מלאכה

מְלָאכָה, מְלֶאכֶתf. (b. h.; preced.) work, trade, vocation; task. Ab. I, 10 אהוב את המ׳ love trade, opp. to רבנות, office. Ned.49b, v. גָּדוֹל. Ber.17a אני מְלַאכְתִּי בעיר my work (study) is done in town, והוא מְלַאכְתּוֹ בשדהוכ׳ and his, in the field, v. גָּדַר. Ab. II, 14 בעל מְלַאכְתְּךָ thy employer (the Lord). Ib. 15 היום קצר והמ׳ מרובה the day (life) is short, and the task great. Ab. dR. N. ch. XI ועשו בו מ׳ בשבת (not ועשה) and they made him work on the Sabbath. Sabb.VII, 1 אב מ׳, v. אָב; a. v. fr.Pl. מְלָאכוֹת. Ib. עשה מ׳ חרבהוכ׳ he did several (forbidden) labors on several successive Sabbaths. Ib. 2, v. אָב; a. v. fr.

אָבII m. (b. h.; אבה, cmp. אֵם), const. אֲבִי, אַב (embracer), father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief, leader; author, originator. Ex. R. s. 46 end המגדל אב the educator is the real father. Lev. R. s. 1 אבי החכמהוכ׳, the father of all wisdom,. the father of prophets. Y.Ned.V, 39b; a. fr.אַב בית דין (abbr. אב״ד) president of the Court (Great Sanhedrin), next in dignity to the Nassi. Taan.II, 1; a. fr.Metaph. origin, cause. Num. R. s. 10 (play on אֲבוֹי, Prov. 23:29) א׳ אוי the cause of woe (sin). אב מלאכה (for which also עיקר) one of the chief labors forbidden on the Sabbath, opp. תולדה a labor the prohibition of which is based on the ground of its being a species of the former, or derived from the former. Sabb.VII, 1 sq.; a. fr.Y.Sabb.II, 5a, אב שלה, sub. מלאכה. אב הטומאה one of the original or direct causes of levitical uncleanness, opp. ולד (child) secondary cause. Toh. I, 5; a. fr.א׳ הנזק v. Pl.בנין א׳ creation of a class, i. e. a conclusion, by analogy, from a case explicitly stated in the bibl. law on all similar cases not specified in detail. Sifra introd.Ib. Kdoshim, end, ch. 11 (ref. to Lev. 20:27) זה ב׳ א׳ לכל דמיהם בם this forms the rule for all cases in which the Bible uses the word dmēhem bam (that the penalty is stoning to death); a. fr.; v. also בֵּית אב.Pl. אָבוֹת־, const. אֲבוֹת, 1) fathers, ancestors, patriarchs Ber.26b prayers א׳ תקנום have been instituted by the Patriarchs; a. fr. אבות בתי דינין, v. supra. Hag. 2:2,בת א׳ a woman of noble descent. Num. R. s. 1; a. e.Metaph. principal, chief א׳ מלאכות, v. supra. א׳ חטומא׳ Kel. I, 1; v. supra.א׳ מזיקין (sing. אב הנזק) the chief actionable injuries or damages, from which the subordinate are deduced ( תולדות). B. Kam.I, 1; a. e. 2) Aboth, the first section of the Prayer of Benedictions (v. תְּפִלָּה), so called because it alludes to the Patriarchs. R. Hash. IV, 5; a. fr. 3) Aboth, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, containing sayings of Talmudic authorities and belonging to the fourth section, נזיקין, of the Mishnah collection ( משניות); also styled פִּרְקֵי א׳ a. מְסֶכֶת א׳. A similar collection of a later date is contained in Talmud Babli editions, named א׳ דרבי נתן Aboth dRabbi Nathan. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d top אב בית נפש v. אֲבֵידָה.

