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שוּמָאI m., שוּמָה I f. = h. שוּם II, 1) estimate, appraisement, esp. the appraisement of valuables brought into marriage by the wife. Keth.66b ש׳ רבה an appraisement of great proportions, ש׳ זוטא of small proportions; ש׳ דידיה his (the husbands) appraisement, ש׳ דידה her appraisement (made in her paternal home). 2) settlement, compromise. B. Bath. 107a (if three appraisers differ.) עושין ש׳ ביניהן ומשלשין we compromise between them by taking the difference between the highest and the lowest estimates and dividing it by three, i. e. by adding one-third of the difference to the lowest estimate; Tosef.Keth.XI, 2 עושין אותה ש׳ ושמין אותה שליש ed. Zuck. (Var. עושין שוּמָה ביניהןוכ׳; oth. ed. עושין אותי ש׳ ביניהן ושמין אותן שליש). B. Kam.95b, a. e. שומא, v. שוּם I).

שוּמָאI m., שוּמָה I f. = h. שוּם II, 1) estimate, appraisement, esp. the appraisement of valuables brought into marriage by the wife. Keth.66b ש׳ רבה an appraisement of great proportions, ש׳ זוטא of small proportions; ש׳ דידיה his (the husbands) appraisement, ש׳ דידה her appraisement (made in her paternal home). 2) settlement, compromise. B. Bath. 107a (if three appraisers differ.) עושין ש׳ ביניהן ומשלשין we compromise between them by taking the difference between the highest and the lowest estimates and dividing it by three, i. e. by adding one-third of the difference to the lowest estimate; Tosef.Keth.XI, 2 עושין אותה ש׳ ושמין אותה שליש ed. Zuck. (Var. עושין שוּמָה ביניהןוכ׳; oth. ed. עושין אותי ש׳ ביניהן ושמין אותן שליש). B. Kam.95b, a. e. שומא, v. שוּם I).

טָהֳרָהor טַהֲרָה f. (b. h. טָ׳; preced. wds.) 1) clearness of the sky after the rainy season. Ber.59a הרואה רקיע בטָהֳרָתָהּ (or בטַהֲ׳) he who sees the sky in its restored brightness (Ms. F. בטיהרו, v. טִיהָר). Ib. נראית רקיע בטהרתה (Ms. M. נראו שמים בטהרה; Yalk. Is. 335 נראה שמים בטִהֲרוֹ, corr. acc.). 2) pureness, condition of levitical cleanness; purification. Sabb.152b תנה לו כמו שנתנה לך מה הוא בט׳ אף אתה בט׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) give her (the soul) to Him as He has given her to thee, as He (has given her) in pureness, so give thou Snh.68a, v. טָהוֹר.Ber.16a (ref. to Num. 24:6) מה נחלים … מטומאה לט׳וכ׳ as the rivers raise man from a condition of uncleanness to one of cleanness, so do the tents (schools) Ab. Zar.8a עובדיע״ז בט׳ encouraging idolatry, though from no impure motives. Yoma 72b; Men.110a הלומד תורה בט׳ he who studies the Law in (sexual) purity.Snh. l. c. וטַהֲרָתָן במה שהן and their purification (immersion) is performed in whatever condition they are (whole or torn); a. v. fr.Esp. ט׳ or טַהֲרַת הקודש observance of levitical rules originally prescribed for the handling of sacred food; also (mostly in pl.) secular food so prepared or pretended to be so prepared; v. חָבֵר.Gitt.62a אין עושין חלתע״ה בט׳ you must not separate the priests share under levitical precautions for a non-observant (because it might mislead the priest); Tosef.Dem.III, 1. Sabb.13a עד היכן פרצה ט׳וכ׳ how far the custom of observing the rules of levitical cleanness for secular food has spread Ḥag.II, 7 היה אוכל על ט׳ הקודש used to eat his ordinary meals with the observance required for sacred food; a. fr.Pl. טָהֳרוֹת, טַהֲרוֹת. Tosef. Dem. l. c אין עושין ט׳ לע״ה one must not prepare food with observance of levitical precautions for, v. supra. Ber.19a; B. Mets.59b כל ט׳ שטיהרוכ׳ all objects which R. … had declared clean. Tosef.Dem.II, 20 אין משלחין ט׳וכ׳ you must not send food levitically prepared through a non-observant; a. v. fr. Tohŏroth, or Tahăroth, (euphem. for טומאות), name of the sixth order of the Mishnah and Tosefta (סדר ט׳), and of one treatise of that order.

