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בָּרַךְ(b. h.; √בר, v. ברר, ברי) 1) to cave out. Denom. בְּרֵכָה, בֶּרֶךְ; cmp. בּוּרְכָּא, בּוּרְכְּתָא. 2) (cmp. ברר) to select, point out (cmp. esp. Gen. 2:3) whence to bless (Pi.).Part. pass. בָּרוּךְ chosen, blessed, praised. הקדוש ב׳ הוא (abbr. הקב״ה) the Holy One, blessed be He. Pes.118a; a. v. fr. Ib. 104b, a. fr. פותח בב׳וכ׳ he (who prays) opens the benediction with barukh and closes with barukh (i. e. ברוך אתהה׳). Tosef.Sot.I, 10 ב׳ בכלל, v. כְּלָל; a. fr. Pi. בֵּרַךְ, בֵּירַךְ (b. h.) 1) to praise, bless, esp. to recite the due benediction. Ber.VI, 1. Ib. 5 בי׳ על היין having recited the blessing over wine Pes.X, 9 ב׳ ברכת הפסח having recited the blessing over the Paschal lamb. Ib. 5 אנחנו חייבים … לְבָרֵךְ we are bound to … praise ; a. v. fr. 2) (cmp. נקב) to blaspheme. Snh.56a עד שֶיְבָרֵךְ שם בשם until he blasphemes the Lord by His name. Ib. שבי׳ את השם בכינוי who blasphemed the Lord by an attribute.Part. Pu. מְבוֹרָךְ blessed, praiseworthy. Ber.VII, 3; a. fr. 3) to cut through, to clear virgin ground or forest. Tosef.Shebi.III, 20 ed. Zuck. (Var. מגדר); Y. ib. IV, 35b bot. מבדין; Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top המברה, v. בהי h. Tosef.Shebi.I, 6 מבורכות, v. infra. Hithpa. הִתְבָּרֵךְ, Nithpa. נִתְבָּרֵךְ to be blessed ( praised); to be increased (v. בְּרָכָה). Y.Ber.IX, 14a top ויִתְבָּרַךְ and be blessed. Y.M. Kat. I, beg. 80a if the waters were scanty ונִתְבָּרְכוּ and grew plentiful. Yeb.63a; a. fr. Hif. הִבְרִיךְ (denom. of בֶּרֶךְ or בְּרִיכָה) to form a knee, to engraft; esp. to bend a vine by drawing it into the ground and making it grow forth as an independent plant, to sink. Shebi. II, 6; R. Hash. 10b; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 6 אם היו מוּבְרָכוֹת (incorr. מבורכ׳) if they have been sunk before New Year Yeb.63a (allud. to Gen. 12:3) שתי ברכית טובות יש לי להַבְרִיךְ בך two good shoots (proselytes) have I to engraft on thee, Ruth and (B. Kam.38b … פרידותוכ׳).

