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מְרִיצָהI f. (רָצַץ) a tool for crushing bones, stones Shek. VIII, 2 חוץ מן … והמ׳ והמיוחדיןוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. המיוחדין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Ms. M. והמרחצ׳; Y. ed. omits our w.) except the basket (for gathering disinterred bones for burial), the shovel, and the crusher, and things specially designated for burial purposes. Y. ib. 51a bot. מ״ד מ׳ שמריצה את האבן (v. Rabb. D. S. to Bab. ed., p. 68a>; Bab. ed. add לבית הקברות) he who calls the tool mritsah (instead of צפורן) does so, because it makes the stones run (fr. רוּץ), i. e. makes them portable.

מְרִיצָהI f. (רָצַץ) a tool for crushing bones, stones Shek. VIII, 2 חוץ מן … והמ׳ והמיוחדיןוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. המיוחדין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Ms. M. והמרחצ׳; Y. ed. omits our w.) except the basket (for gathering disinterred bones for burial), the shovel, and the crusher, and things specially designated for burial purposes. Y. ib. 51a bot. מ״ד מ׳ שמריצה את האבן (v. Rabb. D. S. to Bab. ed., p. 68a>; Bab. ed. add לבית הקברות) he who calls the tool mritsah (instead of צפורן) does so, because it makes the stones run (fr. רוּץ), i. e. makes them portable.

נֶפֶשf. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) resting place, esp. a structure next to or over a tomb. Ohol. VII, 1 נ׳ אטומה a solid tomb-structure (to which there is no access). Shek. II, 5 מותר המת בונין לו נ׳וכ׳ from what is left over of the appropriation for funeral expenses, we build a monument ; (Gen. R. s. 82 בַּיִת). Tosef.Erub.VI (V), 4, sq.; Erub.55b (contrad. to קבר).Pl. נְפָשוֹת. Ib. V, 1 נ׳ sepulchres (containing a place of shelter). Y.Shek.II, 47a top; Gen. R. l. c. אין עושין נ׳וכ׳ no monuments need be put up for the righteous, v. זִכָּרוֹן. Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 4 חוקת נ׳ שבא״יוכ׳ the presumption in the case of sepulchres in Palestine is that they are levitically clean, except those marked. 2) soul, life; person; will, desire, disposition. B. Mets.IV, 6 שאינו אלא נ׳ רעה for it (the refusal of a coin on the ground of a slight abrasion) proves merely a malevolent soul (illiberality in dealing); ib. 52b, v. קְהֵי. Gen. R. s. 14 (names of the soul) נ׳ רוחוכ׳. Ib. נ׳ זו הדם nefesh means blood (life). Ib. (ref. to Gen. 2:7, a. 7:22) כאן הוא עושה נשמה נ׳וכ׳ here the text calls the soul ( נשמה) nefesh, and there, ruaḥ (spirit); ib. s. 32.Snh.IV, 5 נ׳ אחת one (persons) life. Y.Taan.III, beg.66b מכיון שנתנוב״ד נַפְשָׁןוכ׳ as soon as the court has declared its will to do a thing. Nidd.65b, a. fr. בעל נ׳ one who is master over his desire, a conscientious man.Ber.44b כל נ׳ משיב את הנ׳ all life (animal food) restores life; וכל קרוב לנ׳וכ׳ and what is nearest life (the neck which contains the jugular vein) Y.Keth.V, 30b top דברים שהן קיום נ׳ things required for sustaining life. Yoma 74b אבידת נ׳, v. אֲבֵירָה; a. v. fr.דחה נ׳, v. דָּחָה.Sifra Mtsor‘a, Zab., Par. 3, ch. VI ואם נַפְשְׁךָ לומרוכ׳ (= ואיבעית אימא, v. בְּעִי) or if you prefer (another argument); Ḥull.78b bot. Ib. מה ואם נפשך לומר why should you prefer another argument?, i. e. what objection can there be to the argument offered before? (מ)מה נפשך, v. מָה.Ḥull.IV, 7 (77a) נ׳ היפה one not fastidious.B. Bath.89a נ׳ מאזנים the opening in which the tongue of scales rests (agina).Pl. as ab. דיני נ׳, v. דִּין II. Snh. l. c. עדי נ׳ witnesses in capital cases.Yoma VIII, 6 ספק נ׳ the possibility of danger to human life; Sabb.129a; a. fr.

