פסח

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פָּסַח(b. h.) to leap over; to spare. Ex. R. s. 15 שאני פֹוסֵחַ עליכם ומגיןוכ׳ I (the Lord) will pass over and protect you. Pes.X, 5 פֶּסַח על שום שפ׳ המקוםוכ׳ the Passover lamb is symbolical of the fact that the Lord passed over the houses Nif. נִפְסַח (denom. of פִּסֵּחַ) to become lame. Y.Ber.I, 3c bot. ונ׳ ונתרפא and became lame, but was cured; Gen. R. s. 39; a. e.

פסחTarg. Is. 33:12 מפסחין, v. פְּסַךְ.

פִּסֵּחַ, פִּי׳m. (b. h.; preced. art.) limping, lame. Sifra Emor ch. II, Par. 3 פ׳ בין חגרוכ׳ ‘lame (Lev. 21:18), whether lame on both feet or on one. Sifré Deut. 126; a. e.Pl. פִּסְּחִים, פִּי׳. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXVI (ref. to 2 Sam. 5:6) העורים והפ׳ אלו הצלמים ‘the blind and the lame means the idols; Yalk. Gen. 82 (with ref. to Ps. 115:5–7).

פֶּסַחm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) Passover festival; (sub. זבח) Passover sacrifice, Passover meal. Pes.V, 1 (58a) חל ערב פ׳וכ׳ (Mish. ed. ערבי פסחים; Y. ed. ערב פסחים) if the eve of Passover occurred on a Friday. Ib. 2 הפ׳ ששחטווכ׳ if they slaughtered a Passover lamb not as such. Ib. IX, 9 חבורה שאבדה פִסְחָהּ a party that lost its dedicated Passover lamb. Ib. 5, a. fr. פ׳ מצרים, פ׳ דורות, v. דּוֹר. Ib. 3, a. fr. פ׳ ראשון the first Passover, i. e. that celebrated on the fifteenth of Nisan; פ׳ שני the second (vicarious) Passover, on the eve of the fifteenth of Iyar (Num. 9:10 sq.); a. v. fr.Pl. פְּסָחִים. Ib. 10 שתי … שנתערבו פִּסְחֵיהֶן two parties whose Passover sacrifices were mixed up. Ib. 10:6 ונאכל שם … ומן הפ׳וכ׳ that there we may partake of the offerings and the Passover sacrifices ; a. fr.ערבי (ערב) פ׳, v. supra. Ib. 1; a. fr. Psaḥim, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moëd, of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.

מָעַךְ(b. h.; cmp. מוּךְ) to crush; to dissolve by rubbing. Lam. R. to I, 1 מָעֲכוּ את הזקן (העיר) they crushed an old man to death. Yeb.34b מֹועֲכֹות, v. infra. Tosef.Pes.IV, 3, v. infra.Part. pass. מָעוּךְ; f. מְעוּכָה; pl. מְעוּכִים, מְעוּכִין, מְעוּכוֹת dissolved by rubbing, crushed. Nidd.22b מ׳ע״י הדחק a foetus which can be squashed by rubbing, although with some difficulty. Y.Dem.VI, 25d top מ׳ היבור a substance pressed into a mass (as olives in the vat) is considered as connected, v. חִיבּוּר. Midr. Till. to Ps. 73:4 מעוכה ed. Bub., v. קָטַף.Lam. R. l. c. פסח מעוכין (not מעוכן) the Passover of the crushed (crowded); Pes.64b שנתמעך … פסח מ׳ when one old man was crushed to death, and they called it Tosef. ib. IV, 3 נכנסו ישראל … פסח מ׳ the Israelites entered the Temple mount and it could not contain all of them, and they called it ; (Var. מֹועֲכִין the Passover of the crushers; Var. מוכין); Pes. l. c., v. מְעוּבֶּה. Pi. מִיעֵךְ 1) same. Nidd. l. c. מְמַעַכְתּוֹ ברוקוכ׳ she tests the nature of the foetus by pressing and rubbing with her nail moistened with spittle. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d bot. צריך למַעֵךְ את חללה you must squeeze the core of the olive together (to be used as a standard of size). Yeb.34b תמר באצבע מִיעֲכָה Tamar destroyed her virginity by friction with her finger; (ib. מוֹעֲכוֹת brides acting like Tamar). Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot. מְמַעֵךְ (Bab. ib. 140a מַמְחוֹ, v. מָחָה). Keth.36b; Gitt.81a.Esth. R. to I, 14, v. מָרַס; a. e. 2) (cmp. מוּךְ) to lower. Ber.45a יְמַעֵךְ הקורא קולו (Var. יַמְעִיךְ Hif.), v. נָמַךְ. Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵךְ, Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵךְ 1) to be crushed, squashed, rubbed off. Y.Maasr.I, 48d bot., v. מָסַס. Pes. l. c., v. supra. Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 והן מִתְמַעֲכִין על הבגדים quot. in R. S. to Mikv. IX, 2 (ed. Zuck. מתמעטין) they are rubbed against (and stick to) the garments, v. גֵּץ. Men.X, 4 (66a) שלא יִתְמַעֵךְ that its grains may not be crushed; a. e. 2) to be lowered, flattened. Nidd.47a, sq., v. כַּף.

