שמאל

שְׂמֹאלc. (b. h.) left side, left hand. Yoma IV, 1 הסגן … מִשְּׂמאֹלוֹ the Sagan to his right, and the chief of the priests division to his left. Ib. אם של שם עלה בשמאלו if the lot marked ‘unto the Lord came up in his left hand; הגבה שְׂמאֹלְךָ raise thy right hand. Ib. V, 1 מהלך לשמאלו walks to the left. Snh.107b, v. דָּחָה. Sifré Deut. 154 (ref. to Deut. 17:11) אפי׳ … על ש׳ שהוא ימיןוכ׳ even if they show it before thy eyes that left is right and right is left, listen to them; a. v. fr.

שמאלHif. הִשְׂמְאִיל (b. h.) to go to the left; to be on the left side, go wrong. Sabb.63a למַשְׂמְאִילִים בה to those who make the wrong use of it, v. יָמַן. Ib. 88b למשמאילים בה (Ms. M. דלא איימין ליה, v. יְמַן). Cant. R. to I, 9 אלו … ואלו משמאילים those (pleading in favor of the accused) stand to the right, and those (against the accused) to the left; a. e.

שמאלAf. אַשְׂמְאִיל ch. same. Koh. R. to X, 2 (ref. to Gen. 13:9) (Abraham said,) אפי׳ את מחצף אנא מַשְׂמְאִיל לך even if thou shalt act irreverently (towards me), I shall show thee the left side (that thou art wrong). Ib. הוה אמר … אַשְׂמְאִיל ליהוכ׳ he said to one of his household, show him the left side, and he showed him a cutting movement in that direction, v. קְטִיף.

דחי, דָּחָא, דָּחָה(b. h. דָּחָה) 1) to push away, thrust. Tosef. Yoma IV (III), 14 דְּחָאוֹ ולא מת; Y. ib. VI, 43a bot. דְּחָייוֹ if the man thrust the goat down the precipice, and it did not die. Snh.107b, a. e. תהא שמאל דּוֹחָהוכ׳ let the left hand repel them and the right invite; a. fr.Transf. ד׳ בקש, or בקנה to dismiss with a vague or paltry reply. Ḥull.27b. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 8; Num. R. s. 19; a. fr. 2) to expel. Tosef.Dem.III, 4; Bekh.31a; Y.Dem.II, 23a top, v. חֲבֵירוּת. 3) to suspend, make inoperative, supersede. Ohol. VII, 6 אין דּוֹחִין נפש מפניוכ׳ we dare not set aside the regard due to one human life for the sake of saving another human life; Gen R. s. 94 כך עושין דוחיםוכ׳ is it thus one must act? dare you sacrifice one life ?Y.Snh.VIII, 26c top ד׳ את הספק to disregard the doubt the benefit of which is to be given to the criminal.Y.Shek.IV, 47d bot. דָּחִינוּ אותווכ׳ we postponed it (the fast) to the first day of the week; Meg.5b דְחִינוּהוּ; Erub.41a דְחִינֻהוּ.Pes.VI, 1 אלו דברים … דוחיןוכ׳ the following performances needed for the Passover offering take precedence of the Sabbath (cause a suspension of the Sabbath laws); a. v. fr.Part. pass. דָּחוּי a) pushed, hurried. M. Kat. 28a מיתה דְחוּיָה a hurried death.b) suspended, superseded. Yoma 7b, a. fr. טומאה דְּחוּיָה היאוכ׳ the law about levtical purity is only suspended for the sake of an entire community (and its suspension requires atonement), opp. טומאה הותרה the law is inoperative. Zeb.12a ד׳ מעיקרו unfit from the start, opp. נראה ונדחה, v. infra.Yeb.80b; Gitt.57a דוחה, v. דִּיהַּ. Nif. נִדְחֶה to be pushed aside, suspended; to give way. Meg.5b הואיל ונ׳ יִדָּחֶה the fast being once suspended (on account of the Sabbath), let it remain so (and not be taken up on Sunday). Pes.66a איש נ׳ … ואין צבור נִידָּחִין an individual (if unclean on Passover) is suspended (postpones the celebration) until the second Passover (Num. 9:10 sq.), but not a community. Yoma 64a נעלי חיים אינן נידחין animals (dedicated for sacrifices) cannot be removed forever from sacred use (as long as the obstacle lies not in their physical unfitness). Ib. נראה ונ׳ once fit and then discarded (on account of a temporary unfitness).Ber.64a כל הנ׳ … שעה נִדֶּחֶת מפניו to him who gives way to time (yielding patiently to circumstances), time will give way, v. דָּחַק. Hif. הִדְחָה 1) to remove hurriedly. M. Kat. 22a מדְחֶה מיטתו he who is anxious to remove the bier of a relative (hurries the burial). 2) to thrust. Arakh.30b אַדְחֶה אבן אחדוכ׳ Rashi (ed. אידחה, corrupt. of אֲיַדֶּה; Ar. דְּחֵה imperat. Kal) I will throw a stone after the fallen man (not give the sinner a chance to return). Naz.16b מדחין בה Ar., read with ed. כדהוינן בה. Tosef.Toh.VIII, 8 המדחה, v. יָּחַס.

