common prayer

בְּרָכָהf. (b. h.; ברך) 1) blessing, bestowal of prosperity, good wishes, choice, plenty. Keth.5a הואיל … ב׳ לדגים because on it the blessing was given to the fish (Gen. 1:22, to be fruitful). Y. ib. I, beg.24d אין כתיב ב׳וכ׳ the blessing (Gen. 2:3) refers not to man but to the day.Erub.63b, a. fr. תבא עליו ב׳ blessing rest upon him (he acts rightly). Keth.103a; B. Bath. 144b בִּרְכַת הבית ברובה the blessing of a house consists in the number of inmates (every member of a household contributes to its comfort); Tosef.Keth.XII, 3 ב׳ הבית מרובה. B. Mets.42a אין הב׳ מצוייהוכ׳ blessing (unexpected supply, miraculous increase) will not take place in things which are weighed ; Taan.8b; a. fr.Pes.50b, a. fr. אינו רואה סימן ב׳ לעולם will never see a sign of prosperity; a. fr. 2) benediction, prayer to be recited on certain occasions. Ber.35a man must not taste anything בלא ב׳ without a blessing. Ib. 40b כל ב׳ שאיןוכ׳ a benediction in which the Name of the Lord is not invoked, is no benediction; a. fr.Pl. בְּרָכוֹת. 1) blessings, benedictions. Ib. 45b; a. v. fr.Sabb.115b כותבי ב׳ those who write out the formulas of prayer. 2) Brakhoth, the first treatise of the Mishnah, Talmud, a. Tosefta.Compounds: בִּרְכַת אבלים the prayer for consolation inserted in the mourners grace after meal. Keth.8b; a. fr.ב׳ ארוסין benediction preceding betrothal, v. אֵרוּסִין Ib. 7b.ב׳ הארץ that portion of the grace after meal which refers to Palestine. Ib. 8b.ב׳ הזבח the benediction before partaking of the festive offering (חֲגִיגָה) which accompanies the Paschal lamb. Pes.X, 9 (120a).ב׳ הזימון the appeal to the partakers of a meal to say grace, common prayer. Ber.45b.ב׳ חתנים benediction on performing the marriage ceremony, also inserted in the grace after wedding meals during seven days. Keth.8b.ב׳ כהנים the priestly benediction (Num. 6:24–26). Sot.VII, 6.ב׳ המזון grace after meal. Keth. l. c.ב׳ המצוות benediction on performing a divine command (of a symbolic nature). Ib. 7b.ב׳ רחבה benediction of consolation pronounced in open air on the mourners return from burial (v. הַבְרָאָה). Ib. 8b.ב׳ התורה benediction before and after reading the Law. Y.Ber.I, 3c.(For other compounds see the respective determinants. 3) blasphemy. בִּרְכַת השם. Snh.56a sq.; (Tosef.Ab. Zar. VIII (IX), 4 קיללת).

