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כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.

כַּלֵּךְ(contr. of כַּלֵּה וָלֵךְ, v. כָּלָה) cease and turn!, go! Yeb.44a כ׳ אצל שכמותך turn towards one corresponding to thine own age. B. Mets.22a כ׳ אצל יפות go to better fruits (to take Trumah from); Erub.71a. B. Bath. 164b כ׳ מלשוןוכ׳ turn away from this kind of slander. Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 2, ch. II או כ׳ לדרך זו or turn this way, i. e. I may argue thus; (ib. Emor, Par. 12, ch. XVII. או לכהוכ׳). Ib. Vayikra, Hobah, Par. 7, ch. XI או כ׳ לך (corr. acc.); a. e.

כַּלֵּךְ(contr. of כַּלֵּה וָלֵךְ, v. כָּלָה) cease and turn!, go! Yeb.44a כ׳ אצל שכמותך turn towards one corresponding to thine own age. B. Mets.22a כ׳ אצל יפות go to better fruits (to take Trumah from); Erub.71a. B. Bath. 164b כ׳ מלשוןוכ׳ turn away from this kind of slander. Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 2, ch. II או כ׳ לדרך זו or turn this way, i. e. I may argue thus; (ib. Emor, Par. 12, ch. XVII. או לכהוכ׳). Ib. Vayikra, Hobah, Par. 7, ch. XI או כ׳ לך (corr. acc.); a. e.

כְּעֶנֶתadv. ( עני) correspondingly, וּכְ׳ and so forth, i. e. and as the corresponding titles may be. Ezra 4:10; a. e.Ib. 17 וּכְעֶת.

כְּעֶנֶתadv. ( עני) correspondingly, וּכְ׳ and so forth, i. e. and as the corresponding titles may be. Ezra 4:10; a. e.Ib. 17 וּכְעֶת.

לָבַב(b. h.) 1) to join closely; to tie.Part. pass, לָבוּב, pl. לְבוּבִין Sabb.V, 2 (52b) זכרים יוצאין ל׳ wethers may be taken out (on the Sabbath) coupled; expl. ib. 53b תותרי. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי ל׳ לישנא דקרובי הוא where is the proof that this root לבב has the meaning of bringing close together? Answ. ref. to לבבתני (Cant. 4:9) ‘thou hast chained me; עולא אמר עור שקושרין להם כנגד לבםוכ׳ Ulla says ( lbubin refers to) the skin which is tied against their chests to protect them from the attacks of wolves; Y. ib. V, 7b bot. שהוא נותן עורוכ׳ (v. בּוּרְסִיון). 2) (denom. of לֵב) part. pass. (עור) לָבוּב a hide showing a hole in the place corresponding to the heart.Pl. לְבוּבִים, לְבוּבִין. Ab. Zar.II, 3 (29b) עורות ל׳ hides with holes (are forbidden, because the heart has been cut out for idolatrous purposes); expl. Tosef. ib. IV (V), 7; Y. ib. II, 41b; Bab. ib. 32a. Nif. נִלְבַּב to be tied around. Y.Sabb.X, end, 12d העושה … לִילָּבֵב he who makes a strap to be tied around (an animals chest, v. supra); Tosef.Kel.B. Bath.IV, 13 ללַבֵּנ Pi. Pi. לִתבֵּב I) to join, tie, v. supra. 2) (denom. of לֵב) to encourage; to strengthen. Tanḥ. Shmoth 14; Ex. R. s. 2 (play on לַבַּת, Ex. 3:2) (כדי) לְלַבְּבוֹוכ׳ in order to make him courageous when he comes to Mount Sinai Gen. R. s. 77 היה … ומְלַבְּבוֹ בארי the king took his son and made him courageous by making him attack the (tamed) lion; Cant. R. to III, 6 זיווג את הארי והיה מלבבו כנגד בנו he attacked the lion and incited him against his son. Pesik. Sliḥ., p. 166a> (read:) יפה כחך לַבֵּב כחך גבור improve thy strength, strengthen thy powers, valiant man! (Ar. ed. Koh. ליבב כת בגבורה, oth. ed. לבב כת בגבורה join physical strength to valor).