טָהֳרָהor טַהֲרָה f. (b. h. טָ׳; preced. wds.) 1) clearness of the sky after the rainy season. Ber.59a הרואה רקיע בטָהֳרָתָהּ (or בטַהֲ׳) he who sees the sky in its restored brightness (Ms. F. בטיהרו, v. טִיהָר). Ib. נראית רקיע בטהרתה (Ms. M. נראו שמים בטהרה; Yalk. Is. 335 נראה שמים בטִהֲרוֹ, corr. acc.). 2) pureness, condition of levitical cleanness; purification. Sabb.152b תנה לו כמו שנתנה לך מה הוא בט׳ אף אתה בט׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) give her (the soul) to Him as He has given her to thee, as He (has given her) in pureness, so give thou Snh.68a, v. טָהוֹר.Ber.16a (ref. to Num. 24:6) מה נחלים … מטומאה לט׳וכ׳ as the rivers raise man from a condition of uncleanness to one of cleanness, so do the tents (schools) Ab. Zar.8a עובדיע״ז בט׳ encouraging idolatry, though from no impure motives. Yoma 72b; Men.110a הלומד תורה בט׳ he who studies the Law in (sexual) purity.Snh. l. c. וטַהֲרָתָן במה שהן and their purification (immersion) is performed in whatever condition they are (whole or torn); a. v. fr.Esp. ט׳ or טַהֲרַת הקודש observance of levitical rules originally prescribed for the handling of sacred food; also (mostly in pl.) secular food so prepared or pretended to be so prepared; v. חָבֵר.Gitt.62a אין עושין חלתע״ה בט׳ you must not separate the priests share under levitical precautions for a non-observant (because it might mislead the priest); Tosef.Dem.III, 1. Sabb.13a עד היכן פרצה ט׳וכ׳ how far the custom of observing the rules of levitical cleanness for secular food has spread Ḥag.II, 7 היה אוכל על ט׳ הקודש used to eat his ordinary meals with the observance required for sacred food; a. fr.Pl. טָהֳרוֹת, טַהֲרוֹת. Tosef. Dem. l. c אין עושין ט׳ לע״ה one must not prepare food with observance of levitical precautions for, v. supra. Ber.19a; B. Mets.59b כל ט׳ שטיהרוכ׳ all objects which R. … had declared clean. Tosef.Dem.II, 20 אין משלחין ט׳וכ׳ you must not send food levitically prepared through a non-observant; a. v. fr. Tohŏroth, or Tahăroth, (euphem. for טומאות), name of the sixth order of the Mishnah and Tosefta (סדר ט׳), and of one treatise of that order.

כְּנִימָּהf. (denom. of כִּנָּם; cmp. כַּלְמְתָא) vermin, moth. Sifré Deut. 40. Y.B. Kam.IX, beg.6d הרקיבו מן הכ׳ if the grain became ruined by moths, contrad. to תולעים. Makhsh. VI, 1; Tosef. ib. III, 1 מפני הכ׳ in order to prevent the grain from getting mothy.Pl. כְּנִימּוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 23:3 ולא היו עושין כ׳ (ed. Bub. … עושין בהם כִּנָּמִיּוֹת; v. note a. l.) but did they not get vermin?; Cant. R. to IV, 11 כִּנָּמִיּוֹת; (Yalk. Ps. 691 בלאות; Deut. R. s. 7 מאכולת)

כְּנִימָּהf. (denom. of כִּנָּם; cmp. כַּלְמְתָא) vermin, moth. Sifré Deut. 40. Y.B. Kam.IX, beg.6d הרקיבו מן הכ׳ if the grain became ruined by moths, contrad. to תולעים. Makhsh. VI, 1; Tosef. ib. III, 1 מפני הכ׳ in order to prevent the grain from getting mothy.Pl. כְּנִימּוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 23:3 ולא היו עושין כ׳ (ed. Bub. … עושין בהם כִּנָּמִיּוֹת; v. note a. l.) but did they not get vermin?; Cant. R. to IV, 11 כִּנָּמִיּוֹת; (Yalk. Ps. 691 בלאות; Deut. R. s. 7 מאכולת)

מְחוֹק, מָחָקm. (מָחַק 2) strike, an instrument for levelling a measure of grain Kel. XVII, 16; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VII, 9 המ׳ שישוכ׳ the strike which has a (secret) receptacle for a piece of metal (to increase its pressure fraudulently); Koh. R. to IX, 13 המחק. B. Bath.89b; Yalk. Lev. 618 אין עושין המ׳ של דלעתוכ׳ the strike must not be made of gourd, because it is too light Ib. אין עושין את המ׳ צדווכ׳ (Yalk. 1. c. צדה fem.) you must not make the strike thick on one side and thin on the other; a. e.Pl. מְחוֹקִים. Y.Yoma I, 38c bot. Lev. R. s. 21 מְחוֹקיהֶן של כסף the strikes sent with the measures were of silver.

מְחוֹק, מָחָקm. (מָחַק 2) strike, an instrument for levelling a measure of grain Kel. XVII, 16; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VII, 9 המ׳ שישוכ׳ the strike which has a (secret) receptacle for a piece of metal (to increase its pressure fraudulently); Koh. R. to IX, 13 המחק. B. Bath.89b; Yalk. Lev. 618 אין עושין המ׳ של דלעתוכ׳ the strike must not be made of gourd, because it is too light Ib. אין עושין את המ׳ צדווכ׳ (Yalk. 1. c. צדה fem.) you must not make the strike thick on one side and thin on the other; a. e.Pl. מְחוֹקִים. Y.Yoma I, 38c bot. Lev. R. s. 21 מְחוֹקיהֶן של כסף the strikes sent with the measures were of silver.

מְחוֹק, מָחָקm. (מָחַק 2) strike, an instrument for levelling a measure of grain Kel. XVII, 16; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VII, 9 המ׳ שישוכ׳ the strike which has a (secret) receptacle for a piece of metal (to increase its pressure fraudulently); Koh. R. to IX, 13 המחק. B. Bath.89b; Yalk. Lev. 618 אין עושין המ׳ של דלעתוכ׳ the strike must not be made of gourd, because it is too light Ib. אין עושין את המ׳ צדווכ׳ (Yalk. 1. c. צדה fem.) you must not make the strike thick on one side and thin on the other; a. e.Pl. מְחוֹקִים. Y.Yoma I, 38c bot. Lev. R. s. 21 מְחוֹקיהֶן של כסף the strikes sent with the measures were of silver.

