מעשה לסתור

מַעֲשֶׂהm. (b. h.; עָשָׂה) deed, act; practice; fact, event. Yeb.IV, 9 עד שיעשה … מ׳ until thy older brother takes action concerning her (v. חֲלִיצָה a. יִבּוּם). Ab. I, 17, v. מִדְיָש. Kidd.40b, v. לִימּוּד. B. Bath. 130b אין למדין הלכה … ולא מפי מ׳ … הלכה למ׳ you dare not derive a law either from a theoretical decision or from an act (of your teachers) unless they declare their decision a rule for practical guidance. Ib., a. fr. מ׳ רב a practical decision is a teacher (a guiding precedent). Yeb.XV, 2 וכמ׳ שהיה and only in the same way as it (the precedent) happened. Ib. 116b, a. fr. משום מ׳ שהיה on account of an occurrence. Ib. בירדן … דהוה מ׳וכ׳ only for the Jordan and for a ship exactly as the event took place, they established the ordinance Ber.I, 1 מ׳ ובאווכ׳ it happened that Bets.III, 2 מעשה בעכו״םוכ׳ it happened that a gentile brought Ib. 24a, a. fr. מ׳ לסתור you quote a fact which disproves your rule! Yeb.70b מחוסר מ׳ ומ׳ בגופו he (the uncircumcised) lacks an act and this to be performed on his body; a. fr.אנשי מ׳ (sub. נִסִּים) men in whose behalf miracles occur, saints. Sot.IX, 15; a. fr.מַעֲשֵׂה מרכבה, מ׳ נסים, v. respective determinants.Pl. מַעֲשִׂים, constr. מַעֲשֵׂי. B. Kam.95b, a. fr. הא מ׳ בכל יום is it not a daily occurrence! Tosef.Nidd.IV, 3 שני מ׳ הוליךוכ׳ my father brought the report of two precedents from Tibin to Jabneh. Ber.32b מ׳ טובים good deeds; a. v. fr.

סָתַרII (= סחתד, Saf. of תתר; cmp. Arab. šatar) ( to dig under, 1) to upset, tear down. Meg.31b אם אמרו לך זקנים סְתוֹרוכ׳ if the old tell thee, tear down, and the young, build, tear down and build not, v. סְתִירָה II; Ned.40a. Sabb.VII, 2 הבונה והסוֹתֵר he who builds (on the Sabbath) or who tears down. Yoma 10a שיפלו בונין ביד סוֹתְרִין that the builders (of the Temple, the Persians) should fall through the hands of the destroyers (the Romans), v. סָתוֹרָא. Ab. dR. N. ch. VI סְתָרוֹ ועקרווכ׳ he dug under it (the rock) and broke it loose Koh. R. to VII, 26 כותל קשה … וסוֹתְרוֹ a wall is strong, but man has more power and tears it down; a. fr. 2) ( to stir up, to loosen, unravel. Sot.I, 5 סותר את שערה the priest loosens her hair (Num. 5:18 ופרע); אם … לא היה סוֹתְרוֹ if her hair was beautiful, he did not loosen it. Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII סוֹתְרִים שערותוכ׳ you may untie the hair of dead brides; a. e. 3) to dissolve, decompose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥǎnina 1) (ref. to Prov. 25:20) כזה … וסוֹתְרוֹ כך היו סוֹתְרִיםוכ׳ as one pours vinegar on natron and decomposes it, so they decomposed (counteracted) the words of the Law; v. infra. 4) to undo, reverse, invalidate. Snh.III, 8 כל זמן … סותר את הדין whenever he offers new evidence, he reverses the decision, i. e. the court has to try his case again; לאחר שלשים יום אינו שותר after thirty days, the judgment cannot be disturbed.Esp. to make void the days of a Nazarites vow which have been observed, to begin anew. Naz.II, 10 סותר שבעים he must count seventy days again. Ib. III, 3 ס׳ את הכל he must count over the whole period (of days); אינו ס׳ אלא שבעה he has to count only seven days over. Tosef. ib. II, 13 יש לו לִסְתּוֹר סותרוכ׳ if there is a portion of the period left to undo, i. e., if the period of his vow has not yet expired, he must count thirty days again; כל … ואין לו לסתור סותרוכ׳ whenever he becomes unclean on a day on which it is improper to offer a sacrifice, and he has nothing left to undo, i. e. his term has expired, and he lacks only a sacrifice to be released: he must count seven days; a. fr.5 (logics) to contradict, disprove. Succ.26b, a. fr. מעשה לסתור, v. מַעֲשֶׂה. Sabb.13b שאלמלא … שהיו דבריו סוֹתְרִיןוכ׳ but for him, the Book of Ezekiel would have been expunged from the canon, because its words seemed to contradict the words of the Law. Ib. 30a לא דייך שדבריך סותריןוכ׳ not only do thy words contradict those of David, but they contradict one another; a. fr.Num. R. s. 13 לא אחד מהן סותר על חבירו neither of them conflicts with the other.(Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרו, v. סָרַס I Hithpa.) Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּר to be disarranged, be undone. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d; Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a מִיסְתַּתֵּר הוא the web will go apart again, opp. מתקיים.

