מסכת

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מַסֶּכֶתf. (b. h.; סָכַךְ I) 1) web on the loom. Ohol. VIII, 4 מ׳ הפרוסה the spread web, i. e. the web hanging from the transverse beam (vestis pendens, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Tela). Kel. XXI, 1 נפש המ׳ the woof, opp. to שתי עומד the warp of the standing loom. Midr. Till. to Ps. 38; Yalk. Ps. 733 אנו המ׳וכ׳ we are the web, and Thou the weaver; a. e. 2) (cmp. Lat. textus) construction, Talmudic treatise. Ruth R. to II, 9 (play on וַיַּסֵּךְ, 2 Sam. 23:16) עשאה מ׳ וקבעהוכ׳ (not מסכתא) he (David) constructed it and fixed it as a rule for future generations that the king forces the road (v. Snh.II, 4); Midr. Sam. ch. 20; Y.Snh.II, 20c top. Sabb.114a, v. כַּלָּה; a. fr.Pl. מַסֶּכְתּוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 104:25 אלו המ׳ דברוכ׳ those are the systematic collections of Bar Ḳ. Num. R. s. 18 ששים מ׳ sixty Talmudic treatises (editions, however, count sixty-three); Tanḥ. Korah 12; Cant. R. to VI, 9 (not … תיות); a. fr.

סוֹפֵרm. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) scribe, writer of documents, copyist of prayers Gitt.VIII, 8 כתב ס׳ גטוכ׳ if the scribe wrote the letter of divorce for the husband and a receipt for the wife Keth.51a, a. e. טעות ס׳, v. אַחֲרָיוּת. B. Bath.21b ס׳ מתא (Ms. M. ספר) town-scribe (libeliarius); B. Mets. 109b top ספר; B. Bath.21a ס׳ מתא (some ed. ספר), v. Tosaf. a. l.; (Rashi: principal of a town-school keeping assistants, v. infra); a. fr. 2) a scholarly man, opp. בּוֹר illiterate. Ber.45b אחד ס׳וכ׳ if one is a scholar (knowing the prayers) and the other illiterate. 3) school teacher, primary teacher. B. Bath. l. c. ס׳ יהודי a Jewish teacher; ס׳ ארמאי a teacher of secular branches (oth. opin.: a gentile teacher). Ib. ס׳ מתא, v. supra. Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 38 והס׳ מלמד כדרכו but the Bible teacher teaches (these passages) in his usual way; a. fr.Pl. סוֹפְרִים, סוֹפְרִין. Gitt.24b ס׳ העשוייןוכ׳, v. לָמַד. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e. ס׳ ומשנים, v. מִשְׁנִים. Ber. l. c. בששניהם ס׳ when both of them are scholarly men (knowing the prayers); a. fr.Kidd.IV, 13 לא יְלַמֵּד ס׳ must not be a teacher of primary schools.מסכת ס׳ the Treatise Sofrim, one of the small treatises attached to the Talmud, containing rules for writing Torah copies; (in Septem Libri, ed. Kirchheim: מסכת ספר תורה).Esp. Sofer, pl. Sofrim, title of the scholars of the ante-Tannaic period, beginning with Ezra (v. Ezra 7:11). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c. Kidd.30a לפיכך … ס׳ שהיו סופריםוכ׳ the early scholars were called Sofrim, because they counted all the letters in the Torah; a. fr.דברי ס׳ enactments or interpretations dating from the Soferic period. Yeb.II, 4 מד׳ ס׳ belonging to the prohibitions ascribed to the Sofrim. Snh.XI, 3 חומר בד׳ ס׳וכ׳ disregard of Soferic enactments is more strictly dealt with, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ib. 88b דבר שעיקרו … מד׳ ס׳ a law which is founded on the Torah, but the interpretation of which dates from the Soferic period. Tosef.Kidd.V, 21; a. fr.תקון ס׳, v. תִּיקּוּן.