מְחוֹק, מָחָקm. (מָחַק 2) strike, an instrument for levelling a measure of grain Kel. XVII, 16; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VII, 9 המ׳ שישוכ׳ the strike which has a (secret) receptacle for a piece of metal (to increase its pressure fraudulently); Koh. R. to IX, 13 המחק. B. Bath.89b; Yalk. Lev. 618 אין עושין המ׳ של דלעתוכ׳ the strike must not be made of gourd, because it is too light Ib. אין עושין את המ׳ צדווכ׳ (Yalk. 1. c. צדה fem.) you must not make the strike thick on one side and thin on the other; a. e.Pl. מְחוֹקִים. Y.Yoma I, 38c bot. Lev. R. s. 21 מְחוֹקיהֶן של כסף the strikes sent with the measures were of silver.

סָנִיףm. (סָנַף) attachment, wedge; key-stone. Midr. Till. to Ps. 91; Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXV; Yalk. Gen. 120 כאדם שהוא נותן ס׳ לכיפה as one inserts a key-stone in an arch. Ber.47b; Y. ib. VI, 11b top עושין אותו ס׳ לעשרה we wedge him in among the ten, i. e. we count him in so as to make up the requisite number; a. fr.Pl. סְנִיפִים, סְנִיפִין. Tosef.Snh.VII, 9 בבית … עושין אותן ס׳ at a wedding feast we place them among (the adults); Hor.13b. Taan.25a ס׳ עשאום they made them (the beams) in links, i. e. joined mortised pieces to them. Tosef.Men.XI, 6 ארבע ס׳ … היווכ׳ four golden attachments were there (to the table) shaped like forks; Men.XI, 6. Ib. 94b והס׳ מעמידיןוכ׳ and these attachments supported the loaves; Num. R. s. 4; a. fr.Kel. XXI, 3 ס׳ the side-pieces of a saw which hold the blade, and the wedge with which the cord is twisted.

סָנִיףm. (סָנַף) attachment, wedge; key-stone. Midr. Till. to Ps. 91; Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXV; Yalk. Gen. 120 כאדם שהוא נותן ס׳ לכיפה as one inserts a key-stone in an arch. Ber.47b; Y. ib. VI, 11b top עושין אותו ס׳ לעשרה we wedge him in among the ten, i. e. we count him in so as to make up the requisite number; a. fr.Pl. סְנִיפִים, סְנִיפִין. Tosef.Snh.VII, 9 בבית … עושין אותן ס׳ at a wedding feast we place them among (the adults); Hor.13b. Taan.25a ס׳ עשאום they made them (the beams) in links, i. e. joined mortised pieces to them. Tosef.Men.XI, 6 ארבע ס׳ … היווכ׳ four golden attachments were there (to the table) shaped like forks; Men.XI, 6. Ib. 94b והס׳ מעמידיןוכ׳ and these attachments supported the loaves; Num. R. s. 4; a. fr.Kel. XXI, 3 ס׳ the side-pieces of a saw which hold the blade, and the wedge with which the cord is twisted.

עֲנָקII m. (b. h.; עָנַק) ( neck, necklace, chain. Erub.54a (ref. to Prov. 1:9) אם … כע׳ זה שרף עלוכ׳ if a man trains himself to be like a necklace which is loose around the neck, and is (sometimes) seen and (sometimes) not seen (i. e. is yielding and modest), his learning will be established ; Yalk. Prov. 929 שיפה לצואר (read: שרָפֶה). Yalk. Ps. 675 the Law is ע׳ לצואר a chain for the neck (Lev. R. s. 12 מונייק). B. Bath.75a לא זכה עושין לו ע׳ if he is not worthy, they will make a chain for him. (Ib. זכה עושין לו ע׳ if he is worthy, they will make a necklace for him; omitted in Ms. R.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9.Pl. עֲנָקִים. Gen. R. s. 26 (they are called ʿĂnaḳim) שהיו מרבים ע׳ע״ג עֲנָקִים they increased the chains around the necks (subjugated many people); Yalk. ib. 47.

עֲנָקII m. (b. h.; עָנַק) ( neck, necklace, chain. Erub.54a (ref. to Prov. 1:9) אם … כע׳ זה שרף עלוכ׳ if a man trains himself to be like a necklace which is loose around the neck, and is (sometimes) seen and (sometimes) not seen (i. e. is yielding and modest), his learning will be established ; Yalk. Prov. 929 שיפה לצואר (read: שרָפֶה). Yalk. Ps. 675 the Law is ע׳ לצואר a chain for the neck (Lev. R. s. 12 מונייק). B. Bath.75a לא זכה עושין לו ע׳ if he is not worthy, they will make a chain for him. (Ib. זכה עושין לו ע׳ if he is worthy, they will make a necklace for him; omitted in Ms. R.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9.Pl. עֲנָקִים. Gen. R. s. 26 (they are called ʿĂnaḳim) שהיו מרבים ע׳ע״ג עֲנָקִים they increased the chains around the necks (subjugated many people); Yalk. ib. 47.

