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צָרַף(b. h.; cmp. צרב) (to press, shrink, 1) to smelt, melt; trnsf. to refine, purify, try. Y.Keth.VII, end, 31d; Tosef. ib. VII, 11 צוֹרֵף נחשת, v. infra. Yoma 72b (ref. to Ps. 18:31) זכה משמחתו … צוֹרַפְתּוֹ if he deserves well, she (the Torah) cheers him; if not, she smelts him (through trials); צורפתו לחיים she steels him for life; צורפתו למיתה she smelts him for death. Yalk. Ex. 391 דרשתי … צָרַפְתִּי ובחנתיוכ׳ I studied and searched, refined and tested ; a. fr. 2) to tighten, harden. Yoma l. c., v. supra. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top שצְרָפַתּוֹ Var., v. צָפַד. 3) to change, v. infra. Pl. צֵרֵף 1) to smelt. Keth.VII, 10 (among the occupations to which a wife may object) מְצָרֵף נחושת, expl. ib. 77a חשלי דודי, v. חַשְׁלָא; anoth. opin. מחתך נחושתוכ׳, v. חָתַךְ; Tosef. ib. l. c. זה מתיךוכ׳ he that casts bronze.Trnsf. to refine. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to צרופה, Ps. 18:31) לא נתנו המצות אלא לצָרֵףוכ׳ the (ceremonial) laws have been given for the purpose of refining (disciplining) men through them. Ib. שצֵרְפוֹהקב״הוכ׳ (Abraham) whom the Lord tried in the furnace of fire. Ib. (ref. to צֹרֵף, Is. 41:7) זה אברהם שצרפווכ׳ that means Abraham, whom the Lord tried ; (Yalk. Is. 313 שנִצְרַף, Nif.). 2) to tighten, harden. Makhsh. V, 7 המוליך … לצָרְפָהּ if one takes a ship out to sea for the sake of tightening it; מוציא מסמר … לצָרְפוֹ if one takes a (glowing) nail in the rain for the sake of hardening it; Tosef. ib. II, 16 בשביל לצוֹרְפוֹ. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.III, 13 צֵרְפָןאפי׳וכ׳ (or צְרָפָן) if he hardened (baked) them (the earthen vessels) even in a peat fire. Bets.32a משיְצָרְפוֹ בכבשן (Ms. M. משישרפו) from the time be baked it in the kiln. B. Mets.84a (of iron weapons) משיְצָרְפֵם בכבשן when he has hardened them in the furnace, v. צִחְצֵחַ; a. e. 3) (to melt together, weld,) to combine, join. Maasr. II, 5 ואם צֵרַף (Y. ed. צירף) if he combined (ate them together). Y.Pes.III, 30a top שני … אין הבית מְצָרף if two pieces (of leavened matter), each half the size of an olive, are in the same room, the room does not join them (so as to be counted one olive-size); if in one vessel, הכלי מצרף the vessel joins them. Kidd.40a, a. e. מְצָרְפָהּ למעשה, v. מַחֲשָׁבָה; a. fr. 4) to change small for large coin, opp. פָּרַט. Maas. Sh. IV, 2 כמות … שהיא מצרף as the banker counts when he gives small change for large coins, not as he counts when giving large coins for small change; Tosef. ib. III, 3 המְצָרֵיף … שמצריף ed. Zuck. (Var. המצרף … מצטרף) if one buys a gold Denar for coins designated for second tithes, he must count as the banker would when selling small change, not as he would, when buying large change. Shek. II, 1 מְצָרְפִין, v. דַּרְכּוֹן. Y.B. Mets.IV, end, 9d לצוֹרְפָהּ … מְצָרְפָהּ ביפה if he wants to change the defective coin to be spent in Jerusalem, he must exchange it as if it were of full value (v. Bab. ib. 52b); a. fr.Sifré Deut. 48 אחד מצרף דינר ואוכלו ואחד מצ׳ דינר ומניחו one gathers a gold Denar and spends it, and another changes his accumulation for a gold Denar and puts it away; Yalk. ib. 873, v. סָגַל. Nif. נִצְרַף 1) to be smelted, tried. Yalk. Is. 313, v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:81 כבר נִצְרַפְנוּ we have already been tried. 2) to be hardened. Kel. IV, 4 משיִצָרְפוּ בכבשן when they have been baked in the kiln; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.III, 13 משיִצְטָרְפוּ. Hithpa. הִצְטָרֵף 1) same, v. supra. 2) to be joined, combined, counted in. Naz.35b, a. e. אין היתר מִצְטָרֵף לאיסור a permitted thing is not to be joined to a forbidden thing, i. e. if one ate simultaneously, one half of the legal size each, of a permitted and of a forbidden thing, the two must not be counted together to make up the legal size. Ib. 4a מִצְטָרְפִים זה עם זה they are counted together. Ib. VI, 1. Ber.47b תשעה ועבד מִצְטָרְפִין nine freemen and one slave may be combined (to make up the requisite number of ten for prayers). Ib. שנים ושבת מצט׳ two persons (at meal) and the Sabbath may be combined (count for three persons); מצט׳ … שנית״ח two scholars (at meal) who are engaged in discussion are counted as three. Mikv. III, 4 מצט׳ are combined to make up the legally required quantity of water; a. fr.Tosef.Maas. Sh. III, 3, v. supra.