דִּיןII m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb.92a; Snh.6b יקוב הד׳ את ההר let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circumstances). Ib. 2b אין דִּינֵיהֶם ד׳ their decision is not binding. Keth.IX, 2 אינ מרחמין בד׳ compassion must have no influence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ד׳ ודברים אין ליוכ׳ I have no claim whatever Snh. l. c. שנים שבאו לד׳ two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. גָּמַר.B. Mets.30b, a. fr. ד׳ תורה strict law, opp. לפנים משורת הד׳ inside the line of the law, equity.Sabb.33a עינוי הד׳ vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, עיוות הד׳ perversion of the law, partiality and sophistry; קילקול הד׳ disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness.Ab. Zar.18a, a. fr. יום הד׳ the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הצדיק את הד׳ to declare Gods judgment right, to submit to Gods decree with resignation, צידוק הד׳ resignation.Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. נתן ד׳ to give an account, to be made responsible.Gen. R. s. 28 נטלו דִינָם suffered punishment Ib. s. 22 לתבוע דִּינוֹ שלוכ׳ (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for, cmp. דִּיקְיֹון; a. fr.Ib. s. 12 end, a. fr. מידת הד׳ the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, opp. מידת הרחמים Divine Mercy; v. מִדָּה.בֵּית דִּין (abbr. ב״ד) court, v. בַּיִת.גְּזַר ד׳ decree, v. גָּזָר.Kidd.65b, a. fr. בעל ד׳ litigant, opponent in court.Snh.32b ד׳ מרומה proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements.Ber.55a מוסר ד׳ על חבירווכ׳ one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor. 2) argument, analogy. Snh.4b; Zeb.38a מפני הד׳ by analogy from equal expressions, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ib. והלא ד׳ הוא is not this an analogy?Esp. conclusion from minor to major (קל וְחֹומֶר). Y.Kidd.I, beg.58b; Bab. ib. 4b, a. fr. ד׳ הוא it is a proper conclusion; מה … אינו ד׳ if a Hebrew hand-maid … is acquired by means of money, אינו ד׳וכ׳ is it not so much the more proper that a wife &cSnh.54a, a. fr. אין עונשין מן הד׳ the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punishable.לבא מן הד׳וכ׳, v. דַּי.Snh.2b, a. fr. ובד׳ הוא ד־ and by right Ib. הוא הד׳ דאפי׳ the same applies also to Pl. דִּינִים, דִּינִין, constr. דִּינֵי. Ḥag.I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11a.Snh.IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, ד׳ נפשות capital cases. R. Hash. 21b ד׳ שבלב שלאוכ׳ sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses ; a. fr.

דִּיןII m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb.92a; Snh.6b יקוב הד׳ את ההר let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circumstances). Ib. 2b אין דִּינֵיהֶם ד׳ their decision is not binding. Keth.IX, 2 אינ מרחמין בד׳ compassion must have no influence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ד׳ ודברים אין ליוכ׳ I have no claim whatever Snh. l. c. שנים שבאו לד׳ two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. גָּמַר.B. Mets.30b, a. fr. ד׳ תורה strict law, opp. לפנים משורת הד׳ inside the line of the law, equity.Sabb.33a עינוי הד׳ vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, עיוות הד׳ perversion of the law, partiality and sophistry; קילקול הד׳ disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness.Ab. Zar.18a, a. fr. יום הד׳ the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הצדיק את הד׳ to declare Gods judgment right, to submit to Gods decree with resignation, צידוק הד׳ resignation.Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. נתן ד׳ to give an account, to be made responsible.Gen. R. s. 28 נטלו דִינָם suffered punishment Ib. s. 22 לתבוע דִּינוֹ שלוכ׳ (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for, cmp. דִּיקְיֹון; a. fr.Ib. s. 12 end, a. fr. מידת הד׳ the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, opp. מידת הרחמים Divine Mercy; v. מִדָּה.בֵּית דִּין (abbr. ב״ד) court, v. בַּיִת.גְּזַר ד׳ decree, v. גָּזָר.Kidd.65b, a. fr. בעל ד׳ litigant, opponent in court.Snh.32b ד׳ מרומה proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements.Ber.55a מוסר ד׳ על חבירווכ׳ one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor. 2) argument, analogy. Snh.4b; Zeb.38a מפני הד׳ by analogy from equal expressions, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ib. והלא ד׳ הוא is not this an analogy?Esp. conclusion from minor to major (קל וְחֹומֶר). Y.Kidd.I, beg.58b; Bab. ib. 4b, a. fr. ד׳ הוא it is a proper conclusion; מה … אינו ד׳ if a Hebrew hand-maid … is acquired by means of money, אינו ד׳וכ׳ is it not so much the more proper that a wife &cSnh.54a, a. fr. אין עונשין מן הד׳ the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punishable.לבא מן הד׳וכ׳, v. דַּי.Snh.2b, a. fr. ובד׳ הוא ד־ and by right Ib. הוא הד׳ דאפי׳ the same applies also to Pl. דִּינִים, דִּינִין, constr. דִּינֵי. Ḥag.I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11a.Snh.IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, ד׳ נפשות capital cases. R. Hash. 21b ד׳ שבלב שלאוכ׳ sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses ; a. fr.