דחי, דָּחָא, דָּחָה(b. h. דָּחָה) 1) to push away, thrust. Tosef. Yoma IV (III), 14 דְּחָאוֹ ולא מת; Y. ib. VI, 43a bot. דְּחָייוֹ if the man thrust the goat down the precipice, and it did not die. Snh.107b, a. e. תהא שמאל דּוֹחָהוכ׳ let the left hand repel them and the right invite; a. fr.Transf. ד׳ בקש, or בקנה to dismiss with a vague or paltry reply. Ḥull.27b. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 8; Num. R. s. 19; a. fr. 2) to expel. Tosef.Dem.III, 4; Bekh.31a; Y.Dem.II, 23a top, v. חֲבֵירוּת. 3) to suspend, make inoperative, supersede. Ohol. VII, 6 אין דּוֹחִין נפש מפניוכ׳ we dare not set aside the regard due to one human life for the sake of saving another human life; Gen R. s. 94 כך עושין דוחיםוכ׳ is it thus one must act? dare you sacrifice one life ?Y.Snh.VIII, 26c top ד׳ את הספק to disregard the doubt the benefit of which is to be given to the criminal.Y.Shek.IV, 47d bot. דָּחִינוּ אותווכ׳ we postponed it (the fast) to the first day of the week; Meg.5b דְחִינוּהוּ; Erub.41a דְחִינֻהוּ.Pes.VI, 1 אלו דברים … דוחיןוכ׳ the following performances needed for the Passover offering take precedence of the Sabbath (cause a suspension of the Sabbath laws); a. v. fr.Part. pass. דָּחוּי a) pushed, hurried. M. Kat. 28a מיתה דְחוּיָה a hurried death.b) suspended, superseded. Yoma 7b, a. fr. טומאה דְּחוּיָה היאוכ׳ the law about levtical purity is only suspended for the sake of an entire community (and its suspension requires atonement), opp. טומאה הותרה the law is inoperative. Zeb.12a ד׳ מעיקרו unfit from the start, opp. נראה ונדחה, v. infra.Yeb.80b; Gitt.57a דוחה, v. דִּיהַּ. Nif. נִדְחֶה to be pushed aside, suspended; to give way. Meg.5b הואיל ונ׳ יִדָּחֶה the fast being once suspended (on account of the Sabbath), let it remain so (and not be taken up on Sunday). Pes.66a איש נ׳ … ואין צבור נִידָּחִין an individual (if unclean on Passover) is suspended (postpones the celebration) until the second Passover (Num. 9:10 sq.), but not a community. Yoma 64a נעלי חיים אינן נידחין animals (dedicated for sacrifices) cannot be removed forever from sacred use (as long as the obstacle lies not in their physical unfitness). Ib. נראה ונ׳ once fit and then discarded (on account of a temporary unfitness).Ber.64a כל הנ׳ … שעה נִדֶּחֶת מפניו to him who gives way to time (yielding patiently to circumstances), time will give way, v. דָּחַק. Hif. הִדְחָה 1) to remove hurriedly. M. Kat. 22a מדְחֶה מיטתו he who is anxious to remove the bier of a relative (hurries the burial). 2) to thrust. Arakh.30b אַדְחֶה אבן אחדוכ׳ Rashi (ed. אידחה, corrupt. of אֲיַדֶּה; Ar. דְּחֵה imperat. Kal) I will throw a stone after the fallen man (not give the sinner a chance to return). Naz.16b מדחין בה Ar., read with ed. כדהוינן בה. Tosef.Toh.VIII, 8 המדחה, v. יָּחַס.

