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1 צָעַר
1) to be narrow, slender, young, v. צוֹעֵר, צׇעִיר. 2) to be restrained, suffer privation, pain. Taan.11a, v. infra. Hif. הִצְעִיר to lessen; to subordinate. Gen. R. s. 6 (ref. to הצעיר, Gen. 48:14) על ידי שהיה מַצְעִיר את עסקיווכ׳ because he subordinated his affairs (was contented with lesser services), he was privileged to be invested with the rights of the firstborn; הגדול שהוא מצעירוכ׳ if a great man applies himself to minor services, how much more (is he praiseworthy)!Part. pass. מוּצְעָר, q. v. Pi. צִיעֵר 1) to narrow, restrain; to inflict pain, annoy. Naz.19a; 22a, a. e. (ref. to Num. 6:11) ומה זה שלא צי׳ עצמו … המְצַעֵר עצמווכ׳ if this (Nazarite) who denied himself only the enjoyment of wine is called a sinner, how much more so he who denies himself all enjoyments of life! Taan.11a יִצְעַר … במשה רבינו שצי׳ עצמווכ׳ man must suffer (deny himself enjoyments), when the community suffers; for thus we find that Moses afflicted himself (by sitting on a stone, Ex. 17:12) ; ib. וכל המצער עצמו עםוכ׳ (Ms. M. וכל המצער עם, insert עצמו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and he who afflicts himself in sympathy with the community, will be allowed to see the comfort of the community; Yalk. Gen. 148, a. e. המִצְטַעֵר. Snh.11a אתה הוא שצִיעַרְתָּ לאכא wast thou the one who annoyed my father (with the smell of garlic)? Ab. Zar.40b ואתה מְצַעֲרֵינִי and thou didst let me be in pain (without telling me of the remedy)?; a. fr. 2) to suffer. Yalk. Is. 333, v. צָרַר. Hithpa. הִצְטַעֵר, Nithpa. נִצְטַעֵר to feel pain; to suffer privation; to grieve, trouble ones self. Yalk. Gen. l. c., a. e., v. supra. Hag.15b בזמנ שאדם מִצְטַעֵרוכ׳ when a man suffers (the penalty of the law), what does the Shekhinah say?; אם כךהקב״ה מצטערוכ׳ if the Lord thus grieves over the blood of the wicked (convict), how much more does he grieve over the blood of the righteous that is shed!; Ms. M. 1 אם כן מצטער אניוכ׳; Ms. M. 2 מִצְטַעֲרֵנִי if thus I (the Lord) grieve Snh. 46a; Yalk. Deut. 930. Succ.26a, a. e. מצטער פטורוכ׳ he that feels uncomfortable (cold) is exempt from sitting in the Succah (contrad. fr. חולה). Meg.16a sq. אפשר דבר שנצ׳ בו … יכשל בו is it possible that this righteous man (Joseph) should commit the same wrong from which he himself had suffered (to make distinctions between brothers)? Yoma 74b; Y. ib. VIII, 44d top (ref. to Lev. 16:29) יכול ישב … ויִצְטַעֵר you may think, one must sit in the sun or in the cold in order to afflict ones self. Bab. ib. 19b כל ימי הייתי מצט׳ עלוכ׳ all my life-time have I been troubling myself about this verse (Lev. 16:2) thinking, when shall I have an opportunity to carry it into practice (in accordance with the Sadducean interpretation of it) Sifré Deut. 354 הואיל ונִצְטַעַרְנוּוכ׳ since we have gone to the trouble of coming here ; a. fr. -
2 קורה II
קוֹרָהII f. (b. h. קֹרָה; קָרַר II) cold, cooling; קוֹרַת רוח (cooling of the spirit,) satisfaction, pleasure, comfort. Ab. IV, 17 יפה … של ק׳ר׳וכ׳ better one hour of gratification in the hereafter than a whole life of this world. Yeb.63b אין אדם מוצא ק׳ר׳וכ׳ a man finds contentment only with his first wife. Lev. R. s. 3, end ברוך … לך ק׳ר׳ be blessed and contented. Y.Ber.IV, 7d bot. ותבא לפניך קורת נפשנו לטובה and may our contentment come before thee for good; a. e. -
3 קוֹרָה
קוֹרָהII f. (b. h. קֹרָה; קָרַר II) cold, cooling; קוֹרַת רוח (cooling of the spirit,) satisfaction, pleasure, comfort. Ab. IV, 17 יפה … של ק׳ר׳וכ׳ better one hour of gratification in the hereafter than a whole life of this world. Yeb.63b אין אדם מוצא ק׳ר׳וכ׳ a man finds contentment only with his first wife. Lev. R. s. 3, end ברוך … לך ק׳ר׳ be blessed and contented. Y.Ber.IV, 7d bot. ותבא לפניך קורת נפשנו לטובה and may our contentment come before thee for good; a. e.
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