. חָרַז, verse, song, poetry, music. Tam.V, 6 שאחיו … לדבר בש׳ that his brother Levites were assembling to sing in chorus. Ib. VII, 4 הש׳ שהיו הלויםוכ׳ these are the psalms that the Levites recited severally on each day; a. fr.R. Hash. 28a התוקע לש׳ he who blows the Shofar (on the New Years Day) as a musical exercise (Ms. M. לשֵׁד to drive off a demon); ib. 33b (Ms. M. לשֵׁיד).כלי ש׳ musical instruments (used in the Temple during the offering of sacrifices). Taan.IV (III), 3; a. e.Pl. שִׁירִים, שִׁירִין. Cant. R. to I, 1 דוד אמר ש׳ ושלמה אמר ש׳ David composed songs, and so did Solomon. Ib. end (expl. שיר השירים) המעולה שבש׳; המסולסל שבש׳, v. סִלְסֵל Ib. נאמר ש׳ ונשבח למי שעשאנו ש׳ בעולם let us recite songs and praise to him who has made us to be songs (proclaimers of Gods praise) in the world; נאמר ש׳ … שיורים לעולם let us recite songs to him who made us remnants (has preserved us) for the world; a. fr.שיר הש׳ the Book of Song of Songs ( Canticum). Ib.; B. Bath.14b; a. fr.

שִׁירII m. (b. h.; שרר) (chain, string; cmp. חָרַז, verse, song, poetry, music. Tam.V, 6 שאחיו … לדבר בש׳ that his brother Levites were assembling to sing in chorus. Ib. VII, 4 הש׳ שהיו הלויםוכ׳ these are the psalms that the Levites recited severally on each day; a. fr.R. Hash. 28a התוקע לש׳ he who blows the Shofar (on the New Years Day) as a musical exercise (Ms. M. לשֵׁד to drive off a demon); ib. 33b (Ms. M. לשֵׁיד).כלי ש׳ musical instruments (used in the Temple during the offering of sacrifices). Taan.IV (III), 3; a. e.Pl. שִׁירִים, שִׁירִין. Cant. R. to I, 1 דוד אמר ש׳ ושלמה אמר ש׳ David composed songs, and so did Solomon. Ib. end (expl. שיר השירים) המעולה שבש׳; המסולסל שבש׳, v. סִלְסֵל Ib. נאמר ש׳ ונשבח למי שעשאנו ש׳ בעולם let us recite songs and praise to him who has made us to be songs (proclaimers of Gods praise) in the world; נאמר ש׳ … שיורים לעולם let us recite songs to him who made us remnants (has preserved us) for the world; a. fr.שיר הש׳ the Book of Song of Songs ( Canticum). Ib.; B. Bath.14b; a. fr.

שָׁלִיחַm. (שָׁלַח) deputy, agent. Gitt. IV, 1. Ib. 62b ש׳ להולכה, ש׳ לקבלה, v. הוֹלָכָה. Kidd.41a הוא עושה ש׳ he (the husband) can appoint a deputy (to hand to her the letter of divorce); היא עושה ש׳ she can depute an agent (to receive the letter of divorce); הש׳ עושה ש׳ the agent may depute an agent. Ib. b אין העבד נעשה ש׳וכ׳ a slave cannot be deputed to receive a letter of divorce. Ib. 42b, a. fr. אין ש׳ לדבר עבירה there is no deputy for an illegal act, i. e. the responsibility for an illegal act cannot be shifted to the employer. Ber.V, 5, a. e. ש׳ צבור, v. צִיבּוּר; a. v. fr.Pl. שְׁלוּחִים, v. שָׁלוּחַ.

שָׁלִיחַm. (שָׁלַח) deputy, agent. Gitt. IV, 1. Ib. 62b ש׳ להולכה, ש׳ לקבלה, v. הוֹלָכָה. Kidd.41a הוא עושה ש׳ he (the husband) can appoint a deputy (to hand to her the letter of divorce); היא עושה ש׳ she can depute an agent (to receive the letter of divorce); הש׳ עושה ש׳ the agent may depute an agent. Ib. b אין העבד נעשה ש׳וכ׳ a slave cannot be deputed to receive a letter of divorce. Ib. 42b, a. fr. אין ש׳ לדבר עבירה there is no deputy for an illegal act, i. e. the responsibility for an illegal act cannot be shifted to the employer. Ber.V, 5, a. e. ש׳ צבור, v. צִיבּוּר; a. v. fr.Pl. שְׁלוּחִים, v. שָׁלוּחַ.

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.