דחי, דָּחָא, דָּחָה(b. h. דָּחָה) 1) to push away, thrust. Tosef. Yoma IV (III), 14 דְּחָאוֹ ולא מת; Y. ib. VI, 43a bot. דְּחָייוֹ if the man thrust the goat down the precipice, and it did not die. Snh.107b, a. e. תהא שמאל דּוֹחָהוכ׳ let the left hand repel them and the right invite; a. fr.Transf. ד׳ בקש, or בקנה to dismiss with a vague or paltry reply. Ḥull.27b. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 8; Num. R. s. 19; a. fr. 2) to expel. Tosef.Dem.III, 4; Bekh.31a; Y.Dem.II, 23a top, v. חֲבֵירוּת. 3) to suspend, make inoperative, supersede. Ohol. VII, 6 אין דּוֹחִין נפש מפניוכ׳ we dare not set aside the regard due to one human life for the sake of saving another human life; Gen R. s. 94 כך עושין דוחיםוכ׳ is it thus one must act? dare you sacrifice one life ?Y.Snh.VIII, 26c top ד׳ את הספק to disregard the doubt the benefit of which is to be given to the criminal.Y.Shek.IV, 47d bot. דָּחִינוּ אותווכ׳ we postponed it (the fast) to the first day of the week; Meg.5b דְחִינוּהוּ; Erub.41a דְחִינֻהוּ.Pes.VI, 1 אלו דברים … דוחיןוכ׳ the following performances needed for the Passover offering take precedence of the Sabbath (cause a suspension of the Sabbath laws); a. v. fr.Part. pass. דָּחוּי a) pushed, hurried. M. Kat. 28a מיתה דְחוּיָה a hurried death.b) suspended, superseded. Yoma 7b, a. fr. טומאה דְּחוּיָה היאוכ׳ the law about levtical purity is only suspended for the sake of an entire community (and its suspension requires atonement), opp. טומאה הותרה the law is inoperative. Zeb.12a ד׳ מעיקרו unfit from the start, opp. נראה ונדחה, v. infra.Yeb.80b; Gitt.57a דוחה, v. דִּיהַּ. Nif. נִדְחֶה to be pushed aside, suspended; to give way. Meg.5b הואיל ונ׳ יִדָּחֶה the fast being once suspended (on account of the Sabbath), let it remain so (and not be taken up on Sunday). Pes.66a איש נ׳ … ואין צבור נִידָּחִין an individual (if unclean on Passover) is suspended (postpones the celebration) until the second Passover (Num. 9:10 sq.), but not a community. Yoma 64a נעלי חיים אינן נידחין animals (dedicated for sacrifices) cannot be removed forever from sacred use (as long as the obstacle lies not in their physical unfitness). Ib. נראה ונ׳ once fit and then discarded (on account of a temporary unfitness).Ber.64a כל הנ׳ … שעה נִדֶּחֶת מפניו to him who gives way to time (yielding patiently to circumstances), time will give way, v. דָּחַק. Hif. הִדְחָה 1) to remove hurriedly. M. Kat. 22a מדְחֶה מיטתו he who is anxious to remove the bier of a relative (hurries the burial). 2) to thrust. Arakh.30b אַדְחֶה אבן אחדוכ׳ Rashi (ed. אידחה, corrupt. of אֲיַדֶּה; Ar. דְּחֵה imperat. Kal) I will throw a stone after the fallen man (not give the sinner a chance to return). Naz.16b מדחין בה Ar., read with ed. כדהוינן בה. Tosef.Toh.VIII, 8 המדחה, v. יָּחַס.