נֶפֶשf. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) resting place, esp. a structure next to or over a tomb. Ohol. VII, 1 נ׳ אטומה a solid tomb-structure (to which there is no access). Shek. II, 5 מותר המת בונין לו נ׳וכ׳ from what is left over of the appropriation for funeral expenses, we build a monument ; (Gen. R. s. 82 בַּיִת). Tosef.Erub.VI (V), 4, sq.; Erub.55b (contrad. to קבר).Pl. נְפָשוֹת. Ib. V, 1 נ׳ sepulchres (containing a place of shelter). Y.Shek.II, 47a top; Gen. R. l. c. אין עושין נ׳וכ׳ no monuments need be put up for the righteous, v. זִכָּרוֹן. Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 4 חוקת נ׳ שבא״יוכ׳ the presumption in the case of sepulchres in Palestine is that they are levitically clean, except those marked. 2) soul, life; person; will, desire, disposition. B. Mets.IV, 6 שאינו אלא נ׳ רעה for it (the refusal of a coin on the ground of a slight abrasion) proves merely a malevolent soul (illiberality in dealing); ib. 52b, v. קְהֵי. Gen. R. s. 14 (names of the soul) נ׳ רוחוכ׳. Ib. נ׳ זו הדם nefesh means blood (life). Ib. (ref. to Gen. 2:7, a. 7:22) כאן הוא עושה נשמה נ׳וכ׳ here the text calls the soul ( נשמה) nefesh, and there, ruaḥ (spirit); ib. s. 32.Snh.IV, 5 נ׳ אחת one (persons) life. Y.Taan.III, beg.66b מכיון שנתנוב״ד נַפְשָׁןוכ׳ as soon as the court has declared its will to do a thing. Nidd.65b, a. fr. בעל נ׳ one who is master over his desire, a conscientious man.Ber.44b כל נ׳ משיב את הנ׳ all life (animal food) restores life; וכל קרוב לנ׳וכ׳ and what is nearest life (the neck which contains the jugular vein) Y.Keth.V, 30b top דברים שהן קיום נ׳ things required for sustaining life. Yoma 74b אבידת נ׳, v. אֲבֵירָה; a. v. fr.דחה נ׳, v. דָּחָה.Sifra Mtsor‘a, Zab., Par. 3, ch. VI ואם נַפְשְׁךָ לומרוכ׳ (= ואיבעית אימא, v. בְּעִי) or if you prefer (another argument); Ḥull.78b bot. Ib. מה ואם נפשך לומר why should you prefer another argument?, i. e. what objection can there be to the argument offered before? (מ)מה נפשך, v. מָה.Ḥull.IV, 7 (77a) נ׳ היפה one not fastidious.B. Bath.89a נ׳ מאזנים the opening in which the tongue of scales rests (agina).Pl. as ab. דיני נ׳, v. דִּין II. Snh. l. c. עדי נ׳ witnesses in capital cases.Yoma VIII, 6 ספק נ׳ the possibility of danger to human life; Sabb.129a; a. fr.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

פָּטַר(b. h.) 1) to break through, open. Bekh.VIII, 1 (46a) (ref. to Ex. 13:2) עד שיִפְטְרוּ רחם מישראל (not שיפטרוה) provided they open the womb when the mother is an Israelite (although she conceived before her conversion); ib. 47a. 2) to send off, discharge, dismiss. Keth.XIII, 5, a. fr. או כנוס או פְּטוֹר (the betrothed has a right to say) either marry or release (me by divorce). Gitt.VI, 5 פִּטְרוּהָ … לא אמר כלום if one says to friends, ‘release her … he has said nothing (they are not authorized to write a letter of divorce, as it might mean, release her of her debts); ib. 65b ר׳ נתן אומר פַּטְּרוּהָ דבריו קיימין פִּיטָרוּהָ לא אמר כלום R. N. says, if he said paṭṭruha (Pi.), his words stand (a divorce is meant), but if he says piṭruha ( Kal) Ib. ר׳ נתן דבבלאה … בין פיטרוה לפטרוהוכ׳ R. N. who is a Babylonian, draws a distinction between piṭruha and paṭṭruha; our Tannai (in the Mishnah) being a Palestinian does not Ib. VIII, 4. פּוֹטֵר … בגט ישן a man may divorce his wife with an old letter of divorce (having been closeted with her after he had written it); Tosef. ib. VIII (VI), 3 אינו פוטרוכ׳ he must not divorce with an old letter, in order that the letter of divorce may not date farther back than (the conception of) her child; a. fr. 