הֵימַן, הֵימִין(Af. of אמן; = h. הֶאֱמִין) to credit, trust, confide; to loan on trust; to admit as evidence. Targ. O. Gen. 15:6. Targ. ib. 45:26; a. fr.B. Kam. 115a הֵימוּנֵי הֵימְנֵיה he loaned him on trust (without a pawn). Keth.22b הֵמְנוּהָ רבנן כבי תרי the Rabbis declared his evidence as legal as if there had been two witnesses. Shebu.41b לא לדידיה הֵימְנֵיה he did not trust him by himself (without witnesses). Y.Ber.II, 4c top לאילין דברישך הֵימְנִית I trusted those (Tfillin) on thy head; a. fr.Part. Pass. מְהֵימַן (= h. נֶאֱמָן) faithful, reliable; credited, admitted as evidence. Targ. Num. 12:7 (Y. II הֵימַן); a. fr.Sabb.10b דמתרגמינן אלהא מְהֵימְנָא for we translate (Deut. 7:9) (only the participle being used as a divine attribute, not the abstract noun).Keth.27b מְהֵימְנָא she is admitted Ib. מהימני (corr. acc.). Y.Gitt.V, 47a (read:) בעי בר נש מיתן כמה ומתקרי׳ מ׳ a man would sacrifice any amount in order to be called trustworthy; Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b bot. הימן; a. fr.B. Mets.86b לא מהימנא לך (ed. (= מהימן אנא, part. act.) I do not trust thee (Mss. לא הימן ביה he (Abraham) did not rely on him).

הֵימַן, הֵימִין(Af. of אמן; = h. הֶאֱמִין) to credit, trust, confide; to loan on trust; to admit as evidence. Targ. O. Gen. 15:6. Targ. ib. 45:26; a. fr.B. Kam. 115a הֵימוּנֵי הֵימְנֵיה he loaned him on trust (without a pawn). Keth.22b הֵמְנוּהָ רבנן כבי תרי the Rabbis declared his evidence as legal as if there had been two witnesses. Shebu.41b לא לדידיה הֵימְנֵיה he did not trust him by himself (without witnesses). Y.Ber.II, 4c top לאילין דברישך הֵימְנִית I trusted those (Tfillin) on thy head; a. fr.Part. Pass. מְהֵימַן (= h. נֶאֱמָן) faithful, reliable; credited, admitted as evidence. Targ. Num. 12:7 (Y. II הֵימַן); a. fr.Sabb.10b דמתרגמינן אלהא מְהֵימְנָא for we translate (Deut. 7:9) (only the participle being used as a divine attribute, not the abstract noun).Keth.27b מְהֵימְנָא she is admitted Ib. מהימני (corr. acc.). Y.Gitt.V, 47a (read:) בעי בר נש מיתן כמה ומתקרי׳ מ׳ a man would sacrifice any amount in order to be called trustworthy; Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b bot. הימן; a. fr.B. Mets.86b לא מהימנא לך (ed. (= מהימן אנא, part. act.) I do not trust thee (Mss. לא הימן ביה he (Abraham) did not rely on him).