לָבַב(b. h.) 1) to join closely; to tie.Part. pass, לָבוּב, pl. לְבוּבִין Sabb.V, 2 (52b) זכרים יוצאין ל׳ wethers may be taken out (on the Sabbath) coupled; expl. ib. 53b תותרי. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי ל׳ לישנא דקרובי הוא where is the proof that this root לבב has the meaning of bringing close together? Answ. ref. to לבבתני (Cant. 4:9) ‘thou hast chained me; עולא אמר עור שקושרין להם כנגד לבםוכ׳ Ulla says ( lbubin refers to) the skin which is tied against their chests to protect them from the attacks of wolves; Y. ib. V, 7b bot. שהוא נותן עורוכ׳ (v. בּוּרְסִיון). 2) (denom. of לֵב) part. pass. (עור) לָבוּב a hide showing a hole in the place corresponding to the heart.Pl. לְבוּבִים, לְבוּבִין. Ab. Zar.II, 3 (29b) עורות ל׳ hides with holes (are forbidden, because the heart has been cut out for idolatrous purposes); expl. Tosef. ib. IV (V), 7; Y. ib. II, 41b; Bab. ib. 32a. Nif. נִלְבַּב to be tied around. Y.Sabb.X, end, 12d העושה … לִילָּבֵב he who makes a strap to be tied around (an animals chest, v. supra); Tosef.Kel.B. Bath.IV, 13 ללַבֵּנ Pi. Pi. לִתבֵּב I) to join, tie, v. supra. 2) (denom. of לֵב) to encourage; to strengthen. Tanḥ. Shmoth 14; Ex. R. s. 2 (play on לַבַּת, Ex. 3:2) (כדי) לְלַבְּבוֹוכ׳ in order to make him courageous when he comes to Mount Sinai Gen. R. s. 77 היה … ומְלַבְּבוֹ בארי the king took his son and made him courageous by making him attack the (tamed) lion; Cant. R. to III, 6 זיווג את הארי והיה מלבבו כנגד בנו he attacked the lion and incited him against his son. Pesik. Sliḥ., p. 166a> (read:) יפה כחך לַבֵּב כחך גבור improve thy strength, strengthen thy powers, valiant man! (Ar. ed. Koh. ליבב כת בגבורה, oth. ed. לבב כת בגבורה join physical strength to valor).

לְגִימָהf. ( לגם, v. לוּגְמָא) 1) quaffing, taking a draught. Y.Sot.I, 16c bot. כדי לְגִימַת שלשוכ׳ (Bab. ib. 4a כדי לגמע, v. גָּמָא) as much time as is required for quaffing three roasted eggs. 2) (in gen.) eating and drinking, entertainment. Snh.103b גדולה ל׳ שהרחיקהוכ׳ a little refreshment plays an essential part, for its refusal estranged two tribes from Israel (Ammon and Moab, v. Deut. 23:4 sq.). Ib. 52a (ref. to Ps. 35:16) שהחניפו לקרח על עיסקי ל׳ they flattered Korah for the sake of entertainments (to which he used to invite them); Yalk. Ps. 723. 3) living, support (our ‘bread and butter). Gitt.7a (play on צ̇ק̇ל̇ג̇ ומד̇מ̇נה וס̇נ̇סנה̇, Josh. 15:31) כל מי שיש לו צ̇עק̇ת ל̇ג̇ימא על חבירווד̇ומ̇ם שוכן בס̇נ̇ה̇ יעשה לו דין if one has cause to complain of being hindered in his livelihood by his neighbor and keeps his peace, He who dwells in the thornbush will take up his cause. Bekh.35a ללגימא לא חיישינן we do not apprehend that their testimony may be influenced by their bread and butter, i. e. by their dependence on their employers.Pl. לְגִימוֹת. R. Hash. 18a כנגד י׳ ל׳וכ׳ corresponding to the ten meals which Nabal gave to Davids servants (1 Sam. 25:5).