תָּקַע(b. h.; cmp. תָּקַל) (to bring into contact, knock, insert, 1) to drive a peg in, put up a tent; to fasten. Yalk. Cant. 981 הלואי יִתְקַע תורתי בלבנווכ׳ Oh that he would drive his law into our heart as in former days. Ex. R. s. 117> Caleb is named Tekoa (1 Chr. 2:24), שת׳ לבו לאביווכ׳ because he fastened his heart on his father in heaven. Yeb.109b תּוֹקֵעַ עצמו לדבר הלכה he who nails himself to the matter of the law, i. e. confines himself to study, and is remiss in practical conduct; ואיבעית אימא תוקע … בדיינאוכ׳ or I may explain, ‘he who nails himself to the matter of the law refers to a judge before whom a case comes, and he having learned a certain hălakhah decides by analogy, while there is a greater scholar than he whom he fails to consult; a. e.Part. pass. תָּקוּעַ lodged, placed. B. Mets.85b אצל מי אתה ת׳ next to whom art thou placed (in heaven)? Y.Sot.IX, 23c והסכין ת׳ בלבו with the knife sticking in his heart; a. e. 2) (cmp. רָעַע) to shout, esp. to blow ( a horn). B. Kam.18b תרנגול … ות׳ בו ושברו if a cock put his head into a glass vessel and crowed into it, and broke it; Kidd.24b. Ib. ת׳ באזנווכ׳ if one blew on a horn into a persons ear, and made him deaf; a. e.Esp. a) to blow the Shofar at services; b) to sound the plain note (תְּקִיעָה). R. Hash. III, 5 בר״ה תּוֹקְעִין בשל זכרים on New Years day they blow on a rams horn. Ib. 7 התוקע לתוך הבורוכ׳ if one blows (the Shofar) into a pit Ib. IV, 1 יום טוב … תוקעיםוכ׳ when New Year fell on a Sabbath, they blew in the Temple, but not in the country. Ib. 8 אין מעכבין … מלִתְקוֹעַ we do not prevent children from blowing the Shofar (on the Sabbath). Ib. 9 תוקע ומריע ותוקע, v. רוּעַ I. Taan.II, 5 תִּקְעיּ הכהנים תָּקְעוּוכ׳ (the reader said,) sound the Tḳiʿah, you priests, and they did so, (upon which he said,) He who has answered ; a. v. fr.( 3) to slap with the back of the hand. B. Kam.VIII, 6 (90a) התוקע לחבירו he who slaps his neighbor on the ear; oth. opin. who shouts into his neighbors ear. Hif. הִתְקִיעַ to cause to blow. R. Hash. IV, 7 השני מַתְקִיעַ the second reader orders the blowing of the Shofar. Nif. נִתְקַע 1) to be driven in, be inserted. Yeb.54a ונ׳ and his membrum was inserted. 2) to be lodged. Taan.24a אוי לו לדורשנ׳ בכך Ms. M. (ed. שכן נ׳) woe to the generation that is placed in such a (bad) position.

תָּקַע(b. h.; cmp. תָּקַל) (to bring into contact, knock, insert, 1) to drive a peg in, put up a tent; to fasten. Yalk. Cant. 981 הלואי יִתְקַע תורתי בלבנווכ׳ Oh that he would drive his law into our heart as in former days. Ex. R. s. 117> Caleb is named Tekoa (1 Chr. 2:24), שת׳ לבו לאביווכ׳ because he fastened his heart on his father in heaven. Yeb.109b תּוֹקֵעַ עצמו לדבר הלכה he who nails himself to the matter of the law, i. e. confines himself to study, and is remiss in practical conduct; ואיבעית אימא תוקע … בדיינאוכ׳ or I may explain, ‘he who nails himself to the matter of the law refers to a judge before whom a case comes, and he having learned a certain hălakhah decides by analogy, while there is a greater scholar than he whom he fails to consult; a. e.Part. pass. תָּקוּעַ lodged, placed. B. Mets.85b אצל מי אתה ת׳ next to whom art thou placed (in heaven)? Y.Sot.IX, 23c והסכין ת׳ בלבו with the knife sticking in his heart; a. e. 2) (cmp. רָעַע) to shout, esp. to blow ( a horn). B. Kam.18b תרנגול … ות׳ בו ושברו if a cock put his head into a glass vessel and crowed into it, and broke it; Kidd.24b. Ib. ת׳ באזנווכ׳ if one blew on a horn into a persons ear, and made him deaf; a. e.Esp. a) to blow the Shofar at services; b) to sound the plain note (תְּקִיעָה). R. Hash. III, 5 בר״ה תּוֹקְעִין בשל זכרים on New Years day they blow on a rams horn. Ib. 7 התוקע לתוך הבורוכ׳ if one blows (the Shofar) into a pit Ib. IV, 1 יום טוב … תוקעיםוכ׳ when New Year fell on a Sabbath, they blew in the Temple, but not in the country. Ib. 8 אין מעכבין … מלִתְקוֹעַ we do not prevent children from blowing the Shofar (on the Sabbath). Ib. 9 תוקע ומריע ותוקע, v. רוּעַ I. Taan.II, 5 תִּקְעיּ הכהנים תָּקְעוּוכ׳ (the reader said,) sound the Tḳiʿah, you priests, and they did so, (upon which he said,) He who has answered ; a. v. fr.( 3) to slap with the back of the hand. B. Kam.VIII, 6 (90a) התוקע לחבירו he who slaps his neighbor on the ear; oth. opin. who shouts into his neighbors ear. Hif. הִתְקִיעַ to cause to blow. R. Hash. IV, 7 השני מַתְקִיעַ the second reader orders the blowing of the Shofar. Nif. נִתְקַע 1) to be driven in, be inserted. Yeb.54a ונ׳ and his membrum was inserted. 2) to be lodged. Taan.24a אוי לו לדורשנ׳ בכך Ms. M. (ed. שכן נ׳) woe to the generation that is placed in such a (bad) position.