סָתַרII (= סחתד, Saf. of תתר; cmp. Arab. šatar) ( to dig under, 1) to upset, tear down. Meg.31b אם אמרו לך זקנים סְתוֹרוכ׳ if the old tell thee, tear down, and the young, build, tear down and build not, v. סְתִירָה II; Ned.40a. Sabb.VII, 2 הבונה והסוֹתֵר he who builds (on the Sabbath) or who tears down. Yoma 10a שיפלו בונין ביד סוֹתְרִין that the builders (of the Temple, the Persians) should fall through the hands of the destroyers (the Romans), v. סָתוֹרָא. Ab. dR. N. ch. VI סְתָרוֹ ועקרווכ׳ he dug under it (the rock) and broke it loose Koh. R. to VII, 26 כותל קשה … וסוֹתְרוֹ a wall is strong, but man has more power and tears it down; a. fr. 2) ( to stir up, to loosen, unravel. Sot.I, 5 סותר את שערה the priest loosens her hair (Num. 5:18 ופרע); אם … לא היה סוֹתְרוֹ if her hair was beautiful, he did not loosen it. Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII סוֹתְרִים שערותוכ׳ you may untie the hair of dead brides; a. e. 3) to dissolve, decompose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥǎnina 1) (ref. to Prov. 25:20) כזה … וסוֹתְרוֹ כך היו סוֹתְרִיםוכ׳ as one pours vinegar on natron and decomposes it, so they decomposed (counteracted) the words of the Law; v. infra. 4) to undo, reverse, invalidate. Snh.III, 8 כל זמן … סותר את הדין whenever he offers new evidence, he reverses the decision, i. e. the court has to try his case again; לאחר שלשים יום אינו שותר after thirty days, the judgment cannot be disturbed.Esp. to make void the days of a Nazarites vow which have been observed, to begin anew. Naz.II, 10 סותר שבעים he must count seventy days again. Ib. III, 3 ס׳ את הכל he must count over the whole period (of days); אינו ס׳ אלא שבעה he has to count only seven days over. Tosef. ib. II, 13 יש לו לִסְתּוֹר סותרוכ׳ if there is a portion of the period left to undo, i. e., if the period of his vow has not yet expired, he must count thirty days again; כל … ואין לו לסתור סותרוכ׳ whenever he becomes unclean on a day on which it is improper to offer a sacrifice, and he has nothing left to undo, i. e. his term has expired, and he lacks only a sacrifice to be released: he must count seven days; a. fr.5 (logics) to contradict, disprove. Succ.26b, a. fr. מעשה לסתור, v. מַעֲשֶׂה. Sabb.13b שאלמלא … שהיו דבריו סוֹתְרִיןוכ׳ but for him, the Book of Ezekiel would have been expunged from the canon, because its words seemed to contradict the words of the Law. Ib. 30a לא דייך שדבריך סותריןוכ׳ not only do thy words contradict those of David, but they contradict one another; a. fr.Num. R. s. 13 לא אחד מהן סותר על חבירו neither of them conflicts with the other.(Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרו, v. סָרַס I Hithpa.) Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּר to be disarranged, be undone. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d; Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a מִיסְתַּתֵּר הוא the web will go apart again, opp. מתקיים.

מַעֲשֶׂהm. (b. h.; עָשָׂה) deed, act; practice; fact, event. Yeb.IV, 9 עד שיעשה … מ׳ until thy older brother takes action concerning her (v. חֲלִיצָה a. יִבּוּם). Ab. I, 17, v. מִדְיָש. Kidd.40b, v. לִימּוּד. B. Bath. 130b אין למדין הלכה … ולא מפי מ׳ … הלכה למ׳ you dare not derive a law either from a theoretical decision or from an act (of your teachers) unless they declare their decision a rule for practical guidance. Ib., a. fr. מ׳ רב a practical decision is a teacher (a guiding precedent). Yeb.XV, 2 וכמ׳ שהיה and only in the same way as it (the precedent) happened. Ib. 116b, a. fr. משום מ׳ שהיה on account of an occurrence. Ib. בירדן … דהוה מ׳וכ׳ only for the Jordan and for a ship exactly as the event took place, they established the ordinance Ber.I, 1 מ׳ ובאווכ׳ it happened that Bets.III, 2 מעשה בעכו״םוכ׳ it happened that a gentile brought Ib. 24a, a. fr. מ׳ לסתור you quote a fact which disproves your rule! Yeb.70b מחוסר מ׳ ומ׳ בגופו he (the uncircumcised) lacks an act and this to be performed on his body; a. fr.אנשי מ׳ (sub. נִסִּים) men in whose behalf miracles occur, saints. Sot.IX, 15; a. fr.מַעֲשֵׂה מרכבה, מ׳ נסים, v. respective determinants.Pl. מַעֲשִׂים, constr. מַעֲשֵׂי. B. Kam.95b, a. fr. הא מ׳ בכל יום is it not a daily occurrence! Tosef.Nidd.IV, 3 שני מ׳ הוליךוכ׳ my father brought the report of two precedents from Tibin to Jabneh. Ber.32b מ׳ טובים good deeds; a. v. fr.