3) to dismiss, give leave, let go. Sot.IX, 6 ופְטַרְנוּהוּ בלא מזון and we let him (the stranger) go without provision. Midr. Till. to Ps. 91 מי גרול הפּוֹטֵר או הנִפְטָר which is the superior of the two? he who gives leave, or he who takes leave? Ib. (ref. to Gen. 32:27) הרי יעקב פוטר למלאך behold, Jacob gives leave to the angel; a. fr. 4) (law) to discharge, acquit; (ritual) to exempt from obligation, to declare free from punishment, eventually from sacrificial atonement, opp. חִיֵּיב. Erub.65a יכול אני לִפְטוֹרוכ׳ I can (by my plea) release from judgment the whole world (all Israelites) from the destruction of the Temple to the present time, for we read (Is. 51:21), Hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken (a drunken person is irresponsible); ib. מאי יכולני לפטור נמי מדין תפלה this ‘I can release means also from responsibility for neglect of prayer (the drunken not being permitted to pray). Succ.45b. Sabb.II, 5 ר׳ יוסי פוטר בכלןוכ׳ R. J. declares (him that did it) free from punishment or eventual sacrifice in all those cases, except Ker.IV, 2 ר׳ יהושע פוטר R. J. absolves him from bringing a sin-offering, opp. מחייב חטאת. Snh.V, 5 אם מצאו לו זכות פְּטָרוּהוּ if they found evidence in his favor, they (the court) acquitted him; a. v. fr.Trnsf. to cause exemption; to cover, include. Ber.VI, 5 ברך על היין … פ׳ את הייןוכ׳ if he recited the blessing over wine before the meal, he has therewith exempted the wine offered after the meal (from an additional blessing). Ib. 7 מברך על העיקר ופוטר את הטפלה he says the blessing over the chief dish, and with this he covers that which goes with it (v. טְפֵלָה). Yeb.I, 1 חמש … פּוֹטְרוֹת צרותיהן fifteen women (of various kinship with the yabam, by which he is prevented from marrying any of them) cover their rivals (making them free from dependence on the yabam for marriage or discharge); a. fr.Part. pass. פָּטוּר; f. פְּטוּרָה; pl. פְּטוּרִים, פְּטוּרִין; פְּטוּרוֹת (is, are) exempt, free, opp. חַיָּיב. Peah I, 6 ופ׳ מן המעשרותוכ׳ and he need not give the tithes, until B. Mets.VIII, 1 פ׳ (sub. מלשלם) he is free from indemnity. Ib. VII, 10 מתנה … להיות פ׳ משבועה may have an agreement to be eventually exempt from making oath; להיות פ׳ מלשלם to be exempt from responsibility. Kidd.I, 7 כל מצות הבן על האב … ונשים פ׳ to all paternal duties men are bound, but women (mothers) are exempt from them. Yeb.I, 2 כשם שבתו פ׳ כך צרתה פ׳ as well as his (the yabams) daughter is exempt (from the law of levirate marriage, because the yabam cannot marry her), so her rival is exempt; a. v. fr. Pi. פִּיטֵּר to dismiss; to divorce. Gitt.65b, v. supra. Kidd.31b פַּטְּרוּנִי dismiss (escort) me; a. e. Nif. נִפְטָר, Hithpa. הִתְפַטֵּר 1) to be exempted, freed. Bekh.II, 1 לא נִפְטְרוּ מבכורוכ׳ they (the Levites) have not been exempted from consecrating the firstborn of clean animals, but only from redeeming their firstborn sons and the firstborn of asses; a. e. 2) to be dismissed, take leave, depart. Yoma I, 5 נפטרו והלכו להם they took leave and went. Sot.IX, 5. Ber.64a הנ׳ מחבירווכ׳ he who leaves his friend (after escorting him a distance) must not say, ‘go in peace, but, ‘go to peace; הנ׳ מן המתוכ׳ he who takes leave of the dead (after burial) Ib. 31a; Erub.64a לא יִפָּטֵר אדםוכ׳ one must not leave a friend otherwise than with a word of tradition (on legal or religious subjects), by which he may remember him; a. fr.Esp. to depart this world, to die. Ber.17a גדל בשם טוב ונ׳ בשם טוב מן העולם who grew (lived) with a good name, and left the world with a good name. Tem.16a בשעהשנ׳ משה רבינו לגן עדן when Moses our teacher was to depart for paradise. Gen. R. s. 96; a. fr.Yalk. Koh. 989 בשעה … מִתְפַּטְּרִיםוכ׳ when the children are dismissed from school. Hif. הִפְטִיר 1) to discard; ה׳ בשפה to discard with the lip, to spurn. Pesik. R. s. 37 מחרקין … ומַפְטִירִים בשפתותיהם gnashed their teeth … and spurned with their lips (ref. to Ps. 22:8). Treat. Der. Er. ch. 2 מפְטִירֵי שפה (= מפטירין בשפה). 