הֵימַן, הֵימִין(Af. of אמן; = h. הֶאֱמִין) to credit, trust, confide; to loan on trust; to admit as evidence. Targ. O. Gen. 15:6. Targ. ib. 45:26; a. fr.B. Kam. 115a הֵימוּנֵי הֵימְנֵיה he loaned him on trust (without a pawn). Keth.22b הֵמְנוּהָ רבנן כבי תרי the Rabbis declared his evidence as legal as if there had been two witnesses. Shebu.41b לא לדידיה הֵימְנֵיה he did not trust him by himself (without witnesses). Y.Ber.II, 4c top לאילין דברישך הֵימְנִית I trusted those (Tfillin) on thy head; a. fr.Part. Pass. מְהֵימַן (= h. נֶאֱמָן) faithful, reliable; credited, admitted as evidence. Targ. Num. 12:7 (Y. II הֵימַן); a. fr.Sabb.10b דמתרגמינן אלהא מְהֵימְנָא for we translate (Deut. 7:9) (only the participle being used as a divine attribute, not the abstract noun).Keth.27b מְהֵימְנָא she is admitted Ib. מהימני (corr. acc.). Y.Gitt.V, 47a (read:) בעי בר נש מיתן כמה ומתקרי׳ מ׳ a man would sacrifice any amount in order to be called trustworthy; Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b bot. הימן; a. fr.B. Mets.86b לא מהימנא לך (ed. (= מהימן אנא, part. act.) I do not trust thee (Mss. לא הימן ביה he (Abraham) did not rely on him).

הֵימַן, הֵימִין(Af. of אמן; = h. הֶאֱמִין) to credit, trust, confide; to loan on trust; to admit as evidence. Targ. O. Gen. 15:6. Targ. ib. 45:26; a. fr.B. Kam. 115a הֵימוּנֵי הֵימְנֵיה he loaned him on trust (without a pawn). Keth.22b הֵמְנוּהָ רבנן כבי תרי the Rabbis declared his evidence as legal as if there had been two witnesses. Shebu.41b לא לדידיה הֵימְנֵיה he did not trust him by himself (without witnesses). Y.Ber.II, 4c top לאילין דברישך הֵימְנִית I trusted those (Tfillin) on thy head; a. fr.Part. Pass. מְהֵימַן (= h. נֶאֱמָן) faithful, reliable; credited, admitted as evidence. Targ. Num. 12:7 (Y. II הֵימַן); a. fr.Sabb.10b דמתרגמינן אלהא מְהֵימְנָא for we translate (Deut. 7:9) (only the participle being used as a divine attribute, not the abstract noun).Keth.27b מְהֵימְנָא she is admitted Ib. מהימני (corr. acc.). Y.Gitt.V, 47a (read:) בעי בר נש מיתן כמה ומתקרי׳ מ׳ a man would sacrifice any amount in order to be called trustworthy; Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b bot. הימן; a. fr.B. Mets.86b לא מהימנא לך (ed. (= מהימן אנא, part. act.) I do not trust thee (Mss. לא הימן ביה he (Abraham) did not rely on him).

כִּינּוּי, כּנּוּיm. (כָּנָה) by-name, surname; attribute, substituted word. Snh.VII, 5 דנין … בכ׳ the witnesses are examined by using a substitute for the Divine Name (v. יוֹסֵי). Sot.VII, 6 במקדש … ובמדינה בכִינּוּיוֹ in the Temple the Divine Name is pronounced as it is written, in the country (outside the Temple) by its substitute (Ădonai). Ib. 38a בכ׳, opp. שם המפורש; a. e.Pl. כִּינּוּיִים, כִּינּוּיִין, כִּנּ׳. Ned.I, 1 כִּינּוּיֵי נדרים words used as substitutes for vows ( נדר); ib. 2 כ׳ לחרם substitutes for ḥerem (v. חֵרֶק); a. fr.כִּינּוּיֵי כִּינּוּיִין secondary substitutes, e. g. the use of grogroth for tirosh and this for eshkol, v. גְּרוֹגֶרֶת. Tosef.Naz.II, 1; Y. ib. II, beg.51d.