אָבII m. (b. h.; אבה, cmp. אֵם), const. אֲבִי, אַב (embracer), father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief, leader; author, originator. Ex. R. s. 46 end המגדל אב the educator is the real father. Lev. R. s. 1 אבי החכמהוכ׳, the father of all wisdom,. the father of prophets. Y.Ned.V, 39b; a. fr.אַב בית דין (abbr. אב״ד) president of the Court (Great Sanhedrin), next in dignity to the Nassi. Taan.II, 1; a. fr.Metaph. origin, cause. Num. R. s. 10 (play on אֲבוֹי, Prov. 23:29) א׳ אוי the cause of woe (sin). אב מלאכה (for which also עיקר) one of the chief labors forbidden on the Sabbath, opp. תולדה a labor the prohibition of which is based on the ground of its being a species of the former, or derived from the former. Sabb.VII, 1 sq.; a. fr.Y.Sabb.II, 5a, אב שלה, sub. מלאכה. אב הטומאה one of the original or direct causes of levitical uncleanness, opp. ולד (child) secondary cause. Toh. I, 5; a. fr.א׳ הנזק v. Pl.בנין א׳ creation of a class, i. e. a conclusion, by analogy, from a case explicitly stated in the bibl. law on all similar cases not specified in detail. Sifra introd.Ib. Kdoshim, end, ch. 11 (ref. to Lev. 20:27) זה ב׳ א׳ לכל דמיהם בם this forms the rule for all cases in which the Bible uses the word dmēhem bam (that the penalty is stoning to death); a. fr.; v. also בֵּית אב.Pl. אָבוֹת־, const. אֲבוֹת, 1) fathers, ancestors, patriarchs Ber.26b prayers א׳ תקנום have been instituted by the Patriarchs; a. fr. אבות בתי דינין, v. supra. Hag. 2:2,בת א׳ a woman of noble descent. Num. R. s. 1; a. e.Metaph. principal, chief א׳ מלאכות, v. supra. א׳ חטומא׳ Kel. I, 1; v. supra.א׳ מזיקין (sing. אב הנזק) the chief actionable injuries or damages, from which the subordinate are deduced ( תולדות). B. Kam.I, 1; a. e. 2) Aboth, the first section of the Prayer of Benedictions (v. תְּפִלָּה), so called because it alludes to the Patriarchs. R. Hash. IV, 5; a. fr. 3) Aboth, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, containing sayings of Talmudic authorities and belonging to the fourth section, נזיקין, of the Mishnah collection ( משניות); also styled פִּרְקֵי א׳ a. מְסֶכֶת א׳. A similar collection of a later date is contained in Talmud Babli editions, named א׳ דרבי נתן Aboth dRabbi Nathan. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d top אב בית נפש v. אֲבֵידָה.

תֹּוּסֶפֶתf. (יָסַף) 1) addition, increase. Gen. R. s. 22 (ref. to Gen. 4:2) ת׳ ללינה ולא ת׳ לעיבור ‘she bore again means an additional birth, but not an additional pregnancy (Abel having been conceived simultaneously with Cain). Ib. s. 61 תּוֹסָפָתוֹ שלהקב״ה מרובהוכ׳ what God adds is more than the original; קין עיקר … שהוא ת׳וכ׳ Cain was the original, and Abel, because he was an addition …, was born himself and two twin sisters with him. Y.Ter.IV, 42d ת׳ תרומה an addition to the minimal quantity of Trumah. Ib. bot. אין הפחת והת׳ שוין, v. פַּחַת. Y.Bicc.I, end, 64b ת׳ הביכורים the addition to the normal quantity of first fruits to be offered. Y.Keth.VI, 30d top ת׳ (sub. כתובה) the additional jointure beyond the legally prescribed sum; Bab. ib. 90a. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. אדר הראשון ת׳וכ׳ is the first Adar the addition (the intercalated month), or is it the second Adar?; a. fr.Esp. the time added to, and given the character of a festive day (v. Yoma 81b מוסיפין מחולוכ׳ you must begin the Holy Day some time before its lawful beginning and end some time after its lawful end). Yoma 81a על ת׳ מלאכה for disregarding the addition by doing a labor which is prohibited on the festive day; על ת׳ עינוי for disregarding the additional time for fasting (by eating); יהא מוזהר על ת׳ מלאכה that he be warned concerning the additional time during which he must abstain from labor; a. e. 2) Tosefeth ( Tosefta), a collection of oral laws (Mishnahs) outside of the regular Mishnah. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c (ref. to Prov. 16:11) פלס …ליי׳ זה הת׳ ‘balance, that is the Biblical text, ‘scales, that is the Mishnah, ‘judgment, that is the Talmud, ‘the Lords, that is the Tosefeth. Ib. (ref. to Koh. 6:2) עושר … וכבוד זה הת׳ ‘riches, that is the Biblical text, ‘goods, the halakhoth, and ‘glory, the Tosefeth; Koh. R. to VI, 2 זה בעל תוספתא; Yalk. ib. 972 זה תוספתא. M. Kat. 3b; a. e.Pl. תּוֹסָפוֹת. Cant. R. to VI, 9 ועלמות … אין קץ לת׳ ‘and handmaids without number (ib. 8), there is no end of Tosafoth. Y.Peah. II, 17a bot. אין למדין … ולא מן הת׳וכ׳ we derive no practical decisions from the halakhoth … or the Tosafoth, but only from the Talmud. Lev. R. s. 30 (ref. to Ps. 16:11) שבענו … ת׳ ואגדות we are satisfied with five joys, the Scripture, the Mishnah, the Talmud, the Toseftas, and the Agadoth. Koh. R. to V, 8 ת׳ של בית רבי the Tosafoth of the house of Rabbi; ת׳ שלר׳ נתן the T. of R. Nathan; a. e.(In Talmudic literature: Tosafoth, annotations to the Talmud, mostly by French scholars, בַּעֲלֵי ת׳, Tosafists.