בְּרָכָהf. (b. h.; ברך) 1) blessing, bestowal of prosperity, good wishes, choice, plenty. Keth.5a הואיל … ב׳ לדגים because on it the blessing was given to the fish (Gen. 1:22, to be fruitful). Y. ib. I, beg.24d אין כתיב ב׳וכ׳ the blessing (Gen. 2:3) refers not to man but to the day.Erub.63b, a. fr. תבא עליו ב׳ blessing rest upon him (he acts rightly). Keth.103a; B. Bath. 144b בִּרְכַת הבית ברובה the blessing of a house consists in the number of inmates (every member of a household contributes to its comfort); Tosef.Keth.XII, 3 ב׳ הבית מרובה. B. Mets.42a אין הב׳ מצוייהוכ׳ blessing (unexpected supply, miraculous increase) will not take place in things which are weighed ; Taan.8b; a. fr.Pes.50b, a. fr. אינו רואה סימן ב׳ לעולם will never see a sign of prosperity; a. fr. 2) benediction, prayer to be recited on certain occasions. Ber.35a man must not taste anything בלא ב׳ without a blessing. Ib. 40b כל ב׳ שאיןוכ׳ a benediction in which the Name of the Lord is not invoked, is no benediction; a. fr.Pl. בְּרָכוֹת. 1) blessings, benedictions. Ib. 45b; a. v. fr.Sabb.115b כותבי ב׳ those who write out the formulas of prayer. 2) Brakhoth, the first treatise of the Mishnah, Talmud, a. Tosefta.Compounds: בִּרְכַת אבלים the prayer for consolation inserted in the mourners grace after meal. Keth.8b; a. fr.ב׳ ארוסין benediction preceding betrothal, v. אֵרוּסִין Ib. 7b.ב׳ הארץ that portion of the grace after meal which refers to Palestine. Ib. 8b.ב׳ הזבח the benediction before partaking of the festive offering (חֲגִיגָה) which accompanies the Paschal lamb. Pes.X, 9 (120a).ב׳ הזימון the appeal to the partakers of a meal to say grace, common prayer. Ber.45b.ב׳ חתנים benediction on performing the marriage ceremony, also inserted in the grace after wedding meals during seven days. Keth.8b.ב׳ כהנים the priestly benediction (Num. 6:24–26). Sot.VII, 6.ב׳ המזון grace after meal. Keth. l. c.ב׳ המצוות benediction on performing a divine command (of a symbolic nature). Ib. 7b.ב׳ רחבה benediction of consolation pronounced in open air on the mourners return from burial (v. הַבְרָאָה). Ib. 8b.ב׳ התורה benediction before and after reading the Law. Y.Ber.I, 3c.(For other compounds see the respective determinants. 3) blasphemy. בִּרְכַת השם. Snh.56a sq.; (Tosef.Ab. Zar. VIII (IX), 4 קיללת).

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

עָרַךְ(b. h.) (to connect, join, 1) (b. h.) to range, arrange, place in order. Y.Yoma II, end, 40a (ref. to Lev. 1:8, a. 12) כהן אחד עוֹרֵךְוכ׳ one priest places two limbs on the altar ; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. 4, ch. VI. Gen. R. s. 78 יש בי כח לעֲרוֹךְ תפלה (Yalk. ib. 133 לסדר) I have strength to offer prayer; יש בי כח לערוך מלחמה I have strength to give battle. Yalk. l. c. וע׳ מלחמה כנגדו gave him battle. Tanḥ. Bḥuck. 6 ואֶעֱרוֹךְ לפניכם שלחן I will set a table before you (in the hereafter), v. infra. Ned.20b עָרַכְתִּי לו שלחן והפכו I prepared a table for him, but he upset it (euphem. for unnatural gratification); a. e. (In Talm. mostly סדר.עוֹרְכֵי הדיינין (= עורכי דין לפני הדיינין) those who arrange arguments before the judges, pleaders, advocates, who advise their clients what to say or not to say before court. Ab. I, 8 אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ do not make thyself to he like legal advisers, i. e. be careful as judge not to suggest an advice to one of the litigants; Y.B. Bath.lX, 17a top כעֹרְכֵי; Y.Keth.IV, 29a bot. אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ שלא לגלותוכ׳ do not make thyself to be like, that is, you must not reveal to an individual his case (how to argue). Bab. ib. 52b; 86a עשינו עצמינו כע׳ ד׳ we have made ourselves to be like (I ought not to have suggested an advice).Part. pass. עָרוּךְ; f. עְרוּכָה Sabb.119b וכשבא לביתו ומצא נר דלוק ושלחן ע׳וכ׳ when he comes home and finds the lamp lighted, the table set and the couch spread, the good angel says ; a. e. 2) (cmp. Syr. ערך, P. Sm. 2990) to work dough (contrad. to לוּש); to roll, shape Pes.III, 4 אחת לשה ואחת עוֹרֶכֶתוכ׳ one woman kneads, another works and shapes the dough, and a third one bakes. Ab. Zar. IV, 9 לא לשין ולא עוֹרְכִין עמו you must not knead nor work and shape dough with him. Neg. II, 4 כעוֹרֶכֶת in the position of a woman working dough; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Erub.54a (ref. to ערוכהוכ׳, 2 Sam. 23:5) אם ע׳ … משתמרתוכ׳ if the Law is worked into thy two hundred and forty-eight limbs, it will be preserved Midr. Till. to Ps. 14 (read:) פת לושה ופת ע׳ kneaded (common) bread and well-worked bread; Yalk. ib. 662 עריכה (corr. acc.). Hif. הֶעֱרִיךְ ( to place side by side; cmp. נָקַש Hif.) to compare; to value; esp. (v. Lev. 27:2–13) to dedicate the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar. Arakh.I, 1 הכל מַעֲרִיכִין ונֶעֱרָכִין all persons are fit to dedicate or to be the subjects of dedication. Ib. נֶעֱרָךְ אבל לא מַעֲרִיךְ may be the subject of dedication, but cannot dedicate (his vow is invalid). Ib. VI, 5 המעריך את עצמו he who dedicates his own value. Tanḥ. l. c. (read:) אתם מעריכין לפני את נפשותיכם … מעריכת גיהנם you value before me your lives, and I shall save you from the range of Gehenna (v. עֲרִיכָה), and set (v. supra); a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱרַךְ to be the subject of valuation, to be valued. Arakh.I, 1, a. fr., v. supra. Ib. II, 1 אין נערכין Var., v. עֵרֶךְ.

