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1 כלה ונחרצה
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2 קיצותא
קִיצוּתָאf. (= קִצִיצוּתָא) = h. קִיצָה, definite term, stipulation. Ned.4b משום דלא אית ליה ק׳ because there is no definite term for it (a vow of abstinence, unless explicitly limited, is for ever); אבל … דאית ליה ק׳וכ׳ but as to a Nazarites vow where there is a definite term (a Nazarites vow, unless qualified, being for thirty days) Ib. 86a התם קיץ אשה … ק׳ there (in the case of the transfer of a field for ten years) there is a definite end stipulated, but can a woman (dedicating her handiwork to the sanctuary after she shall be divorced) define the time? B. Mets.67b בק׳ by definite stipulation of the time up to which the mortgagee may have the privilege of usufruct. Ib. קצו׳ (corr. acc.). Keth.54b מהו דתימא קַיְיצוּתָא עבדווכ׳ you may have thought that the Rabbis instituted a definite sum as the wifes jointure in order not to put the poor to shame. Y. ib. VI, 30d top (in Hebr. dict.) אם עשת ק׳ if she had a stipulation to that effect made (in her marriage contract); Tosef. ib. VI, 6 קִיצָתָהּ, v. קִיצָה. Shebu.42a קי׳ דתרעאוכ׳ Ms. F. (ed. קצ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) stipulations of prices one is likely to remember well.V. קְצִיצָה. -
3 קִיצוּתָא
קִיצוּתָאf. (= קִצִיצוּתָא) = h. קִיצָה, definite term, stipulation. Ned.4b משום דלא אית ליה ק׳ because there is no definite term for it (a vow of abstinence, unless explicitly limited, is for ever); אבל … דאית ליה ק׳וכ׳ but as to a Nazarites vow where there is a definite term (a Nazarites vow, unless qualified, being for thirty days) Ib. 86a התם קיץ אשה … ק׳ there (in the case of the transfer of a field for ten years) there is a definite end stipulated, but can a woman (dedicating her handiwork to the sanctuary after she shall be divorced) define the time? B. Mets.67b בק׳ by definite stipulation of the time up to which the mortgagee may have the privilege of usufruct. Ib. קצו׳ (corr. acc.). Keth.54b מהו דתימא קַיְיצוּתָא עבדווכ׳ you may have thought that the Rabbis instituted a definite sum as the wifes jointure in order not to put the poor to shame. Y. ib. VI, 30d top (in Hebr. dict.) אם עשת ק׳ if she had a stipulation to that effect made (in her marriage contract); Tosef. ib. VI, 6 קִיצָתָהּ, v. קִיצָה. Shebu.42a קי׳ דתרעאוכ׳ Ms. F. (ed. קצ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) stipulations of prices one is likely to remember well.V. קְצִיצָה. -
4 קצבה
קִצְבָה, קִי׳f. (קָצַב) decision, definition, limit, definite scope. Gitt, 52a דבר שיש לו ק׳ a thing (religious duty) for which there is a definite time and limit v. קָצַב. Pes.VI, 5 אם אמרת … שיש להן ק׳וכ׳ you cannot draw an analogy between congregational offerings (on the Sabbath), which are definite, and the Passover sacrifice, which is indefinite; Y. ib. 33a. Ib. 33c bot. (read:) מאי אית לך דבר שאין לו ק׳ what do you mean by saying, a thing which is undefined? שלא נתנה התורה ק׳וכ׳ the Law does not define how many Passover sacrifices supersede the Sabbath each year (whereas the number of the daily sacrifices is definite). Y.Ber.V, 9c top כנותן קי׳וכ׳, v. מִדָּה. B. Kam. 113a, v. מוֹכֵס h. B. Mets.IX, 5 מה ק׳ (ב) כרי what standard is ‘a pile of grain? i. e. this cannot be made a standard alike for large and small fields. Y.Shek.II, 46d top שקִצְבָתָן מן התורה (ed. Krot. שקִצְוָו׳) which are defined in the Biblical law (as to numbers and times); a. fr. -
5 קי׳