עשי, עָשָׂה(b. h.; cmp. עסי) 1) to do, work, prepare (corresp. in variety of meanings to עֲבַד). Shebi. VIII, 6 אין עוֹשִׂין זתיםוכ׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not prepare (press, cmp. עֲסֵי) olives in the press Tosef. ib. VI, 29 אין עושין אותן גרוגרות you must not prepare them as dried figs. Ib. 8 אין עושין את הייןוכ׳ you must not make ăluntith wine (v. אֲלוּנְטִית II). Sabb.118a, a. e. עֲשֵׂה שבתך חולוכ׳ make thy Sabbath a week-day (as to expense), and be independent of men. Ib. 56a שביקש לַעֲשׂוֹת ולא ע׳ he wanted to do (evil), but did not do it. Ber.17a (ref. to Ps. 111:10) לעוֹשִׂים לשמה ועושיםוכ׳ to those who do good for its own sake, but not to those who do it from impure motives; וכל העוֹשֶׂה שלא לשמהוכ׳ whoever does good from impure motives, had better not have been born; a. v. fr.עֲשֵׂה (do), or מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה positive law; לאֹ תַעֲשֶׂה ( do not) prohibitory law, v. לֹא, לַאו, a. מִצְוָה Keth.30a, a. e. חייבי עֲ׳ מצרי ואדומי those guilty of transgressing the law implied in the positive law (limitation) concerning intermarriages with descendants of Egyptian or Edomite converts (Deut. 23:8 sq.).לאו הבא מכלל עֲ׳, v. לַאו.ע׳ דמים, or ע׳ (sub. דמים) to value, assess. B. Mets.69b לא עֲשָׂאָהּ דמים he did not estimate her (the cows) value; ולא עשאה but did he not estimate her value (when he said, thy cow is worth to me thirty denars)? לא עשאה ד׳ מחייםוכ׳ he did not estimate her value as alive, but as dead (how much he would have to pay, if the cow died while in his use). Ib. 62b צא ועֲשֵׂה עלי כשערוכ׳ go and give me credit for it in accordance with the present market price, and I will furnish it Ib. בדמי חיטיך שעָשִׂיתָ עלי בשלשיםוכ׳ as an equivalent for thy wheat for which thou hast charged me with thirty denars, I hold wine for thee; a. fr.Part. pass. עָשׂוּי; f. עֲשׂוּיָה; pl. עֲשׂוּיִים, עֲשׂוּיִין; עֲשׂוּיוֹת. Ib. הדי חיטיך ע׳ עליוכ׳ thy wheat is worth to me Tosef. ib. VI, 6 הרי קמה זו ע׳ עליךוכ׳ this quantity of standing grain is charged to thee (I sell thee) at one hundred ; ib. הרי גיזיהן של אלו ע׳וכ׳ I sell thee the wool on these sheep for ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 שלא תהא ע׳ that thou mayest not be forced (v. Pi.) to take an office, v. פַּנְיָיס. 2) to spend time, tarry. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:14 ר׳ שמעון … שע׳ במערהוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. טמון) R. S. ben Y. who lived in a cave, … thirteen years. Gen. R. s. 91 (ref. to רדו, Gen. 42:2) בישרם שהן עתידין לעשות שםר״י שנה מנין רד״ו he announced to them that they were to live there two hundred and ten years, the numerical value of rdu; Num. R. s. 13. Gen. R. s. 22 עשה … קייםוכ׳ Abel lived from ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Shmini 1 ולא ע׳ אלא אמרוכ׳ and he did not tarry but said, i. e. at once he said; a. fr. Nif. נַעֲשֶׂה to be done, made; to become. Ber.35b מלאכתן נַעֲשֵׂיתע״י אחרים their work is done through others. B. Mets.46a, a. e. מטבע נ׳ חליפין, v. חֲלִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 50:5) לא נַעֲשֵׂיתִי אחור לנבואה I was not behind (any one) in prophecy; a. v. fr.נ׳ דמים to be valued, priced. B. Mets. l. c.; Kidd.I, 6 כל הנ׳ ד׳ באחר an object upon which a valuation has been set for the purpose of exchange with another object; expl. ib. 28a כל הנישוםוכ׳ the value of which is estimated ; a. e.נעשה כ־ it is to be considered as if, it is as if. Ḥull.19b נ׳ כמי ששחטוכ׳ the case is the same as when a gentile begins the slaughtering and an Israelite finishes it. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c top נ׳ כמשכירוכ׳ it is to be considered as if he had rented the field to him at a high price; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱשָׂה to cause to do; to order. B. Bath.9a, a. e. גדול המַעֲשֶׂה יותר מן העושה greater is he who causes others to do good than he who does good. Ex. R. s. 35 ליתן שכר למעשה כעושה to reward him who causes a good deed like him who does it. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:4) מעצמן לא הוצרכו שיַעֲשִׂיאוּם משהוכ׳ ‘so did they of their own accord, it did not become necessary for Moses and Aaron to make them do it Tosef.Pes.VIII, 5 שה׳ את הציבור לעשותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. שעִישָּׂה, Pi.) he ordered the congregation to celebrate the Second Passover; Tosef.Snh.II, 11 שהֶעֱשׂוּ את הצבור (ed. Zuck. שהֶיעֱשׂוּ) they ordered Y.Yoma VI, 43d top ראו היך הֶעֱשִׂיא את ישראל לעבודה זרה see how he became the cause for Israelites to commit idolatry (to erect a Temple in Egypt); a. e. Pi. עִישָּׂה same, esp. to force; to enforce. Pesik. R. s. 33 השופט דן … מְעַשֶּׂה את הדין the judge decides the law, and the officer ( shoṭer) enforces the law. Y.Snh.I, 18d bot. ע׳ יהזקיהו לציבור לעשותוכ׳ Hezekiah ordered the congregation to celebrate ; Tosef. Pes. l. c. v. supra. R. Hash. 6a ועשית אזהרה לבית דין שיְעַשּׂוּךָ ‘and thou shalt do (Deut. 23:24), this is an instruction to the authorities to make thee do it; Y. ib. I, 56c Pl. Keth.77a; Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d אין מְעַשִּׂין אלאוכ׳ we do not force (a man to divorce his wife) except Ib. ישראל שעִיסּוּ כמעשה גוים if an Israelitish authority forced (divorce) in the way the gentiles do; גוים שעיסווכ׳ if gentile authorities forced (divorce) in the way Israelites do; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעיּשֶּׂה. Gitt.IX, 8 גט מע׳וכ׳ a letter of divorce given under force, if forced by an Israelitish authority, is valid. Ib. 88b; a. fr.