2) to dismiss, adjourn a meeting. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top הַפְטֵר את העם dismiss the people (adjourn the meeting). M. Kat. 5b, v. בָּכָה. Ḥull.51a מַפְטִיר כנסיות one who dismisses the assemblies, janitor, v. כְּנֶסֶת.Pes.X, 8, v. אֶפִּיקוֹמָן; a. e. 3) ( to recite before dismissal, to conclude the reading from the Law by reading a portion of the Prophets, to read the Hafṭarah (v. הַפְטָרָה). Meg.IV, 1 בשני … ואין מַפְטִירִין בנביא on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday afternoons three persons read from the Law …, and we do not close with a lesson from the Prophets. Ib. 5 המפטיר בנביא הואוכ׳ he who concludes with the prophetic lesson (being the last of those called up) has the privilege of, v. פָּרַס; a. fr.

פָּטַר(b. h.) 1) to break through, open. Bekh.VIII, 1 (46a) (ref. to Ex. 13:2) עד שיִפְטְרוּ רחם מישראל (not שיפטרוה) provided they open the womb when the mother is an Israelite (although she conceived before her conversion); ib. 47a. 2) to send off, discharge, dismiss. Keth.XIII, 5, a. fr. או כנוס או פְּטוֹר (the betrothed has a right to say) either marry or release (me by divorce). Gitt.VI, 5 פִּטְרוּהָ … לא אמר כלום if one says to friends, ‘release her … he has said nothing (they are not authorized to write a letter of divorce, as it might mean, release her of her debts); ib. 65b ר׳ נתן אומר פַּטְּרוּהָ דבריו קיימין פִּיטָרוּהָ לא אמר כלום R. N. says, if he said paṭṭruha (Pi.), his words stand (a divorce is meant), but if he says piṭruha ( Kal) Ib. ר׳ נתן דבבלאה … בין פיטרוה לפטרוהוכ׳ R. N. who is a Babylonian, draws a distinction between piṭruha and paṭṭruha; our Tannai (in the Mishnah) being a Palestinian does not Ib. VIII, 4. פּוֹטֵר … בגט ישן a man may divorce his wife with an old letter of divorce (having been closeted with her after he had written it); Tosef. ib. VIII (VI), 3 אינו פוטרוכ׳ he must not divorce with an old letter, in order that the letter of divorce may not date farther back than (the conception of) her child; a. fr. 3) to dismiss, give leave, let go. Sot.IX, 6 ופְטַרְנוּהוּ בלא מזון and we let him (the stranger) go without provision. Midr. Till. to Ps. 91 מי גרול הפּוֹטֵר או הנִפְטָר which is the superior of the two? he who gives leave, or he who takes leave? Ib. (ref. to Gen. 32:27) הרי יעקב פוטר למלאך behold, Jacob gives leave to the angel; a. fr. 4) (law) to discharge, acquit; (ritual) to exempt from obligation, to declare free from punishment, eventually from sacrificial atonement, opp. חִיֵּיב. Erub.65a יכול אני לִפְטוֹרוכ׳ I can (by my plea) release from judgment the whole world (all Israelites) from the destruction of the Temple to the present time, for we read (Is. 51:21), Hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken (a drunken person is irresponsible); ib. מאי יכולני לפטור נמי מדין תפלה this ‘I can release means also from responsibility for neglect of prayer (the drunken not being permitted to pray). Succ.45b. Sabb.II, 5 ר׳ יוסי פוטר בכלןוכ׳ R. J. declares (him that did it) free from punishment or eventual sacrifice in all those cases, except Ker.IV, 2 ר׳ יהושע פוטר R. J. absolves him from bringing a sin-offering, opp. מחייב חטאת. Snh.V, 