קִצְבָה, קִי׳f. (קָצַב) decision, definition, limit, definite scope. Gitt, 52a דבר שיש לו ק׳ a thing (religious duty) for which there is a definite time and limit v. קָצַב. Pes.VI, 5 אם אמרת … שיש להן ק׳וכ׳ you cannot draw an analogy between congregational offerings (on the Sabbath), which are definite, and the Passover sacrifice, which is indefinite; Y. ib. 33a. Ib. 33c bot. (read:) מאי אית לך דבר שאין לו ק׳ what do you mean by saying, a thing which is undefined? שלא נתנה התורה ק׳וכ׳ the Law does not define how many Passover sacrifices supersede the Sabbath each year (whereas the number of the daily sacrifices is definite). Y.Ber.V, 9c top כנותן קי׳וכ׳, v. מִדָּה. B. Kam. 113a, v. מוֹכֵס h. B. Mets.IX, 5 מה ק׳ (ב) כרי what standard is ‘a pile of grain? i. e. this cannot be made a standard alike for large and small fields. Y.Shek.II, 46d top שקִצְבָתָן מן התורה (ed. Krot. שקִצְוָו׳) which are defined in the Biblical law (as to numbers and times); a. fr. -
6 קִצְבָה
קִצְבָה, קִי׳f. (קָצַב) decision, definition, limit, definite scope. Gitt, 52a דבר שיש לו ק׳ a thing (religious duty) for which there is a definite time and limit v. קָצַב. Pes.VI, 5 אם אמרת … שיש להן ק׳וכ׳ you cannot draw an analogy between congregational offerings (on the Sabbath), which are definite, and the Passover sacrifice, which is indefinite; Y. ib. 33a. Ib. 33c bot. (read:) מאי אית לך דבר שאין לו ק׳ what do you mean by saying, a thing which is undefined? שלא נתנה התורה ק׳וכ׳ the Law does not define how many Passover sacrifices supersede the Sabbath each year (whereas the number of the daily sacrifices is definite). Y.Ber.V, 9c top כנותן קי׳וכ׳, v. מִדָּה. B. Kam. 113a, v. מוֹכֵס h. B. Mets.IX, 5 מה ק׳ (ב) כרי what standard is ‘a pile of grain? i. e. this cannot be made a standard alike for large and small fields. Y.Shek.II, 46d top שקִצְבָתָן מן התורה (ed. Krot. שקִצְוָו׳) which are defined in the Biblical law (as to numbers and times); a. fr. -
7 קִי׳
קִצְבָה, קִי׳f. (קָצַב) decision, definition, limit, definite scope. Gitt, 52a דבר שיש לו ק׳ a thing (religious duty) for which there is a definite time and limit v. קָצַב. Pes.VI, 5 אם אמרת … שיש להן ק׳וכ׳ you cannot draw an analogy between congregational offerings (on the Sabbath), which are definite, and the Passover sacrifice, which is indefinite; Y. ib. 33a. Ib. 33c bot. (read:) מאי אית לך דבר שאין לו ק׳ what do you mean by saying, a thing which is undefined? שלא נתנה התורה ק׳וכ׳ the Law does not define how many Passover sacrifices supersede the Sabbath each year (whereas the number of the daily sacrifices is definite). Y.Ber.V, 9c top כנותן קי׳וכ׳, v. מִדָּה. B. Kam. 113a, v. מוֹכֵס h. B. Mets.IX, 5 מה ק׳ (ב) כרי what standard is ‘a pile of grain? i. e. this cannot be made a standard alike for large and small fields. Y.Shek.II, 46d top שקִצְבָתָן מן התורה (ed. Krot. שקִצְוָו׳) which are defined in the Biblical law (as to numbers and times); a. fr. -
8 כרת
כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559. -
9 כָּרַת
כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559. -
10 כרת
כְּרַתch. same, esp. to separate, divorce. Gitt.21b, a. fr. עידי מסירה כַּרְתֵי it is the witnesses of delivery (in whose presence the deed of divorce is handed to the wife) that effect the divorce (and the signature of the witnesses is unessential); opp. to עידי חתימה כרתי it is the signing witnesses Imper. כְּרוֹת (only in) כ׳ גיטא make the divorce final, definite (v. preced.). Ib. 9a היינו טעמא משום דלאו כ׳ ג׳ היא the reason (that the manumission of the slave is not lawful) is because the form was not in compliance with the rule, ‘make the divorce definite; B. Bath. 150b. -
11 כְּרַת