עָרַךְ(b. h.) (to connect, join, 1) (b. h.) to range, arrange, place in order. Y.Yoma II, end, 40a (ref. to Lev. 1:8, a. 12) כהן אחד עוֹרֵךְוכ׳ one priest places two limbs on the altar ; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. 4, ch. VI. Gen. R. s. 78 יש בי כח לעֲרוֹךְ תפלה (Yalk. ib. 133 לסדר) I have strength to offer prayer; יש בי כח לערוך מלחמה I have strength to give battle. Yalk. l. c. וע׳ מלחמה כנגדו gave him battle. Tanḥ. Bḥuck. 6 ואֶעֱרוֹךְ לפניכם שלחן I will set a table before you (in the hereafter), v. infra. Ned.20b עָרַכְתִּי לו שלחן והפכו I prepared a table for him, but he upset it (euphem. for unnatural gratification); a. e. (In Talm. mostly סדר.עוֹרְכֵי הדיינין (= עורכי דין לפני הדיינין) those who arrange arguments before the judges, pleaders, advocates, who advise their clients what to say or not to say before court. Ab. I, 8 אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ do not make thyself to he like legal advisers, i. e. be careful as judge not to suggest an advice to one of the litigants; Y.B. Bath.lX, 17a top כעֹרְכֵי; Y.Keth.IV, 29a bot. אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ שלא לגלותוכ׳ do not make thyself to be like, that is, you must not reveal to an individual his case (how to argue). Bab. ib. 52b; 86a עשינו עצמינו כע׳ ד׳ we have made ourselves to be like (I ought not to have suggested an advice).Part. pass. עָרוּךְ; f. עְרוּכָה Sabb.119b וכשבא לביתו ומצא נר דלוק ושלחן ע׳וכ׳ when he comes home and finds the lamp lighted, the table set and the couch spread, the good angel says ; a. e. 2) (cmp. Syr. ערך, P. Sm. 2990) to work dough (contrad. to לוּש); to roll, shape Pes.III, 4 אחת לשה ואחת עוֹרֶכֶתוכ׳ one woman kneads, another works and shapes the dough, and a third one bakes. Ab. Zar. IV, 9 לא לשין ולא עוֹרְכִין עמו you must not knead nor work and shape dough with him. Neg. II, 4 כעוֹרֶכֶת in the position of a woman working dough; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Erub.54a (ref. to ערוכהוכ׳, 2 Sam. 23:5) אם ע׳ … משתמרתוכ׳ if the Law is worked into thy two hundred and forty-eight limbs, it will be preserved Midr. Till. to Ps. 14 (read:) פת לושה ופת ע׳ kneaded (common) bread and well-worked bread; Yalk. ib. 662 עריכה (corr. acc.). Hif. הֶעֱרִיךְ ( to place side by side; cmp. נָקַש Hif.) to compare; to value; esp. (v. Lev. 27:2–13) to dedicate the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar. Arakh.I, 1 הכל מַעֲרִיכִין ונֶעֱרָכִין all persons are fit to dedicate or to be the subjects of dedication. Ib. נֶעֱרָךְ אבל לא מַעֲרִיךְ may be the subject of dedication, but cannot dedicate (his vow is invalid). Ib. VI, 5 המעריך את עצמו he who dedicates his own value. Tanḥ. l. c. (read:) אתם מעריכין לפני את נפשותיכם … מעריכת גיהנם you value before me your lives, and I shall save you from the range of Gehenna (v. עֲרִיכָה), and set (v. supra); a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱרַךְ to be the subject of valuation, to be valued. Arakh.I, 1, a. fr., v. supra. Ib. II, 1 אין נערכין Var., v. עֵרֶךְ.