תֹּוּסֶפֶתf. (יָסַף) 1) addition, increase. Gen. R. s. 22 (ref. to Gen. 4:2) ת׳ ללינה ולא ת׳ לעיבור ‘she bore again means an additional birth, but not an additional pregnancy (Abel having been conceived simultaneously with Cain). Ib. s. 61 תּוֹסָפָתוֹ שלהקב״ה מרובהוכ׳ what God adds is more than the original; קין עיקר … שהוא ת׳וכ׳ Cain was the original, and Abel, because he was an addition …, was born himself and two twin sisters with him. Y.Ter.IV, 42d ת׳ תרומה an addition to the minimal quantity of Trumah. Ib. bot. אין הפחת והת׳ שוין, v. פַּחַת. Y.Bicc.I, end, 64b ת׳ הביכורים the addition to the normal quantity of first fruits to be offered. Y.Keth.VI, 30d top ת׳ (sub. כתובה) the additional jointure beyond the legally prescribed sum; Bab. ib. 90a. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. אדר הראשון ת׳וכ׳ is the first Adar the addition (the intercalated month), or is it the second Adar?; a. fr.Esp. the time added to, and given the character of a festive day (v. Yoma 81b מוסיפין מחולוכ׳ you must begin the Holy Day some time before its lawful beginning and end some time after its lawful end). Yoma 81a על ת׳ מלאכה for disregarding the addition by doing a labor which is prohibited on the festive day; על ת׳ עינוי for disregarding the additional time for fasting (by eating); יהא מוזהר על ת׳ מלאכה that he be warned concerning the additional time during which he must abstain from labor; a. e. 2) Tosefeth ( Tosefta), a collection of oral laws (Mishnahs) outside of the regular Mishnah. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c (ref. to Prov. 16:11) פלס …ליי׳ זה הת׳ ‘balance, that is the Biblical text, ‘scales, that is the Mishnah, ‘judgment, that is the Talmud, ‘the Lords, that is the Tosefeth. Ib. (ref. to Koh. 6:2) עושר … וכבוד זה הת׳ ‘riches, that is the Biblical text, ‘goods, the halakhoth, and ‘glory, the Tosefeth; Koh. R. to VI, 2 זה בעל תוספתא; Yalk. ib. 972 זה תוספתא. M. Kat. 3b; a. e.Pl. תּוֹסָפוֹת. Cant. R. to VI, 9 ועלמות … אין קץ לת׳ ‘and handmaids without number (ib. 8), there is no end of Tosafoth. Y.Peah. II, 17a bot. אין למדין … ולא מן הת׳וכ׳ we derive no practical decisions from the halakhoth … or the Tosafoth, but only from the Talmud. Lev. R. s. 30 (ref. to Ps. 16:11) שבענו … ת׳ ואגדות we are satisfied with five joys, the Scripture, the Mishnah, the Talmud, the Toseftas, and the Agadoth. Koh. R. to V, 8 ת׳ של בית רבי the Tosafoth of the house of Rabbi; ת׳ שלר׳ נתן the T. of R. Nathan; a. e.(In Talmudic literature: Tosafoth, annotations to the Talmud, mostly by French scholars, בַּעֲלֵי ת׳, Tosafists.