סוֹפֵרm. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) scribe, writer of documents, copyist of prayers Gitt.VIII, 8 כתב ס׳ גטוכ׳ if the scribe wrote the letter of divorce for the husband and a receipt for the wife Keth.51a, a. e. טעות ס׳, v. אַחֲרָיוּת. B. Bath.21b ס׳ מתא (Ms. M. ספר) town-scribe (libeliarius); B. Mets. 109b top ספר; B. Bath.21a ס׳ מתא (some ed. ספר), v. Tosaf. a. l.; (Rashi: principal of a town-school keeping assistants, v. infra); a. fr. 2) a scholarly man, opp. בּוֹר illiterate. Ber.45b אחד ס׳וכ׳ if one is a scholar (knowing the prayers) and the other illiterate. 3) school teacher, primary teacher. B. Bath. l. c. ס׳ יהודי a Jewish teacher; ס׳ ארמאי a teacher of secular branches (oth. opin.: a gentile teacher). Ib. ס׳ מתא, v. supra. Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 38 והס׳ מלמד כדרכו but the Bible teacher teaches (these passages) in his usual way; a. fr.Pl. סוֹפְרִים, סוֹפְרִין. Gitt.24b ס׳ העשוייןוכ׳, v. לָמַד. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e. ס׳ ומשנים, v. מִשְׁנִים. Ber. l. c. בששניהם ס׳ when both of them are scholarly men (knowing the prayers); a. fr.Kidd.IV, 13 לא יְלַמֵּד ס׳ must not be a teacher of primary schools.מסכת ס׳ the Treatise Sofrim, one of the small treatises attached to the Talmud, containing rules for writing Torah copies; (in Septem Libri, ed. Kirchheim: מסכת ספר תורה).Esp. Sofer, pl. Sofrim, title of the scholars of the ante-Tannaic period, beginning with Ezra (v. Ezra 7:11). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c. Kidd.30a לפיכך … ס׳ שהיו סופריםוכ׳ the early scholars were called Sofrim, because they counted all the letters in the Torah; a. fr.דברי ס׳ enactments or interpretations dating from the Soferic period. Yeb.II, 4 מד׳ ס׳ belonging to the prohibitions ascribed to the Sofrim. Snh.XI, 3 חומר בד׳ ס׳וכ׳ disregard of Soferic enactments is more strictly dealt with, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ib. 88b דבר שעיקרו … מד׳ ס׳ a law which is founded on the Torah, but the interpretation of which dates from the Soferic period. Tosef.Kidd.V, 21; a. fr.תקון ס׳, v. תִּיקּוּן.

כַּלָּהf. (b. h.; כָּלַל) 1) (crown, ornament, v. Is. 49:18, (sub. בעלת or בת, cmp. אִיתּוּ, חוֹרִים a. בֶּן חוֹרִים) bride; daughter-in-law. Yeb.I, 1 וכַלָּתוֹ and his (deceased) sons wife. Sot.IX, 14 שתצא הב׳וכ׳ that the bride on her wedding day may be taken around in procession, v. אַפִּרְיוֹן. Keth.71b; Pes.87a ככ׳ שנמצאתוכ׳ like a bride (daughter-in-law) found perfect in the house of her father-in-law. Ib. כ׳ בבית אביה a bride in her fathers house (not yet taken to her husbands paternal house). Ex. R. s. 41 (play on ככלתו, Ex. 31:18, cmp. כְּלַל Pa.) מה כ׳ זו מקושטתוכ׳ as the bride is adorned ; a. fr. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 כ׳ נופי, read with ed. Bub. ib. 9 קלי נינפי.Pl. כַּלּוֹת. Sot. l. c. עטרות כ׳ (Talm. ed. sing.) the bridal wreaths. Ib. 49b; a. fr. 2) general assembly, esp. Kallah, the assembly of Babylonian students in the months of Elul and Adar. Ber.8b פרשייתא דכ׳ Ar. (Ms. Paris דכַלָּא, v. Rabb. D. S., Vol. I, p. 384; ed. דכולא שתא) the weekly Scripture lessons of the Kallah weeks (during which R. Bibi could not find time to peruse the section of each week). Ib. 6a, v. דּוּחֲקָא. Ib. 57a ראש לבני כ׳; B. Bath.22a ריש כ׳ the president of the Kallah.Pl. (of כַּלָּא) כַּלֵּי. Ḥull.49a רישי כ׳. מסכת כלה, מסכתא דכ׳ a (small) treatise of the Talmud named Kallah (from its first word). Sabb.114a; Kidd.49b; Taan.10b; (oth. opin.: a subject which has been discussed in the general assembly).

כַּלָּהf. (b. h.; כָּלַל) 1) (crown, ornament, v. Is. 49:18, (sub. בעלת or בת, cmp. אִיתּוּ, חוֹרִים a. בֶּן חוֹרִים) bride; daughter-in-law. Yeb.I, 1 וכַלָּתוֹ and his (deceased) sons wife. Sot.IX, 14 שתצא הב׳וכ׳ that the bride on her wedding day may be taken around in procession, v. אַפִּרְיוֹן. Keth.71b; Pes.87a ככ׳ שנמצאתוכ׳ like a bride (daughter-in-law) found perfect in the house of her father-in-law. Ib. כ׳ בבית אביה a bride in her fathers house (not yet taken to her husbands paternal house). Ex. R. s. 41 (play on ככלתו, Ex. 31:18, cmp. כְּלַל Pa.) מה כ׳ זו מקושטתוכ׳ as the bride is adorned ; a. fr. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 כ׳ נופי, read with ed. Bub. ib. 9 קלי נינפי.Pl. כַּלּוֹת. Sot. l. c. עטרות כ׳ (Talm. ed. sing.) the bridal wreaths. Ib. 49b; a. fr. 2) general assembly, esp. Kallah, the assembly of Babylonian students in the months of Elul and Adar. Ber.8b פרשייתא דכ׳ Ar. (Ms. Paris דכַלָּא, v. Rabb. D. S., Vol. I, p. 384; ed. דכולא שתא) the weekly Scripture lessons of the Kallah weeks (during which R. Bibi could not find time to peruse the section of each week). Ib. 6a, v. דּוּחֲקָא. Ib. 57a ראש לבני כ׳; B. Bath.22a ריש כ׳ the president of the Kallah.Pl. (of כַּלָּא) כַּלֵּי. Ḥull.49a רישי כ׳. מסכת כלה, מסכתא דכ׳ a (small) treatise of the Talmud named Kallah (from its first word). Sabb.114a; Kidd.49b; Taan.10b; (oth. opin.: a subject which has been discussed in the general assembly).