שְׁמֹנֶהf., שְׁמֹנָה m., שְׁמו̇׳ (b. h.) eight. Kidd.30a, v. פָּסוּק. Men.30a ש׳ פסוקים שבתורה the last eight verses of the Pentateuch. Yoma VII, 5 כהן … בש׳ כליםוכ׳ the high priest officiates in eight garments, and the common priest in four. Gen. R. s. 98 (play on שמנה, Gen. 49:20) שהוא מעמיד בגדי ש׳ he (Asher) raises those who wear eight garments (marrying his dowered daughters into priestly families); a. v. fr.ש׳ עשרה eighteen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ ע׳ שנה היתה בתוכ׳ for eighteen years in succession a voice came forth to Nebuchadnezzar ; a. fr.Esp. ש׳ עשרה (with or sub. ברכות; abbrev. ש״ע) the eighteen lenedictions of the daily prayer (תפלה). Ber.IV, 3 בכל יום …ש״עוכ׳ on every ordinary day one must recite the eighteen benedictions ; מעיןש״ע an abstract of the eighteen Tosef. ib. III, 25 ש״ע … כנגד ש׳ ע׳ הזכרותוכ׳ the eighteen benedictions … correspond to the eighteen invocations of the Divine Name in habu (Ps. 29); Ber.28b. Ib.; Meg.17b הסדירש״עוכ׳, v. סָרַר. Ab. V, 21, v. חוּפָּה; a. fr.Pl. שְׁמֹנִים, שְׁמוֹ׳ eighty. Kidd. l. c. Ab. l. c. בן ש׳ at the age of eighty years; a. fr.

שְׁמֹנֶהf., שְׁמֹנָה m., שְׁמו̇׳ (b. h.) eight. Kidd.30a, v. פָּסוּק. Men.30a ש׳ פסוקים שבתורה the last eight verses of the Pentateuch. Yoma VII, 5 כהן … בש׳ כליםוכ׳ the high priest officiates in eight garments, and the common priest in four. Gen. R. s. 98 (play on שמנה, Gen. 49:20) שהוא מעמיד בגדי ש׳ he (Asher) raises those who wear eight garments (marrying his dowered daughters into priestly families); a. v. fr.ש׳ עשרה eighteen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ ע׳ שנה היתה בתוכ׳ for eighteen years in succession a voice came forth to Nebuchadnezzar ; a. fr.Esp. ש׳ עשרה (with or sub. ברכות; abbrev. ש״ע) the eighteen lenedictions of the daily prayer (תפלה). Ber.IV, 3 בכל יום …ש״עוכ׳ on every ordinary day one must recite the eighteen benedictions ; מעיןש״ע an abstract of the eighteen Tosef. ib. III, 25 ש״ע … כנגד ש׳ ע׳ הזכרותוכ׳ the eighteen benedictions … correspond to the eighteen invocations of the Divine Name in habu (Ps. 29); Ber.28b. Ib.; Meg.17b הסדירש״עוכ׳, v. סָרַר. Ab. V, 21, v. חוּפָּה; a. fr.Pl. שְׁמֹנִים, שְׁמוֹ׳ eighty. Kidd. l. c. Ab. l. c. בן ש׳ at the age of eighty years; a. fr.