כִּינּוּי, כּנּוּיm. (כָּנָה) by-name, surname; attribute, substituted word. Snh.VII, 5 דנין … בכ׳ the witnesses are examined by using a substitute for the Divine Name (v. יוֹסֵי). Sot.VII, 6 במקדש … ובמדינה בכִינּוּיוֹ in the Temple the Divine Name is pronounced as it is written, in the country (outside the Temple) by its substitute (Ădonai). Ib. 38a בכ׳, opp. שם המפורש; a. e.Pl. כִּינּוּיִים, כִּינּוּיִין, כִּנּ׳. Ned.I, 1 כִּינּוּיֵי נדרים words used as substitutes for vows ( נדר); ib. 2 כ׳ לחרם substitutes for ḥerem (v. חֵרֶק); a. fr.כִּינּוּיֵי כִּינּוּיִין secondary substitutes, e. g. the use of grogroth for tirosh and this for eshkol, v. גְּרוֹגֶרֶת. Tosef.Naz.II, 1; Y. ib. II, beg.51d.

כִּינּוּי, כּנּוּיm. (כָּנָה) by-name, surname; attribute, substituted word. Snh.VII, 5 דנין … בכ׳ the witnesses are examined by using a substitute for the Divine Name (v. יוֹסֵי). Sot.VII, 6 במקדש … ובמדינה בכִינּוּיוֹ in the Temple the Divine Name is pronounced as it is written, in the country (outside the Temple) by its substitute (Ădonai). Ib. 38a בכ׳, opp. שם המפורש; a. e.Pl. כִּינּוּיִים, כִּינּוּיִין, כִּנּ׳. Ned.I, 1 כִּינּוּיֵי נדרים words used as substitutes for vows ( נדר); ib. 2 כ׳ לחרם substitutes for ḥerem (v. חֵרֶק); a. fr.כִּינּוּיֵי כִּינּוּיִין secondary substitutes, e. g. the use of grogroth for tirosh and this for eshkol, v. גְּרוֹגֶרֶת. Tosef.Naz.II, 1; Y. ib. II, beg.51d.

כִּינּוּי, כּנּוּיm. (כָּנָה) by-name, surname; attribute, substituted word. Snh.VII, 5 דנין … בכ׳ the witnesses are examined by using a substitute for the Divine Name (v. יוֹסֵי). Sot.VII, 6 במקדש … ובמדינה בכִינּוּיוֹ in the Temple the Divine Name is pronounced as it is written, in the country (outside the Temple) by its substitute (Ădonai). Ib. 38a בכ׳, opp. שם המפורש; a. e.Pl. כִּינּוּיִים, כִּינּוּיִין, כִּנּ׳. Ned.I, 1 כִּינּוּיֵי נדרים words used as substitutes for vows ( נדר); ib. 2 כ׳ לחרם substitutes for ḥerem (v. חֵרֶק); a. fr.כִּינּוּיֵי כִּינּוּיִין secondary substitutes, e. g. the use of grogroth for tirosh and this for eshkol, v. גְּרוֹגֶרֶת. Tosef.Naz.II, 1; Y. ib. II, beg.51d.

מְדַבֵּרm. (דָּבַר) 1) speaker.Pl. מְרַבְּרִים. Ber.63b, a. e. ראש חמ׳וכ׳ the first among the speakers on all occasions (attribute of R. Judah). 2) the anterior part of the tongue. Bekh.VI, 8; Tosef. ib. IV, 11; Kidd.25a.

מְדַבֵּרm. (דָּבַר) 1) speaker.Pl. מְרַבְּרִים. Ber.63b, a. e. ראש חמ׳וכ׳ the first among the speakers on all occasions (attribute of R. Judah). 2) the anterior part of the tongue. Bekh.VI, 8; Tosef. ib. IV, 11; Kidd.25a.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

רַבֵּנוּ, רַבֵּינוּm. (v. רַב II) our teacher, an attribute of Moses, v. משֶׁה.ר׳ הקדוש a title of R. Judah Hannasi, v. קָדוֹש.

רַבֵּנוּ, רַבֵּינוּm. (v. רַב II) our teacher, an attribute of Moses, v. משֶׁה.ר׳ הקדוש a title of R. Judah Hannasi, v. קָדוֹש.

רַבֵּנוּ, רַבֵּינוּm. (v. רַב II) our teacher, an attribute of Moses, v. משֶׁה.ר׳ הקדוש a title of R. Judah Hannasi, v. קָדוֹש.