5 אם מצאו לו זכות פְּטָרוּהוּ if they found evidence in his favor, they (the court) acquitted him; a. v. fr.Trnsf. to cause exemption; to cover, include. Ber.VI, 5 ברך על היין … פ׳ את הייןוכ׳ if he recited the blessing over wine before the meal, he has therewith exempted the wine offered after the meal (from an additional blessing). Ib. 7 מברך על העיקר ופוטר את הטפלה he says the blessing over the chief dish, and with this he covers that which goes with it (v. טְפֵלָה). Yeb.I, 1 חמש … פּוֹטְרוֹת צרותיהן fifteen women (of various kinship with the yabam, by which he is prevented from marrying any of them) cover their rivals (making them free from dependence on the yabam for marriage or discharge); a. fr.Part. pass. פָּטוּר; f. פְּטוּרָה; pl. פְּטוּרִים, פְּטוּרִין; פְּטוּרוֹת (is, are) exempt, free, opp. חַיָּיב. Peah I, 6 ופ׳ מן המעשרותוכ׳ and he need not give the tithes, until B. Mets.VIII, 1 פ׳ (sub. מלשלם) he is free from indemnity. Ib. VII, 10 מתנה … להיות פ׳ משבועה may have an agreement to be eventually exempt from making oath; להיות פ׳ מלשלם to be exempt from responsibility. Kidd.I, 7 כל מצות הבן על האב … ונשים פ׳ to all paternal duties men are bound, but women (mothers) are exempt from them. Yeb.I, 2 כשם שבתו פ׳ כך צרתה פ׳ as well as his (the yabams) daughter is exempt (from the law of levirate marriage, because the yabam cannot marry her), so her rival is exempt; a. v. fr. Pi. פִּיטֵּר to dismiss; to divorce. Gitt.65b, v. supra. Kidd.31b פַּטְּרוּנִי dismiss (escort) me; a. e. Nif. נִפְטָר, Hithpa. הִתְפַטֵּר 1) to be exempted, freed. Bekh.II, 1 לא נִפְטְרוּ מבכורוכ׳ they (the Levites) have not been exempted from consecrating the firstborn of clean animals, but only from redeeming their firstborn sons and the firstborn of asses; a. e. 2) to be dismissed, take leave, depart. Yoma I, 5 נפטרו והלכו להם they took leave and went. Sot.IX, 5. Ber.64a הנ׳ מחבירווכ׳ he who leaves his friend (after escorting him a distance) must not say, ‘go in peace, but, ‘go to peace; הנ׳ מן המתוכ׳ he who takes leave of the dead (after burial) Ib. 31a; Erub.64a לא יִפָּטֵר אדםוכ׳ one must not leave a friend otherwise than with a word of tradition (on legal or religious subjects), by which he may remember him; a. fr.Esp. to depart this world, to die. Ber.17a גדל בשם טוב ונ׳ בשם טוב מן העולם who grew (lived) with a good name, and left the world with a good name. Tem.16a בשעהשנ׳ משה רבינו לגן עדן when Moses our teacher was to depart for paradise. Gen. R. s. 96; a. fr.Yalk. Koh. 989 בשעה … מִתְפַּטְּרִיםוכ׳ when the children are dismissed from school. Hif. הִפְטִיר 1) to discard; ה׳ בשפה to discard with the lip, to spurn. Pesik. R. s. 37 מחרקין … ומַפְטִירִים בשפתותיהם gnashed their teeth … and spurned with their lips (ref. to Ps. 22:8). Treat. Der. Er. ch. 2 מפְטִירֵי שפה (= מפטירין בשפה). 2) to dismiss, adjourn a meeting. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top הַפְטֵר את העם dismiss the people (adjourn the meeting). M. Kat. 5b, v. בָּכָה. Ḥull.51a מַפְטִיר כנסיות one who dismisses the assemblies, janitor, v. כְּנֶסֶת.Pes.X, 8, v. אֶפִּיקוֹמָן; a. e. 3) ( to recite before dismissal, to conclude the reading from the Law by reading a portion of the Prophets, to read the Hafṭarah (v. הַפְטָרָה). Meg.IV, 1 בשני … ואין מַפְטִירִין בנביא on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday afternoons three persons read from the Law …, and we do not close with a lesson from the Prophets. Ib. 5 המפטיר בנביא הואוכ׳ he who concludes with the prophetic lesson (being the last of those called up) has the privilege of, v. פָּרַס; a. fr.