דחי, דָּחָא, דָּחָה(b. h. דָּחָה) 1) to push away, thrust. Tosef. Yoma IV (III), 14 דְּחָאוֹ ולא מת; Y. ib. VI, 43a bot. דְּחָייוֹ if the man thrust the goat down the precipice, and it did not die. Snh.107b, a. e. תהא שמאל דּוֹחָהוכ׳ let the left hand repel them and the right invite; a. fr.Transf. ד׳ בקש, or בקנה to dismiss with a vague or paltry reply. Ḥull.27b. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 8; Num. R. s. 19; a. fr. 2) to expel. Tosef.Dem.III, 4; Bekh.31a; Y.Dem.II, 23a top, v. חֲבֵירוּת. 3) to suspend, make inoperative, supersede. Ohol. VII, 6 אין דּוֹחִין נפש מפניוכ׳ we dare not set aside the regard due to one human life for the sake of saving another human life; Gen R. s. 94 כך עושין דוחיםוכ׳ is it thus one must act? dare you sacrifice one life ?Y.Snh.VIII, 26c top ד׳ את הספק to disregard the doubt the benefit of which is to be given to the criminal.Y.Shek.IV, 47d bot. דָּחִינוּ אותווכ׳ we postponed it (the fast) to the first day of the week; Meg.5b דְחִינוּהוּ; Erub.41a דְחִינֻהוּ.Pes.VI, 1 אלו דברים … דוחיןוכ׳ the following performances needed for the Passover offering take precedence of the Sabbath (cause a suspension of the Sabbath laws); a. v. fr.Part. pass. דָּחוּי a) pushed, hurried. M. Kat. 28a מיתה דְחוּיָה a hurried death.b) suspended, superseded. Yoma 7b, a. fr. טומאה דְּחוּיָה היאוכ׳ the law about levtical purity is only suspended for the sake of an entire community (and its suspension requires atonement), opp. טומאה הותרה the law is inoperative. Zeb.12a ד׳ מעיקרו unfit from the start, opp. נראה ונדחה, v. infra.Yeb.80b; Gitt.57a דוחה, v. דִּיהַּ. Nif. נִדְחֶה to be pushed aside, suspended; to give way. Meg.5b הואיל ונ׳ יִדָּחֶה the fast being once suspended (on account of the Sabbath), let it remain so (and not be taken up on Sunday). Pes.66a איש נ׳ … ואין צבור נִידָּחִין an individual (if unclean on Passover) is suspended (postpones the celebration) until the second Passover (Num. 9:10 sq.), but not a community. Yoma 64a נעלי חיים אינן נידחין animals (dedicated for sacrifices) cannot be removed forever from sacred use (as long as the obstacle lies not in their physical unfitness). Ib. נראה ונ׳ once fit and then discarded (on account of a temporary unfitness).Ber.64a כל הנ׳ … שעה נִדֶּחֶת מפניו to him who gives way to time (yielding patiently to circumstances), time will give way, v. דָּחַק. Hif. הִדְחָה 1) to remove hurriedly. M. Kat. 22a מדְחֶה מיטתו he who is anxious to remove the bier of a relative (hurries the burial). 2) to thrust. Arakh.30b אַדְחֶה אבן אחדוכ׳ Rashi (ed. אידחה, corrupt. of אֲיַדֶּה; Ar. דְּחֵה imperat. Kal) I will throw a stone after the fallen man (not give the sinner a chance to return). Naz.16b מדחין בה Ar., read with ed. כדהוינן בה. Tosef.Toh.VIII, 8 המדחה, v. יָּחַס.