כְּרַתch. same, esp. to separate, divorce. Gitt.21b, a. fr. עידי מסירה כַּרְתֵי it is the witnesses of delivery (in whose presence the deed of divorce is handed to the wife) that effect the divorce (and the signature of the witnesses is unessential); opp. to עידי חתימה כרתי it is the signing witnesses Imper. כְּרוֹת (only in) כ׳ גיטא make the divorce final, definite (v. preced.). Ib. 9a היינו טעמא משום דלאו כ׳ ג׳ היא the reason (that the manumission of the slave is not lawful) is because the form was not in compliance with the rule, ‘make the divorce definite; B. Bath. 150b. -
12 שיעור
שִׁיעוּר, שִׁעוּרm. (שָׁעַר) proportion, standard, definite quantity or size, limit. Peah I, 1 אלו … שאין להם ש׳ for the following things there is no definite proportion or quantity prescribed. Y. ib. 15a bot. אין להם ש׳ לא למעלןוכ׳ they have no limits set either of a maximum or of a mininum. Ḥall. I, 7 אם אין … כש׳ if either portion is not of the legal size (to require the separation of the priests share). Ib. IV, 8 של אור יש לה ש׳וכ׳ for that portion of Ḥallah which is to be burnt there is a legal quantity (a minimum) Ib. של אור אין לה ש׳וכ׳ for that which is to be burnt there is no minimum prescribed, but there is one for that which is to be given to the priest. Nidd.26a ש׳ שופר the legal length of a shofar. Ib. חמשה שִׁיעוּרָן טפח for five things the legal minimum size is a handbreadth. Yoma 73b, a. fr. חצי ש׳ half (less than) the legal quantity; a. v. fr.Pl. שיעוּרִים, שִׁיעוּרִין, שִׁע׳. Ib. 80a כל הש׳ כולן בכזיתוכ׳ all legal standards (for eatables in ritual law) are the size of an olive, except Ib., a. e. ש׳ ועונשין הלכהוכ׳ standard measures and penalties are fixed by tradition, expl. ש׳ של עונשין the minima required for punishment. Sabb.VII, 4 מפני ששוו בשִׁיעוּרֵיהֶן because they are alike as to legal standards. Ib. VIII, 1. Ib. 80b כל שִׁיעוּרֵי שבת all legal minimum sizes for eatables carried abroad on the Sabbath; a. fr.Ib. 35b נתת דבריך לש׳ thy rule would vary according to circumstances, and would not be alike for all; Meg.18b; a. fr.Y. B. Bath.V, end, 15b לש׳ for regulating the market prices, v. שַׁעַר I. -
13 שעור
שִׁיעוּר, שִׁעוּרm. (שָׁעַר) proportion, standard, definite quantity or size, limit. Peah I, 1 אלו … שאין להם ש׳ for the following things there is no definite proportion or quantity prescribed. Y. ib. 15a bot. אין להם ש׳ לא למעלןוכ׳ they have no limits set either of a maximum or of a mininum. Ḥall. I, 7 אם אין … כש׳ if either portion is not of the legal size (to require the separation of the priests share). Ib. IV, 8 של אור יש לה ש׳וכ׳ for that portion of Ḥallah which is to be burnt there is a legal quantity (a minimum) Ib. של אור אין לה ש׳וכ׳ for that which is to be burnt there is no minimum prescribed, but there is one for that which is to be given to the priest. Nidd.26a ש׳ שופר the legal length of a shofar. Ib. חמשה שִׁיעוּרָן טפח for five things the legal minimum size is a handbreadth. Yoma 73b, a. fr. חצי ש׳ half (less than) the legal quantity; a. v. fr.Pl. שיעוּרִים, שִׁיעוּרִין, שִׁע׳. Ib. 80a כל הש׳ כולן בכזיתוכ׳ all legal standards (for eatables in ritual law) are the size of an olive, except Ib., a. e. ש׳ ועונשין הלכהוכ׳ standard measures and penalties are fixed by tradition, expl. ש׳ של עונשין the minima required for punishment. Sabb.VII, 4 מפני ששוו בשִׁיעוּרֵיהֶן because they are alike as to legal standards. Ib. VIII, 1. Ib. 80b כל שִׁיעוּרֵי שבת all legal minimum sizes for eatables carried abroad on the Sabbath; a. fr.Ib. 35b נתת דבריך לש׳ thy rule would vary according to circumstances, and would not be alike for all; Meg.18b; a. fr.Y. B. Bath.V, end, 15b לש׳ for regulating the market prices, v. שַׁעַר I. -
14 שִׁיעוּר