עשי, עָשָׂה(b. h.; cmp. עסי) 1) to do, work, prepare (corresp. in variety of meanings to עֲבַד). Shebi. VIII, 6 אין עוֹשִׂין זתיםוכ׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not prepare (press, cmp. עֲסֵי) olives in the press Tosef. ib. VI, 29 אין עושין אותן גרוגרות you must not prepare them as dried figs. Ib. 8 אין עושין את הייןוכ׳ you must not make ăluntith wine (v. אֲלוּנְטִית II). Sabb.118a, a. e. עֲשֵׂה שבתך חולוכ׳ make thy Sabbath a week-day (as to expense), and be independent of men. Ib. 56a שביקש לַעֲשׂוֹת ולא ע׳ he wanted to do (evil), but did not do it. Ber.17a (ref. to Ps. 111:10) לעוֹשִׂים לשמה ועושיםוכ׳ to those who do good for its own sake, but not to those who do it from impure motives; וכל העוֹשֶׂה שלא לשמהוכ׳ whoever does good from impure motives, had better not have been born; a. v. fr.עֲשֵׂה (do), or מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה positive law; לאֹ תַעֲשֶׂה ( do not) prohibitory law, v. לֹא, לַאו, a. מִצְוָה Keth.30a, a. e. חייבי עֲ׳ מצרי ואדומי those guilty of transgressing the law implied in the positive law (limitation) concerning intermarriages with descendants of Egyptian or Edomite converts (Deut. 23:8 sq.).לאו הבא מכלל עֲ׳, v. לַאו.ע׳ דמים, or ע׳ (sub. דמים) to value, assess. B. Mets.69b לא עֲשָׂאָהּ דמים he did not estimate her (the cows) value; ולא עשאה but did he not estimate her value (when he said, thy cow is worth to me thirty denars)? לא עשאה ד׳ מחייםוכ׳ he did not estimate her value as alive, but as dead (how much he would have to pay, if the cow died while in his use). Ib. 62b צא ועֲשֵׂה עלי כשערוכ׳ go and give me credit for it in accordance with the present market price, and I will furnish it Ib. בדמי חיטיך שעָשִׂיתָ עלי בשלשיםוכ׳ as an equivalent for thy wheat for which thou hast charged me with thirty denars, I hold wine for thee; a. fr.Part. pass. עָשׂוּי; f. עֲשׂוּיָה; pl. עֲשׂוּיִים, עֲשׂוּיִין; עֲשׂוּיוֹת. Ib. הדי חיטיך ע׳ עליוכ׳ thy wheat is worth to me Tosef. ib. VI, 6 הרי קמה זו ע׳ עליךוכ׳ this quantity of standing grain is charged to thee (I sell thee) at one hundred ; ib. הרי גיזיהן של אלו ע׳וכ׳ I sell thee the wool on these sheep for ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 שלא תהא ע׳ that thou mayest not be forced (v. Pi.) to take an office, v. פַּנְיָיס. 2) to spend time, tarry. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:14 ר׳ שמעון … שע׳ במערהוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. טמון) R. S. ben Y. who lived in a cave, … thirteen years. Gen. R. s. 91 (ref. to רדו, Gen. 42:2) בישרם שהן עתידין לעשות שםר״י שנה מנין רד״ו he announced to them that they were to live there two hundred and ten years, the numerical value of rdu; Num. R. s. 13. Gen. R. s. 22 עשה … קייםוכ׳ Abel lived from ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Shmini 1 ולא ע׳ אלא אמרוכ׳ and he did not tarry but said, i. e. at once he said; a. fr. Nif. נַעֲשֶׂה to be done, made; to become. Ber.35b מלאכתן נַעֲשֵׂיתע״י אחרים their work is done through others. B. Mets.46a, a. e. מטבע נ׳ חליפין, v. חֲלִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 50:5) לא נַעֲשֵׂיתִי אחור לנבואה I was not behind (any one) in prophecy; a. v. fr.נ׳ דמים to be valued, priced. B. Mets. l. c.; Kidd.I, 6 כל הנ׳ ד׳ באחר an object upon which a valuation has been set for the purpose of exchange with another object; expl. ib. 28a כל הנישוםוכ׳ the value of which is estimated ; a. e.נעשה כ־ it is to be considered as if, it is as if. Ḥull.19b נ׳ כמי ששחטוכ׳ the case is the same as when a gentile begins the slaughtering and an Israelite finishes it. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c top נ׳ כמשכירוכ׳ it is to be considered as if he had rented the field to him at a high price; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱשָׂה to cause to do; to order. B. Bath.9a, a. e. גדול המַעֲשֶׂה יותר מן העושה greater is he who causes others to do good than he who does good. Ex. R. s. 35 ליתן שכר למעשה כעושה to reward him who causes a good deed like him who does it. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:4) מעצמן לא הוצרכו שיַעֲשִׂיאוּם משהוכ׳ ‘so did they of their own accord, it did not become necessary for Moses and Aaron to make them do it Tosef.Pes.VIII, 5 שה׳ את הציבור לעשותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. שעִישָּׂה, Pi.) he ordered the congregation to celebrate the Second Passover; Tosef.Snh.II, 11 שהֶעֱשׂוּ את הצבור (ed. Zuck. שהֶיעֱשׂוּ) they ordered Y.Yoma VI, 43d top ראו היך הֶעֱשִׂיא את ישראל לעבודה זרה see how he became the cause for Israelites to commit idolatry (to erect a Temple in Egypt); a. e. Pi. עִישָּׂה same, esp. to force; to enforce. Pesik. R. s. 33 השופט דן … מְעַשֶּׂה את הדין the judge decides the law, and the officer ( shoṭer) enforces the law. Y.Snh.I, 18d bot. ע׳ יהזקיהו לציבור לעשותוכ׳ Hezekiah ordered the congregation to celebrate ; Tosef. Pes. l. c. v. supra. R. Hash. 6a ועשית אזהרה לבית דין שיְעַשּׂוּךָ ‘and thou shalt do (Deut. 23:24), this is an instruction to the authorities to make thee do it; Y. ib. I, 56c Pl. Keth.77a; Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d אין מְעַשִּׂין אלאוכ׳ we do not force (a man to divorce his wife) except Ib. ישראל שעִיסּוּ כמעשה גוים if an Israelitish authority forced (divorce) in the way the gentiles do; גוים שעיסווכ׳ if gentile authorities forced (divorce) in the way Israelites do; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעיּשֶּׂה. Gitt.IX, 8 גט מע׳וכ׳ a letter of divorce given under force, if forced by an Israelitish authority, is valid. Ib. 88b; a. fr.