פֶּלֶךְm. (b. h.; פלך to cut out, round; cmp. פֶּלַח) ( circle, 1) district. B. Bath.21a התקינו … בכל פ׳ ופ׳ they ordained that teachers must be appointed, one for each district. Macc.7a. Ib. 12b בן לוי … גולה מפ׳ לפ׳ … לפִלְכוֹ פִּלְכוֹ קולט a Levite (native of a place of refuge) who has killed a person accidentally flees from one district to another, but if he flees to his own native (juridical) district, his district protects him; Zeb.117a; Yalk. Ex. 323; a. fr.Pl. פְּלָכִים, פְּלָכִין. Tosef.Bicc.II, 8 לא … יחידים אלא פ׳ פ׳ they did not go up (to Jerusalem, with the first-fruits) singly, but by districts. 2) (ball of tow, wool, distaff or spindle. Keth.IX, 4 (86b) על פִּילְכָהּ ועל עיסתה a husband may administer an oath to his wife on her distaff (on what she spins or weaves) and on her dough. Yoma 66b (in answer to a womans question) אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפ׳ there is no wisdom for woman except at the distaff. Gen. R. s. 56, end לאשה שנתעשרה מפִּלְכָהּ … ומן הפ׳ הזהוכ׳ (Ar. מפלחה … הפלח) like a woman that became rich through her distaff (or spindle, spinning or weaving), and she says, since I have become rich through this distaff (spindle), it shall not part from ; a. fr.Trnsf. vocation, duty. Gen. R. s. 71, v. הוֹדָאָה; ib. רחל תפסה פ׳ שתיקה Rachel made silence her duty (not to betray her sister when she was substituted for her); Midr. Sam. ch. XXVIII; a. e.מחזיק בפ׳ holding the distaff, being like a woman, forced to stay home, lame. Tanḥ. Masʿé 12 (expl. מחזיק בפ׳, 2 Sam. 3:29, among the curses that fell back on the house of David) שנעשה כאשה שאחזתו פודגרה he (Asa) became like a woman, for podagra seized him; Snh.48b; Y.Kidd.I, 61a bot. ומחזיק בפ׳ זה יואש ‘and holding a distaff, that means Joash (who was abused like a woman); a. e.

פֶּלֶךְm. (b. h.; פלך to cut out, round; cmp. פֶּלַח) ( circle, 1) district. B. Bath.21a התקינו … בכל פ׳ ופ׳ they ordained that teachers must be appointed, one for each district. Macc.7a. Ib. 12b בן לוי … גולה מפ׳ לפ׳ … לפִלְכוֹ פִּלְכוֹ קולט a Levite (native of a place of refuge) who has killed a person accidentally flees from one district to another, but if he flees to his own native (juridical) district, his district protects him; Zeb.117a; Yalk. Ex. 323; a. fr.Pl. פְּלָכִים, פְּלָכִין. Tosef.Bicc.II, 8 לא … יחידים אלא פ׳ פ׳ they did not go up (to Jerusalem, with the first-fruits) singly, but by districts. 2) (ball of tow, wool, distaff or spindle. Keth.IX, 4 (86b) על פִּילְכָהּ ועל עיסתה a husband may administer an oath to his wife on her distaff (on what she spins or weaves) and on her dough. Yoma 66b (in answer to a womans question) אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפ׳ there is no wisdom for woman except at the distaff. Gen. R. s. 56, end לאשה שנתעשרה מפִּלְכָהּ … ומן הפ׳ הזהוכ׳ (Ar. מפלחה … הפלח) like a woman that became rich through her distaff (or spindle, spinning or weaving), and she says, since I have become rich through this distaff (spindle), it shall not part from ; a. fr.Trnsf. vocation, duty. Gen. R. s. 71, v. הוֹדָאָה; ib. רחל תפסה פ׳ שתיקה Rachel made silence her duty (not to betray her sister when she was substituted for her); Midr. Sam. ch. XXVIII; a. e.מחזיק בפ׳ holding the distaff, being like a woman, forced to stay home, lame. Tanḥ. Masʿé 12 (expl. מחזיק בפ׳, 2 Sam. 3:29, among the curses that fell back on the house of David) שנעשה כאשה שאחזתו פודגרה he (Asa) became like a woman, for podagra seized him; Snh.48b; Y.Kidd.I, 61a bot. ומחזיק בפ׳ זה יואש ‘and holding a distaff, that means Joash (who was abused like a woman); a. e.