לְגִימָהf. ( לגם, v. לוּגְמָא) 1) quaffing, taking a draught. Y.Sot.I, 16c bot. כדי לְגִימַת שלשוכ׳ (Bab. ib. 4a כדי לגמע, v. גָּמָא) as much time as is required for quaffing three roasted eggs. 2) (in gen.) eating and drinking, entertainment. Snh.103b גדולה ל׳ שהרחיקהוכ׳ a little refreshment plays an essential part, for its refusal estranged two tribes from Israel (Ammon and Moab, v. Deut. 23:4 sq.). Ib. 52a (ref. to Ps. 35:16) שהחניפו לקרח על עיסקי ל׳ they flattered Korah for the sake of entertainments (to which he used to invite them); Yalk. Ps. 723. 3) living, support (our ‘bread and butter). Gitt.7a (play on צ̇ק̇ל̇ג̇ ומד̇מ̇נה וס̇נ̇סנה̇, Josh. 15:31) כל מי שיש לו צ̇עק̇ת ל̇ג̇ימא על חבירווד̇ומ̇ם שוכן בס̇נ̇ה̇ יעשה לו דין if one has cause to complain of being hindered in his livelihood by his neighbor and keeps his peace, He who dwells in the thornbush will take up his cause. Bekh.35a ללגימא לא חיישינן we do not apprehend that their testimony may be influenced by their bread and butter, i. e. by their dependence on their employers.Pl. לְגִימוֹת. R. Hash. 18a כנגד י׳ ל׳וכ׳ corresponding to the ten meals which Nabal gave to Davids servants (1 Sam. 25:5).

לוּזII m. (b. h.) nut, almond, hazel-nut; also nut-tree. Bekh.8a וכנגדן באילן ל׳ corresponding to chickens (hatched in twenty one days) is the almond tree among trees; Y.Taan.IV, 68c bot. (ref. to שקד, Jer. 1:11) מה הל׳ הזהוכ׳ as the almond tree requires twenty one days from blossoming ; (Koh. R. to XII, 7 השקד). Gen. R. s. 69 (ref. to לוּז, v. preced.) מה ל׳ אין לו פהוכ׳ (some ed. לה, fem.) as the nut has no opening, so nobody could find the entrance to the town. Ib. ל׳ היה עומדוכ׳ a nut-tree stood before the entrance. Ib.; ib. s. 81 end, v. רָטַב; a. fr.Pl. לוּזִים, לוּזִין. Y.Kil.I, 27a bot., v. בּוּטְמָא.Trnsf. ל׳ של שדרה the nut of the spinal column, a hard vertebra, (Juden-knöchlein, v. Löw Pfl., p. 875 a. quot. ib. from Hyrtl, Das Arabische und Hebr. in der Anat., p. 16 5). Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 5; a. e.

לוּזII m. (b. h.) nut, almond, hazel-nut; also nut-tree. Bekh.8a וכנגדן באילן ל׳ corresponding to chickens (hatched in twenty one days) is the almond tree among trees; Y.Taan.IV, 68c bot. (ref. to שקד, Jer. 1:11) מה הל׳ הזהוכ׳ as the almond tree requires twenty one days from blossoming ; (Koh. R. to XII, 7 השקד). Gen. R. s. 69 (ref. to לוּז, v. preced.) מה ל׳ אין לו פהוכ׳ (some ed. לה, fem.) as the nut has no opening, so nobody could find the entrance to the town. Ib. ל׳ היה עומדוכ׳ a nut-tree stood before the entrance. Ib.; ib. s. 81 end, v. רָטַב; a. fr.Pl. לוּזִים, לוּזִין. Y.Kil.I, 27a bot., v. בּוּטְמָא.Trnsf. ל׳ של שדרה the nut of the spinal column, a hard vertebra, (Juden-knöchlein, v. Löw Pfl., p. 875 a. quot. ib. from Hyrtl, Das Arabische und Hebr. in der Anat., p. 16 5). Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 5; a. e.