מָעַךְ(b. h.; cmp. מוּךְ) to crush; to dissolve by rubbing. Lam. R. to I, 1 מָעֲכוּ את הזקן (העיר) they crushed an old man to death. Yeb.34b מֹועֲכֹות, v. infra. Tosef.Pes.IV, 3, v. infra.Part. pass. מָעוּךְ; f. מְעוּכָה; pl. מְעוּכִים, מְעוּכִין, מְעוּכוֹת dissolved by rubbing, crushed. Nidd.22b מ׳ע״י הדחק a foetus which can be squashed by rubbing, although with some difficulty. Y.Dem.VI, 25d top מ׳ היבור a substance pressed into a mass (as olives in the vat) is considered as connected, v. חִיבּוּר. Midr. Till. to Ps. 73:4 מעוכה ed. Bub., v. קָטַף.Lam. R. l. c. פסח מעוכין (not מעוכן) the Passover of the crushed (crowded); Pes.64b שנתמעך … פסח מ׳ when one old man was crushed to death, and they called it Tosef. ib. IV, 3 נכנסו ישראל … פסח מ׳ the Israelites entered the Temple mount and it could not contain all of them, and they called it ; (Var. מֹועֲכִין the Passover of the crushers; Var. מוכין); Pes. l. c., v. מְעוּבֶּה. Pi. מִיעֵךְ 1) same. Nidd. l. c. מְמַעַכְתּוֹ ברוקוכ׳ she tests the nature of the foetus by pressing and rubbing with her nail moistened with spittle. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d bot. צריך למַעֵךְ את חללה you must squeeze the core of the olive together (to be used as a standard of size). Yeb.34b תמר באצבע מִיעֲכָה Tamar destroyed her virginity by friction with her finger; (ib. מוֹעֲכוֹת brides acting like Tamar). Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot. מְמַעֵךְ (Bab. ib. 140a מַמְחוֹ, v. מָחָה). Keth.36b; Gitt.81a.Esth. R. to I, 14, v. מָרַס; a. e. 2) (cmp. מוּךְ) to lower. Ber.45a יְמַעֵךְ הקורא קולו (Var. יַמְעִיךְ Hif.), v. נָמַךְ. Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵךְ, Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵךְ 1) to be crushed, squashed, rubbed off. Y.Maasr.I, 48d bot., v. מָסַס. Pes. l. c., v. supra. Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 והן מִתְמַעֲכִין על הבגדים quot. in R. S. to Mikv. IX, 2 (ed. Zuck. מתמעטין) they are rubbed against (and stick to) the garments, v. גֵּץ. Men.X, 4 (66a) שלא יִתְמַעֵךְ that its grains may not be crushed; a. e. 2) to be lowered, flattened. Nidd.47a, sq., v. כַּף.

דּוֹרm. (b. h., דּוּר I) (circle, period, cmp. גִּיל) generation, contemporaries. Arakh.17a ד׳ לפי פרנס as the leader so the generation; a. v. fr.ד׳ הפלגה the generation which witnessed the separation of races; ד׳ המבול which perished in the flood; ד׳ המדבר which perished in the desert, Snh.X, 3 (107b, sq.); a. fr.Pl. דּוֹרוֹת. Ib. 99a; a. fr.לַדּוֹרוֹת for all time to come; permanent, opp. לשעה, הוראת שעה, a temporary ordinance. Ib. 16b (ref. to Num. 7:1) אותם במשיחה ולא לד׳וכ׳ only they were installed with ointment, but not as a precedent for future installations; a. fr.Men.19b, a. e. ד׳ משעה לא ילפינן a permanent law cannot be derived from a special temporary legislation.פסח ד׳ annual Passover celebration, opp. to פסח מצרים the one observed in Epypt. Pes.IX, 5; a. fr.

דּוֹרm. (b. h., דּוּר I) (circle, period, cmp. גִּיל) generation, contemporaries. Arakh.17a ד׳ לפי פרנס as the leader so the generation; a. v. fr.ד׳ הפלגה the generation which witnessed the separation of races; ד׳ המבול which perished in the flood; ד׳ המדבר which perished in the desert, Snh.X, 3 (107b, sq.); a. fr.Pl. דּוֹרוֹת. Ib. 99a; a. fr.לַדּוֹרוֹת for all time to come; permanent, opp. לשעה, הוראת שעה, a temporary ordinance. Ib. 16b (ref. to Num. 7:1) אותם במשיחה ולא לד׳וכ׳ only they were installed with ointment, but not as a precedent for future installations; a. fr.Men.19b, a. e. ד׳ משעה לא ילפינן a permanent law cannot be derived from a special temporary legislation.פסח ד׳ annual Passover celebration, opp. to פסח מצרים the one observed in Epypt. Pes.IX, 5; a. fr.