שִׁיעוּר, שִׁעוּרm. (שָׁעַר) proportion, standard, definite quantity or size, limit. Peah I, 1 אלו … שאין להם ש׳ for the following things there is no definite proportion or quantity prescribed. Y. ib. 15a bot. אין להם ש׳ לא למעלןוכ׳ they have no limits set either of a maximum or of a mininum. Ḥall. I, 7 אם אין … כש׳ if either portion is not of the legal size (to require the separation of the priests share). Ib. IV, 8 של אור יש לה ש׳וכ׳ for that portion of Ḥallah which is to be burnt there is a legal quantity (a minimum) Ib. של אור אין לה ש׳וכ׳ for that which is to be burnt there is no minimum prescribed, but there is one for that which is to be given to the priest. Nidd.26a ש׳ שופר the legal length of a shofar. Ib. חמשה שִׁיעוּרָן טפח for five things the legal minimum size is a handbreadth. Yoma 73b, a. fr. חצי ש׳ half (less than) the legal quantity; a. v. fr.Pl. שיעוּרִים, שִׁיעוּרִין, שִׁע׳. Ib. 80a כל הש׳ כולן בכזיתוכ׳ all legal standards (for eatables in ritual law) are the size of an olive, except Ib., a. e. ש׳ ועונשין הלכהוכ׳ standard measures and penalties are fixed by tradition, expl. ש׳ של עונשין the minima required for punishment. Sabb.VII, 4 מפני ששוו בשִׁיעוּרֵיהֶן because they are alike as to legal standards. Ib. VIII, 1. Ib. 80b כל שִׁיעוּרֵי שבת all legal minimum sizes for eatables carried abroad on the Sabbath; a. fr.Ib. 35b נתת דבריך לש׳ thy rule would vary according to circumstances, and would not be alike for all; Meg.18b; a. fr.Y. B. Bath.V, end, 15b לש׳ for regulating the market prices, v. שַׁעַר I. -
15 שִׁעוּר
שִׁיעוּר, שִׁעוּרm. (שָׁעַר) proportion, standard, definite quantity or size, limit. Peah I, 1 אלו … שאין להם ש׳ for the following things there is no definite proportion or quantity prescribed. Y. ib. 15a bot. אין להם ש׳ לא למעלןוכ׳ they have no limits set either of a maximum or of a mininum. Ḥall. I, 7 אם אין … כש׳ if either portion is not of the legal size (to require the separation of the priests share). Ib. IV, 8 של אור יש לה ש׳וכ׳ for that portion of Ḥallah which is to be burnt there is a legal quantity (a minimum) Ib. של אור אין לה ש׳וכ׳ for that which is to be burnt there is no minimum prescribed, but there is one for that which is to be given to the priest. Nidd.26a ש׳ שופר the legal length of a shofar. Ib. חמשה שִׁיעוּרָן טפח for five things the legal minimum size is a handbreadth. Yoma 73b, a. fr. חצי ש׳ half (less than) the legal quantity; a. v. fr.Pl. שיעוּרִים, שִׁיעוּרִין, שִׁע׳. Ib. 80a כל הש׳ כולן בכזיתוכ׳ all legal standards (for eatables in ritual law) are the size of an olive, except Ib., a. e. ש׳ ועונשין הלכהוכ׳ standard measures and penalties are fixed by tradition, expl. ש׳ של עונשין the minima required for punishment. Sabb.VII, 4 מפני ששוו בשִׁיעוּרֵיהֶן because they are alike as to legal standards. Ib. VIII, 1. Ib. 80b כל שִׁיעוּרֵי שבת all legal minimum sizes for eatables carried abroad on the Sabbath; a. fr.Ib. 35b נתת דבריך לש׳ thy rule would vary according to circumstances, and would not be alike for all; Meg.18b; a. fr.Y. B. Bath.V, end, 15b לש׳ for regulating the market prices, v. שַׁעַר I. -
16 אבסולוטי
adj. absolute, complete, perfect; pure; unlimited; definite, positive; not relative -
17 אקטלפסיה
acatalepsy, incomprehensibility, philosophy held by Sceptic philosophers that human knowledge can never be definite or certain (Philosophy) -
18 אקטלפסייה
acatalepsy, incomprehensibility, philosophy held by Sceptic philosophers that human knowledge can never be definite or certain (Philosophy) -
19 דחה אותו בלך ושוב
evaded him, refused to give him a definite answer -
20 דחייה בלך ושוב
evasion, refusal to give a definite answer
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