קָצַץ(b. h.) 1) to cut, fell. Shebi. IV, 10 מותר לקוֹצְצוֹ it is permitted to cut the tree down (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. כמה … ולא יְקוֹצֶּנּוּ (Y. ed. יקצונו, corr. acc.; Bab. ed. יְקוֹצְצוֹ; Ms. M. יִקְצְצֶנּוּ) how much must an olive tree bear so that one dare not cut it down (because it is an act of wilful destruction, Deut. 20:19–20); B. Kam.91b יקצצנו Ms. F. a. R. (later ed. יִקְצְצוֹ; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). Ib. נטיעותי קָצַצְתָּ thou hast cut down my young trees; אתה אמרת לי לקוֹצְצָן (not לקוצצו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) thou hast told me to cut them. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b bot. לָקוֹץ … יָקוֹץ, v. נָתַק. Ib. הקוצץ בקורות he that cuts trunks for beams. Lev. R. s. 23, v. infra:Sifré Deut. 212 (expl. ועשתה, Deut. 21:12) תָּקוֹץ let her cut (her nails). Macc.22a הקוצץ את בהרתו he that cuts off a white spot (suspicious of leprosy, v. קְצִיצָה); Neg. VII, 5 קְצָצָהּ מתכוין if he cut it intentionally. Tosef.Sabb.XI (XII), 3; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Dan. 5:1 a. 6:1) והיכן הוא … קוצץ לקוצץ where is Evil Merodach?… (He is left out) in order to join a wicked man to a wicked man, a destroyer to a destroyer. Y.Yeb.II, 4a top קוצץ בן קוצץ a destroyer son of a destroyer (wicked by heredity); Pesik. Sliḥ. p. 167b> אין בישראל קו׳ בן קו׳ there is no hereditary wickedness in Israel. Ex. R. s. 1 וקוץ … שק׳ עצתוכ׳ Koz (1 Chr. 4:8) is Caleb, for he destroyed the counsel of the spies; a. fr. 2) (cmp. קָצַב, גָּזַר) to stipulate, agree upon. Shebu.45b אפי׳ ק׳ נמי let it be the same even if a stipulation has been made (and the amount is in litigation). Ib. אומן … קָצַצְתָּ … לא קָצַצְתִּיוכ׳ if the mechanic says, thou hast stipulated to pay me two (Zuz), and he (the employer) says, I have stipulated one only; a. e.Part. pass. קָצוּץ; f. קְצוּצָח. B. Mets.61b רבית ק׳ stipulated, direct usury, opp. אבק רבית, v. אָבָק Ib. 62b; a. e. Nif. נִקְצָץ 1) to be cut. Neg. l. c. מי … ונִקְצָצָה if one bad a white spot, and it was cut off (accidentally). Nidd.II, 1 תִּקָּצֵץ let the hand be cut off. B. Kam.91b, v. קְצִיצָה; a. fr. 2) to be cut off, excluded. Y.Kidd.I, 60c, a. e., v. קְצָצָח. 3) to be stipulated, definitely assigned. Lev. R. s. 30, beg. מראש השנה נִקְצָצִיןוכ׳ from the beginning of the year the means of support are definitely assigned to men, except, v. קָצַב. Pi. קִיצֵּץ 1) to scrape, cut off; to fell. Pes.56a ק׳ דלתותוכ׳ (2 Kings 18:16) he took the gold off the Temple doors. Y.Ber.VIII, 12a bot. אפי׳ מְקַצֵּץוכ׳ even when cutting lupines. Ib. II, 5c top היה מקצץ כלוכ׳ he cut down all he had planted. Pesik. R. s. 31 ומְקַצְּצִים, v. רָצַץ. Cant. R. to II, 2 לקַצְּצוֹ; Lev. R. s. 23 לָקוֹצּוֹ, v. קַצָּץ.Esp. ק׳ בנטיעות ( to cut down the shoots in the garden of religion, to be hostile to religion, corrupt the youths; to be a heretic. Ḥag.14b; Y. ib. II, 77b top, v. נְטִיעָה. Cant. R. to I, 4 כיצד ק׳ בנ׳ in what way did he manifest his hostility to religion! Gen. R. s. 19 לא תעשה … וִיקַצֵּץוכ׳ make not the fence (around the religious laws) more important than the essentials, lest it fall down and ruin the shoots. 2) to stipulate. Shebi. IV, 1 ואין … שיְקַצֵּץ להם מזונות (R. S. שיִקְצוֹץ) it is unnecessary to say, that he must not stipulate to give them their food (for their work). Hif. הֵקֵיץ to cut off, deduct. Sifré Num. 8 ומֵקֵיץ מכתובתה he may deduct (his outlay for her) from her jointure.