אֲסִיפָהf. (b. h. אֲסֵפָה; אסף) 1) gathering, assembly. Y.Taan.I, 64c top אֲסִיפַת עם public meeting for fasting ceremonies. Gen. R. s. 98 ye shall be א׳ אחת one (unanimous) assembly. 2) = אָסִיף. Ḥag.18a חג הבא בזמן א׳ the festival that falls in the harvest season. Ib. א׳ ביו״ט מי שרי Ms. M. (ed. less correct מלאכה) is harvesting permitted ?, a. e. 3) (ref. to Num. 11:22) the mere taking into the house for consumption, without the ritual slaughtering ( שחיטה). Ḥull.27b. Num. R. s. 19. 4) being gathered in, death, use of the verb אסף with reference to death. Ib. אֲסִיפַת אהרן the death of Aaron (Num. 20:24). B. Bath.16b גויעה וא׳ the use of גוע a. אסף.

אֲסִיפָהf. (b. h. אֲסֵפָה; אסף) 1) gathering, assembly. Y.Taan.I, 64c top אֲסִיפַת עם public meeting for fasting ceremonies. Gen. R. s. 98 ye shall be א׳ אחת one (unanimous) assembly. 2) = אָסִיף. Ḥag.18a חג הבא בזמן א׳ the festival that falls in the harvest season. Ib. א׳ ביו״ט מי שרי Ms. M. (ed. less correct מלאכה) is harvesting permitted ?, a. e. 3) (ref. to Num. 11:22) the mere taking into the house for consumption, without the ritual slaughtering ( שחיטה). Ḥull.27b. Num. R. s. 19. 4) being gathered in, death, use of the verb אסף with reference to death. Ib. אֲסִיפַת אהרן the death of Aaron (Num. 20:24). B. Bath.16b גויעה וא׳ the use of גוע a. אסף.

בגלטוריMs. Oxf. בגלאטורי, Sabb.103b, a corrupt. of בּוֹגָלִיס לִיטִירָא (or בּוֹגָאלִיס) (vocalis litera) open sound, vowel. כיון דאיתיה ב׳וכ׳ since it has merely the value of a vowel letter, one is guilty for writing two Alephs on the Sabbath (v. R. S.s opinion ib. מלאכה שכיוצא בה מתקיימת). (Differ. in commentaries.

גָּמָרconstr. גְּמַר m. (preced.) finishing, last touch; consummation. Sabb.103a, a. fr. ג׳ מלאכה the finishing work.Snh.6b; a. fr. ג׳ דין close of legal proceedings.

גָּמָרconstr. גְּמַר m. (preced.) finishing, last touch; consummation. Sabb.103a, a. fr. ג׳ מלאכה the finishing work.Snh.6b; a. fr. ג׳ דין close of legal proceedings.

חָכְמָהf. (b. h.; חָכַם) wisdom, learning, art. Ber.17a תכלית ח׳וכ׳ the perfection of wisdom is repentance and good deeds. Ib. 33a ברכת ח׳ the benediction of wisdom (the fourth of the Prayer of Benedictions). Gen. R. s. 17 חָכְמָתוֹ מרובהוכ׳ his (Adams) wisdom is greater than yours. R. Hash. 29b שהיא ח׳ ואינה מלאכה it is an art and not a labor; a. v. fr.לשון ח׳ enigmatical speech. Erub.53b.חָכְמַת יונית, v. יְוָנִי.