מְאוֹרָעm. (אָרַע I) event, occasion. Sifré Deut. s. 1; Yalk. ib. 792 נקראו על שם המ׳ they were named from a certain event which occurred there. Gen. R. s. 37, end היו מוציאין שמן לשם המ׳ they passed (invented) names referring to events (instead of to genealogy). Y.Taan.I, 63d bot. לפי הזמן … לפי המ׳ according to the season, according to the needs of the occasion. Sabb.24a ואומר מעין המ׳ and insert words (in the prayer) corresponding to the needs of the occasion; (Tosef.Ber.III, 10, sq. מוּרָע ed. Zuck., Var. מאורע); a. fr.

מְאוֹרָעm. (אָרַע I) event, occasion. Sifré Deut. s. 1; Yalk. ib. 792 נקראו על שם המ׳ they were named from a certain event which occurred there. Gen. R. s. 37, end היו מוציאין שמן לשם המ׳ they passed (invented) names referring to events (instead of to genealogy). Y.Taan.I, 63d bot. לפי הזמן … לפי המ׳ according to the season, according to the needs of the occasion. Sabb.24a ואומר מעין המ׳ and insert words (in the prayer) corresponding to the needs of the occasion; (Tosef.Ber.III, 10, sq. מוּרָע ed. Zuck., Var. מאורע); a. fr.

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.

מִזְמוֹרm. (b. h.; זָמַר) song, psalm. Lev. R. s. 10 המ׳ הזה אדםוכ׳ this psalm (Ps. 92) was composed by Adam. Midr. Till. to Ps. 4; a. fr.Pl. מִזְמוֹרוֹת, מִזְמוֹרִים, מִזְמוֹרִין Y.Ber.IV, 7d bot.; Y.Taan.II, 65c top כנגדי״ח מ׳וכ׳ corresponding to the eighteen psalms Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c; Treat. Sofrim ch. XVI, 11 מאה … מ׳ one hundred and forty seven psalms (Pss. 1 and 2, 9 and 10, 42 and 43 forming severally one psalm). Lev. R. s. 4 מאה ושנים מ׳ אמרוכ׳ (not ועשרים) one hundred and two psalms had David composed (up to Ps. 104, counting Ps. 1 and 2, Ps. 42 and 43 severally one psalm, v. Ber.9b bot. a. Var. in Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l., a. Yalk. Ps. 86 2); a. fr.

מִזְמוֹרm. (b. h.; זָמַר) song, psalm. Lev. R. s. 10 המ׳ הזה אדםוכ׳ this psalm (Ps. 92) was composed by Adam. Midr. Till. to Ps. 4; a. fr.Pl. מִזְמוֹרוֹת, מִזְמוֹרִים, מִזְמוֹרִין Y.Ber.IV, 7d bot.; Y.Taan.II, 65c top כנגדי״ח מ׳וכ׳ corresponding to the eighteen psalms Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c; Treat. Sofrim ch. XVI, 11 מאה … מ׳ one hundred and forty seven psalms (Pss. 1 and 2, 9 and 10, 42 and 43 forming severally one psalm). Lev. R. s. 4 מאה ושנים מ׳ אמרוכ׳ (not ועשרים) one hundred and two psalms had David composed (up to Ps. 104, counting Ps. 1 and 2, Ps. 42 and 43 severally one psalm, v. Ber.9b bot. a. Var. in Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l., a. Yalk. Ps. 86 2); a. fr.

מִולm. (an adapt. of mille, sub. passunm) 1) mil ( mile) = 2000 cubits. Yoma VI, 4 שבעה ומחצה לכל מ׳ seven and a half Ris for each mile. Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top י״ב מ׳ כמחנה ישראל twelve mil, corresponding to the encampment of the Israelites (ref. to Num. 33:8); a. fr.Pl. מִילִין. Tosef. Yoma IV (III), 13. Yoma VI, 8; a. fr. 2) milestone.Pl. as ab. Yalk. Deut. 907 מסילה שלא היה בה מ׳ a road on which there were no milestones.