פָּגַל(cmp. פָּגַם) to mutilate; to make rejectable, loathsome; to unfit.Denom. פִּגּוּל. Pi. פִּיגֵּל (denom. of פִּגּוּל) to make a sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal (Lev. 19:7); to be the cause of becoming piggul. Zeb.13b טבילת אצבע מְפַגֶּלֶת בחטאת the act of dipping the finger in the blood of the sin-offering (with an inappropriate mental disposal, e. g. with the intention of offering the limbs the next day) unfits the sacrifice. Men.II, 3 התודה מפגלת את … אינו מְפַגֵּל את התודה an inappropriate intention connected with the thank-offering unfits also the bread (that goes with the thank-offering), but an inappropriate intention with regard to the bread does not affect the thank-offering. Ib. הכבשים מְפַגְּלִיןוכ׳ improper intentions connected with the offering of the lambs affect Ib. 13b אין מתיר מפגל את המתיר one act which fits the sacrifice for eating (v. מַתִּיר) cannot unfit another act of the same nature, e. g. if the priest on offering a handful of flour had in mind an unlawful application of the frankincense, the latter is not hereby made rejectable. Ib. עד שיְפַגֵּל בשתיהןוכ׳ until he had in his mind an improper application of both of them to the extent of the size of an olive. Ib. 17a הקטרה מפגלת הקטרה one offering burnt on the altar (if connected with an improper intention) may cause the unfitness of another offering. Ib. אין מפגלין בחצי מתיר you cannot create piggul with one portion of the mattir (s. supra); a. fr.Part. pass. מְפוּגָּל; f. מְפוּגֶּלֶת; pl. מְפוּגָּלִים, מְפוּגָּלִין; מְפוּגָּלוֹת. Ib. II, 3, sq. Tosef. ib. V, 5; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּגֵּל, Nithpa. נִתְפַּגֵּל to be made rejectable, to become פִּגּוּל. Men.13b פיגל בירך … לא נ׳ של שמאל if he had an improper intention with regard to the right side of the offering, the left did not become piggul (the priest eating thereof is not guilty). Zeb.28b מה שלמים מפגלין ומִתְפַּגְּלִיןוכ׳ as in the peace-offerings there are parts which create piggul (e. g. the sprinkling of the blood with a wrong intention concerning the limbs or the flesh) and again parts liable to become piggul, so in all things liable to become piggul, there must be parts which make, and parts which become piggul; a. fr.

פָּגַל(cmp. פָּגַם) to mutilate; to make rejectable, loathsome; to unfit.Denom. פִּגּוּל. Pi. פִּיגֵּל (denom. of פִּגּוּל) to make a sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal (Lev. 19:7); to be the cause of becoming piggul. Zeb.13b טבילת אצבע מְפַגֶּלֶת בחטאת the act of dipping the finger in the blood of the sin-offering (with an inappropriate mental disposal, e. g. with the intention of offering the limbs the next day) unfits the sacrifice. Men.II, 3 התודה מפגלת את … אינו מְפַגֵּל את התודה an inappropriate intention connected with the thank-offering unfits also the bread (that goes with the thank-offering), but an inappropriate intention with regard to the bread does not affect the thank-offering. Ib. הכבשים מְפַגְּלִיןוכ׳ improper intentions connected with the offering of the lambs affect Ib. 13b אין מתיר מפגל את המתיר one act which fits the sacrifice for eating (v. מַתִּיר) cannot unfit another act of the same nature, e. g. if the priest on offering a handful of flour had in mind an unlawful application of the frankincense, the latter is not hereby made rejectable. Ib. עד שיְפַגֵּל בשתיהןוכ׳ until he had in his mind an improper application of both of them to the extent of the size of an olive. Ib. 17a הקטרה מפגלת הקטרה one offering burnt on the altar (if connected with an improper intention) may cause the unfitness of another offering. Ib. אין מפגלין בחצי מתיר you cannot create piggul with one portion of the mattir (s. supra); a. fr.Part. pass. מְפוּגָּל; f. מְפוּגֶּלֶת; pl. מְפוּגָּלִים, מְפוּגָּלִין; מְפוּגָּלוֹת. Ib. II, 3, sq. Tosef. ib. V, 5; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּגֵּל, Nithpa. נִתְפַּגֵּל to be made rejectable, to become פִּגּוּל. Men.13b פיגל בירך … לא נ׳ של שמאל if he had an improper intention with regard to the right side of the offering, the left did not become piggul (the priest eating thereof is not guilty). Zeb.28b מה שלמים מפגלין ומִתְפַּגְּלִיןוכ׳ as in the peace-offerings there are parts which create piggul (e. g. the sprinkling of the blood with a wrong intention concerning the limbs or the flesh) and again parts liable to become piggul, so in all things liable to become piggul, there must be parts which make, and parts which become piggul; a. fr.