מעשה

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.