עשי, עָשָׂה(b. h.; cmp. עסי) 1) to do, work, prepare (corresp. in variety of meanings to עֲבַד). Shebi. VIII, 6 אין עוֹשִׂין זתיםוכ׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not prepare (press, cmp. עֲסֵי) olives in the press Tosef. ib. VI, 29 אין עושין אותן גרוגרות you must not prepare them as dried figs. Ib. 8 אין עושין את הייןוכ׳ you must not make ăluntith wine (v. אֲלוּנְטִית II). Sabb.118a, a. e. עֲשֵׂה שבתך חולוכ׳ make thy Sabbath a week-day (as to expense), and be independent of men. Ib. 56a שביקש לַעֲשׂוֹת ולא ע׳ he wanted to do (evil), but did not do it. Ber.17a (ref. to Ps. 111:10) לעוֹשִׂים לשמה ועושיםוכ׳ to those who do good for its own sake, but not to those who do it from impure motives; וכל העוֹשֶׂה שלא לשמהוכ׳ whoever does good from impure motives, had better not have been born; a. v. fr.עֲשֵׂה (do), or מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה positive law; לאֹ תַעֲשֶׂה ( do not) prohibitory law, v. לֹא, לַאו, a. מִצְוָה Keth.30a, a. e. חייבי עֲ׳ מצרי ואדומי those guilty of transgressing the law implied in the positive law (limitation) concerning intermarriages with descendants of Egyptian or Edomite converts (Deut. 23:8 sq.).לאו הבא מכלל עֲ׳, v. לַאו.ע׳ דמים, or ע׳ (sub. דמים) to value, assess. B. Mets.69b לא עֲשָׂאָהּ דמים he did not estimate her (the cows) value; ולא עשאה but did he not estimate her value (when he said, thy cow is worth to me thirty denars)? לא עשאה ד׳ מחייםוכ׳ he did not estimate her value as alive, but as dead (how much he would have to pay, if the cow died while in his use). Ib. 62b צא ועֲשֵׂה עלי כשערוכ׳ go and give me credit for it in accordance with the present market price, and I will furnish it Ib. בדמי חיטיך שעָשִׂיתָ עלי בשלשיםוכ׳ as an equivalent for thy wheat for which thou hast charged me with thirty denars, I hold wine for thee; a. fr.Part. pass. עָשׂוּי; f. עֲשׂוּיָה; pl. עֲשׂוּיִים, עֲשׂוּיִין; עֲשׂוּיוֹת. Ib. הדי חיטיך ע׳ עליוכ׳ thy wheat is worth to me Tosef. ib. VI, 6 הרי קמה זו ע׳ עליךוכ׳ this quantity of standing grain is charged to thee (I sell thee) at one hundred ; ib. הרי גיזיהן של אלו ע׳וכ׳ I sell thee the wool on these sheep for ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 שלא תהא ע׳ that thou mayest not be forced (v. Pi.) to take an office, v. פַּנְיָיס. 2) to spend time, tarry. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:14 ר׳ שמעון … שע׳ במערהוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. טמון) R. S. ben Y. who lived in a cave, … thirteen years. Gen. R. s. 91 (ref. to רדו, Gen. 42:2) בישרם שהן עתידין לעשות שםר״י שנה מנין רד״ו he announced to them that they were to live there two hundred and ten years, the numerical value of rdu; Num. R. s. 13. Gen. R. s. 22 עשה … קייםוכ׳ Abel lived from ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Shmini 1 ולא ע׳ אלא אמרוכ׳ and he did not tarry but said, i. e. at once he said; a. fr. Nif. נַעֲשֶׂה to be done, made; to become. Ber.35b מלאכתן נַעֲשֵׂיתע״י אחרים their work is done through others. B. Mets.46a, a. e. מטבע נ׳ חליפין, v. חֲלִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 50:5) לא נַעֲשֵׂיתִי אחור לנבואה I was not behind (any one) in prophecy; a. v. fr.נ׳ דמים to be valued, priced. B. Mets. l. c.; Kidd.I, 6 כל הנ׳ ד׳ באחר an object upon which a valuation has been set for the purpose of exchange with another object; expl. ib. 28a כל הנישוםוכ׳ the value of which is estimated ; a. e.נעשה כ־ it is to be considered as if, it is as if. Ḥull.19b נ׳ כמי ששחטוכ׳ the case is the same as when a gentile begins the slaughtering and an Israelite finishes it. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c top נ׳ כמשכירוכ׳ it is to be considered as if he had rented the field to him at a high price; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱשָׂה to cause to do; to order. B. Bath.9a, a. e. גדול המַעֲשֶׂה יותר מן העושה greater is he who causes others to do good than he who does good. Ex. R. s. 35 ליתן שכר למעשה כעושה to reward him who causes a good deed like him who does it. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:4) מעצמן לא הוצרכו שיַעֲשִׂיאוּם משהוכ׳ ‘so did they of their own accord, it did not become necessary for Moses and Aaron to make them do it Tosef.Pes.VIII, 5 שה׳ את הציבור לעשותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. שעִישָּׂה, Pi.) he ordered the congregation to celebrate the Second Passover; Tosef.Snh.II, 11 שהֶעֱשׂוּ את הצבור (ed. Zuck. שהֶיעֱשׂוּ) they ordered Y.Yoma VI, 43d top ראו היך הֶעֱשִׂיא את ישראל לעבודה זרה see how he became the cause for Israelites to commit idolatry (to erect a Temple in Egypt); a. e. Pi. עִישָּׂה same, esp. to force; to enforce. Pesik. R. s. 33 השופט דן … מְעַשֶּׂה את הדין the judge decides the law, and the officer ( shoṭer) enforces the law. Y.Snh.I, 18d bot. ע׳ יהזקיהו לציבור לעשותוכ׳ Hezekiah ordered the congregation to celebrate ; Tosef. Pes. l. c. v. supra. R. Hash. 6a ועשית אזהרה לבית דין שיְעַשּׂוּךָ ‘and thou shalt do (Deut. 23:24), this is an instruction to the authorities to make thee do it; Y. ib. I, 56c Pl. Keth.77a; Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d אין מְעַשִּׂין אלאוכ׳ we do not force (a man to divorce his wife) except Ib. ישראל שעִיסּוּ כמעשה גוים if an Israelitish authority forced (divorce) in the way the gentiles do; גוים שעיסווכ׳ if gentile authorities forced (divorce) in the way Israelites do; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעיּשֶּׂה. Gitt.IX, 8 גט מע׳וכ׳ a letter of divorce given under force, if forced by an Israelitish authority, is valid. Ib. 88b; a. fr.