צָרַף(b. h.; cmp. צרב) (to press, shrink, 1) to smelt, melt; trnsf. to refine, purify, try. Y.Keth.VII, end, 31d; Tosef. ib. VII, 11 צוֹרֵף נחשת, v. infra. Yoma 72b (ref. to Ps. 18:31) זכה משמחתו … צוֹרַפְתּוֹ if he deserves well, she (the Torah) cheers him; if not, she smelts him (through trials); צורפתו לחיים she steels him for life; צורפתו למיתה she smelts him for death. Yalk. Ex. 391 דרשתי … צָרַפְתִּי ובחנתיוכ׳ I studied and searched, refined and tested ; a. fr. 2) to tighten, harden. Yoma l. c., v. supra. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top שצְרָפַתּוֹ Var., v. צָפַד. 3) to change, v. infra. Pl. צֵרֵף 1) to smelt. Keth.VII, 10 (among the occupations to which a wife may object) מְצָרֵף נחושת, expl. ib. 77a חשלי דודי, v. חַשְׁלָא; anoth. opin. מחתך נחושתוכ׳, v. חָתַךְ; Tosef. ib. l. c. זה מתיךוכ׳ he that casts bronze.Trnsf. to refine. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to צרופה, Ps. 18:31) לא נתנו המצות אלא לצָרֵףוכ׳ the (ceremonial) laws have been given for the purpose of refining (disciplining) men through them. Ib. שצֵרְפוֹהקב״הוכ׳ (Abraham) whom the Lord tried in the furnace of fire. Ib. (ref. to צֹרֵף, Is. 41:7) זה אברהם שצרפווכ׳ that means Abraham, whom the Lord tried ; (Yalk. Is. 313 שנִצְרַף, Nif.). 2) to tighten, harden. Makhsh. V, 7 המוליך … לצָרְפָהּ if one takes a ship out to sea for the sake of tightening it; מוציא מסמר … לצָרְפוֹ if one takes a (glowing) nail in the rain for the sake of hardening it; Tosef. ib. II, 16 בשביל לצוֹרְפוֹ. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.III, 13 צֵרְפָןאפי׳וכ׳ (or צְרָפָן) if he hardened (baked) them (the earthen vessels) even in a peat fire. Bets.32a משיְצָרְפוֹ בכבשן (Ms. M. משישרפו) from the time be baked it in the kiln. B. Mets.84a (of iron weapons) משיְצָרְפֵם בכבשן when he has hardened them in the furnace, v. צִחְצֵחַ; a. e. 3) (to melt together, weld,) to combine, join. Maasr. II, 5 ואם צֵרַף (Y. ed. צירף) if he combined (ate them together). Y.Pes.III, 30a top שני … אין הבית מְצָרף if two pieces (of leavened matter), each half the size of an olive, are in the same room, the room does not join them (so as to be counted one olive-size); if in one vessel, הכלי מצרף the vessel joins them. Kidd.40a, a. e. מְצָרְפָהּ למעשה, v. מַחֲשָׁבָה; a. fr. 4) to change small for large coin, opp. פָּרַט. Maas. Sh. IV, 2 כמות … שהיא מצרף as the banker counts when he gives small change for large coins, not as he counts when giving large coins for small change; Tosef. ib. III, 3 המְצָרֵיף … שמצריף ed. Zuck. (Var. המצרף … מצטרף) if one buys a gold Denar for coins designated for second tithes, he must count as the banker would when selling small change, not as he would, when buying large change. Shek. II, 1 מְצָרְפִין, v. דַּרְכּוֹן. Y.B. Mets.IV, end, 9d לצוֹרְפָהּ … מְצָרְפָהּ ביפה if he wants to change the defective coin to be spent in Jerusalem, he must exchange it as if it were of full value (v. Bab. ib. 52b); a. fr.Sifré Deut. 48 אחד מצרף דינר ואוכלו ואחד מצ׳ דינר ומניחו one gathers a gold Denar and spends it, and another changes his accumulation for a gold Denar and puts it away; Yalk. ib. 873, v. סָגַל. Nif. נִצְרַף 1) to be smelted, tried. Yalk. Is. 313, v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:81 כבר נִצְרַפְנוּ we have already been tried. 2) to be hardened. Kel. IV, 4 משיִצָרְפוּ בכבשן when they have been baked in the kiln; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.III, 13 משיִצְטָרְפוּ. Hithpa. הִצְטָרֵף 1) same, v. supra. 2) to be joined, combined, counted in. Naz.35b, a. e. אין היתר מִצְטָרֵף לאיסור a permitted thing is not to be joined to a forbidden thing, i. e. if one ate simultaneously, one half of the legal size each, of a permitted and of a forbidden thing, the two must not be counted together to make up the legal size. Ib. 4a מִצְטָרְפִים זה עם זה they are counted together. Ib. VI, 1. Ber.47b תשעה ועבד מִצְטָרְפִין nine freemen and one slave may be combined (to make up the requisite number of ten for prayers). Ib. שנים ושבת מצט׳ two persons (at meal) and the Sabbath may be combined (count for three persons); מצט׳ … שנית״ח two scholars (at meal) who are engaged in discussion are counted as three. Mikv. III, 4 מצט׳ are combined to make up the legally required quantity of water; a. fr.Tosef.Maas. Sh. III, 3, v. supra.