רַבָּהI m. = רַבָּא 1) large, great; senior. בִּדְרַ׳ מיניה, v. קִים.אַדְּרַ׳, v. אַדְּרַבָּא.Y.Shebi.VII, end. 37c ודמיא היא כלר׳ is this case altogether the same?; Y.Orl.I, 61b bot. ורמיה היא לכל רביה (corr. acc.).דְּרַבָּה, v. רוּבָּה II.Midr. Till. to Ps. 17 (ref. to רב, 2 Sam. 24:16) ר׳ הוא משכונא גבך ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ר׳ היא משכונתך, corr. acc.) the pledge thou hast taken (with the death of Abishai) is large enough. Ber.19b גבראר׳ אמרוכ׳ a great man (scholar) has said something, laugh not at it; Gitt.55b; Nidd.50b. Sabb.59b גבראר׳וכ׳ (some ed. רבא), v. אָרֵיכָא; Keth.103b. Yeb.21b הא … מגבראר׳וכ׳ I have heard this from a great scholar. Ib. אבאר׳ grandfather. Gen. R. s. 1, beg. ר׳ הושעיהר׳ R. Ḥ. senior (contrad. to זעירא). Y.Yeb.IV, 6a ר׳ חייאר׳ R. Ḥ. senior; a. v. fr. מדרשר׳ (pl. רַבּוֹת), v. מִדְרָש. 2) teacher. Y. l. c. 6b> top הידינור׳ ר׳ דמתניתאר׳ דאולפנא what teacher do you mean? a teacher of the Mishnah (a Tannai), or a teacher of tradition? Lev. R. s. 22 ואיפשר כןר׳ שאלוכ׳ can that be? did the teacher ask his pupil? B. Mets. 101a כגון דא צריכהר׳ a thing like this requires a teacher (to say it)!; a. fr.Pl. רַבְוָותָא. Snh.102b נפתח בר׳ (Ms. F. ברברבתא) let us open our meeting with (speaking of our) teachers (opp. to חברין).Fem. רַבְּתָא, q. v.; רַבָּתִי. Yeb.21b אימאר׳ grandmother. (מסכת) אבלר׳, v. אֵבֶל.

רַבָּהI m. = רַבָּא 1) large, great; senior. בִּדְרַ׳ מיניה, v. קִים.אַדְּרַ׳, v. אַדְּרַבָּא.Y.Shebi.VII, end. 37c ודמיא היא כלר׳ is this case altogether the same?; Y.Orl.I, 61b bot. ורמיה היא לכל רביה (corr. acc.).דְּרַבָּה, v. רוּבָּה II.Midr. Till. to Ps. 17 (ref. to רב, 2 Sam. 24:16) ר׳ הוא משכונא גבך ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ר׳ היא משכונתך, corr. acc.) the pledge thou hast taken (with the death of Abishai) is large enough. Ber.19b גבראר׳ אמרוכ׳ a great man (scholar) has said something, laugh not at it; Gitt.55b; Nidd.50b. Sabb.59b גבראר׳וכ׳ (some ed. רבא), v. אָרֵיכָא; Keth.103b. Yeb.21b הא … מגבראר׳וכ׳ I have heard this from a great scholar. Ib. אבאר׳ grandfather. Gen. R. s. 1, beg. ר׳ הושעיהר׳ R. Ḥ. senior (contrad. to זעירא). Y.Yeb.IV, 6a ר׳ חייאר׳ R. Ḥ. senior; a. v. fr. מדרשר׳ (pl. רַבּוֹת), v. מִדְרָש. 2) teacher. Y. l. c. 6b> top הידינור׳ ר׳ דמתניתאר׳ דאולפנא what teacher do you mean? a teacher of the Mishnah (a Tannai), or a teacher of tradition? Lev. R. s. 22 ואיפשר כןר׳ שאלוכ׳ can that be? did the teacher ask his pupil? B. Mets. 101a כגון דא צריכהר׳ a thing like this requires a teacher (to say it)!; a. fr.Pl. רַבְוָותָא. Snh.102b נפתח בר׳ (Ms. F. ברברבתא) let us open our meeting with (speaking of our) teachers (opp. to חברין).Fem. רַבְּתָא, q. v.; רַבָּתִי. Yeb.21b אימאר׳ grandmother. (מסכת) אבלר׳, v. אֵבֶל.