פַּסII m. (b. h.; פָּסַס) 1) strip, stripe.Pl. פַּסִּים, פַּסִּין. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. 37:3 sq., a. Ps. 66:5 sq.; v. עֲלִילָה) why ‘did they hate him? That (in the course of events it should come about that) שיקרע הים לפניהם פ׳ פ׳ the sea be rent before them in strips (ed. Wil. פ̇ס̇י̇ם̇ פס ים passim alludes to ‘strip of the sea).Esp. (cmp. פֶּרֶק) פס יד, palm, the hand from the wrist to the tip of the finger; פס רגל the foot to the ankle, interch. with פִּסַּת, פִּיסַּת (constr. of פִּסָּה). Ib. (expl. פסים, Gen. l. c.) שהיתה מגעת עד פס ידו the coat reached with its sleeves to his wrist; שהיתה … בפס ידו it was very fine and light, and could be (compressed and) hidden in his hand (cmp. מַלְמֵלָה). Meg.IV, 8 (24b) נתנה … על פס ידווכ׳ if he placed the Tfillin on his forehead or on his palm. Yoma 87a (play on ה̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס̇, Prov. 6:3) (read:) אם ממון יש לו בידך ה̇ת̇ר לו פ̇ס̇ת ידוכ׳ if thou owest him (whom thou hast wronged) money, untie thy hand to him (pay him), if not (if thou hast otherwise wronged him), get several friends around him (to ask his pardon in their presence); B. Mets. 115a; B. Bath. 173b; Yalk. Prov. 938. Gen. R. s. 78 (play on מ̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס בר̇צ̇י, Ps. 68:31) מ̇ת̇יר̇ את הפ̇ס̇ ומ̇ת̇ר̇צ̇ה בכסף he (Edom-Rome) opens his hand (for bribery), and is appeased with silver; Ex. R. s. 35 מתרת את הפסוכ׳ she (Rome) opens ; Yalk. Ps. 800 שפושטין פסת יד … ואין עושין ר̇צ̇וןוכ׳ they stretch forth their hand to accept silver, and then do not what the givers desire; Pes.118b שפושטין פסת ידוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שפושטין יד). Yoma 47a על פ׳ ידו up to his wrist, v. חָפָה; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. X, Par. 9 חופה את פס ידווכ׳ he bends his hand (grabbing) in the pan Ohol. I, 8 שלשים בפס הרגל thirty joints in the foot. Yalk. Sam. 143 חלילה … פ׳ יד ופ׳ רגל ועקב מגולין never were their wrists or their feet or their heels seen uncovered; Midr. Sam. ch. XXV (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) partition, board, barrier. Erub.5a אם יש שם פם ארבעה if a bar of four handbreadths is left or placed above the breach. Ib. 10b עושה פם גבוה עשרהוכ׳ he cuts a board ten handbreadths high and four cubits long ; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. II, 1 עושין פ׳ לביראותוכ׳ you must place partitions around watering stations in the shape of four cornerpieces, v. דְּיֹומַד Ib. 11a פַּסֵּי ביראות the partitions of watering stations; a. fr.Maasr. I, 7, v. פַּץ. 3) Pl. (v. פִּיסִּים) tax; פַּסֵּי העיר town tax (used for maintaining the safety of the town). Tosef.Peah IV, 9 לפ׳ העיר לשניםוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (ed. לעניי, corr. acc.) in order to be assessed for the town tax one must have been a resident for twelve months; B. Bath.8a; Y.Peah VIII, 21a bot. לפסין ולצדקות for the town tax and for the charities, expl. for the salaries of public school teachers; Y.B. Bath.I, beg.12d לפסים ולזימיות for town tax and town fines.

פַּסII m. (b. h.; פָּסַס) 1) strip, stripe.Pl. פַּסִּים, פַּסִּין. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. 37:3 sq., a. Ps. 66:5 sq.; v. עֲלִילָה) why ‘did they hate him? That (in the course of events it should come about that) שיקרע הים לפניהם פ׳ פ׳ the sea be rent before them in strips (ed. Wil. פ̇ס̇י̇ם̇ פס ים passim alludes to ‘strip of the sea).Esp. (cmp. פֶּרֶק) פס יד, palm, the hand from the wrist to the tip of the finger; פס רגל the foot to the ankle, interch. with פִּסַּת, פִּיסַּת (constr. of פִּסָּה). Ib. (expl. פסים, Gen. l. c.) שהיתה מגעת עד פס ידו the coat reached with its sleeves to his wrist; שהיתה … בפס ידו it was very fine and light, and could be (compressed and) hidden in his hand (cmp. מַלְמֵלָה). Meg.IV, 8 (24b) נתנה … על פס ידווכ׳ if he placed the Tfillin on his forehead or on his palm. Yoma 87a (play on ה̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס̇, Prov. 6:3) (read:) אם ממון יש לו בידך ה̇ת̇ר לו פ̇ס̇ת ידוכ׳ if thou owest him (whom thou hast wronged) money, untie thy hand to him (pay him), if not (if thou hast otherwise wronged him), get several friends around him (to ask his pardon in their presence); B. Mets. 115a; B. Bath. 173b; Yalk. Prov. 938. Gen. R. s. 78 (play on מ̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס בר̇צ̇י, Ps. 68:31) מ̇ת̇יר̇ את הפ̇ס̇ ומ̇ת̇ר̇צ̇ה בכסף he (Edom-Rome) opens his hand (for bribery), and is appeased with silver; Ex. R. s. 35 מתרת את הפסוכ׳ she (Rome) opens ; Yalk. Ps. 800 שפושטין פסת יד … ואין עושין ר̇צ̇וןוכ׳ they stretch forth their hand to accept silver, and then do not what the givers desire; Pes.118b שפושטין פסת ידוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שפושטין יד). Yoma 47a על פ׳ ידו up to his wrist, v. חָפָה; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. X, Par. 9 חופה את פס ידווכ׳ he bends his hand (grabbing) in the pan Ohol. I, 8 שלשים בפס הרגל thirty joints in the foot. Yalk. Sam. 143 חלילה … פ׳ יד ופ׳ רגל ועקב מגולין never were their wrists or their feet or their heels seen uncovered; Midr. Sam. ch. XXV (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) partition, board, barrier. Erub.5a אם יש שם פם ארבעה if a bar of four handbreadths is left or placed above the breach. Ib. 10b עושה פם גבוה עשרהוכ׳ he cuts a board ten handbreadths high and four cubits long ; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. II, 1 עושין פ׳ לביראותוכ׳ you must place partitions around watering stations in the shape of four cornerpieces, v. דְּיֹומַד Ib. 11a פַּסֵּי ביראות the partitions of watering stations; a. fr.Maasr. I, 7, v. פַּץ. 3) Pl. (v. פִּיסִּים) tax; פַּסֵּי העיר town tax (used for maintaining the safety of the town). Tosef.Peah IV, 9 לפ׳ העיר לשניםוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (ed. לעניי, corr. acc.) in order to be assessed for the town tax one must have been a resident for twelve months; B. Bath.8a; Y.Peah VIII, 21a bot. לפסין ולצדקות for the town tax and for the charities, expl. for the salaries of public school teachers; Y.B. Bath.I, beg.12d לפסים ולזימיות for town tax and town fines.

אַפְּרַגְיָא, אַפְּרַגְזְיָא, אַפְּרַגִסְיָאf. (ἀπραγία, ἀπραξία) inactivity, cessation of labor, holiday. Pesik. Shmini, p. 195a> (v. Buber note 66 to p. 193a>) if both of us open (sales) at the same time הרי אנו עושין אפרגיא במדינה (Ar. Var. אפרגיזא, אפרגינה, read אפרגזיא) we shall create a cessation of labor in the district (as all the laboring people will run to the market town on one and the same day; Yalk. Num. 782 זול from misunderstanding); Cant. R. to VII, 2 אפרגייס (read אפרגייא or אפרגסייא). Pesik. R. s. 41 R. Yonathan … had goods with him והייתה אפרגיס (corr. acc.) and there was inactivity and dull business in consequence thereof (for which Yalk. Ps. 758 ולא היה יכול למוכרהprob. to be read אַפְּרַטוֹס ἄπρατος unsaleable).