קָצַץ(b. h.) 1) to cut, fell. Shebi. IV, 10 מותר לקוֹצְצוֹ it is permitted to cut the tree down (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. כמה … ולא יְקוֹצֶּנּוּ (Y. ed. יקצונו, corr. acc.; Bab. ed. יְקוֹצְצוֹ; Ms. M. יִקְצְצֶנּוּ) how much must an olive tree bear so that one dare not cut it down (because it is an act of wilful destruction, Deut. 20:19–20); B. Kam.91b יקצצנו Ms. F. a. R. (later ed. יִקְצְצוֹ; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). Ib. נטיעותי קָצַצְתָּ thou hast cut down my young trees; אתה אמרת לי לקוֹצְצָן (not לקוצצו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) thou hast told me to cut them. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b bot. לָקוֹץ … יָקוֹץ, v. נָתַק. Ib. הקוצץ בקורות he that cuts trunks for beams. Lev. R. s. 23, v. infra:Sifré Deut. 212 (expl. ועשתה, Deut. 21:12) תָּקוֹץ let her cut (her nails). Macc.22a הקוצץ את בהרתו he that cuts off a white spot (suspicious of leprosy, v. קְצִיצָה); Neg. VII, 5 קְצָצָהּ מתכוין if he cut it intentionally. Tosef.Sabb.XI (XII), 3; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Dan. 5:1 a. 6:1) והיכן הוא … קוצץ לקוצץ where is Evil Merodach?… (He is left out) in order to join a wicked man to a wicked man, a destroyer to a destroyer. Y.Yeb.II, 4a top קוצץ בן קוצץ a destroyer son of a destroyer (wicked by heredity); Pesik. Sliḥ. p. 167b> אין בישראל קו׳ בן קו׳ there is no hereditary wickedness in Israel. Ex. R. s. 1 וקוץ … שק׳ עצתוכ׳ Koz (1 Chr. 4:8) is Caleb, for he destroyed the counsel of the spies; a. fr. 2) (cmp. קָצַב, גָּזַר) to stipulate, agree upon. Shebu.45b אפי׳ ק׳ נמי let it be the same even if a stipulation has been made (and the amount is in litigation). Ib. אומן … קָצַצְתָּ … לא קָצַצְתִּיוכ׳ if the mechanic says, thou hast stipulated to pay me two (Zuz), and he (the employer) says, I have stipulated one only; a. e.Part. pass. קָצוּץ; f. קְצוּצָח. B. Mets.61b רבית ק׳ stipulated, direct usury, opp. אבק רבית, v. אָבָק Ib. 62b; a. e. Nif. נִקְצָץ 1) to be cut. Neg. l. c. מי … ונִקְצָצָה if one bad a white spot, and it was cut off (accidentally). Nidd.II, 1 תִּקָּצֵץ let the hand be cut off. B. Kam.91b, v. קְצִיצָה; a. fr. 2) to be cut off, excluded. Y.Kidd.I, 60c, a. e., v. קְצָצָח. 3) to be stipulated, definitely assigned. Lev. R. s. 30, beg. מראש השנה נִקְצָצִיןוכ׳ from the beginning of the year the means of support are definitely assigned to men, except, v. קָצַב. Pi. קִיצֵּץ 1) to scrape, cut off; to fell. Pes.56a ק׳ דלתותוכ׳ (2 Kings 18:16) he took the gold off the Temple doors. Y.Ber.VIII, 12a bot. אפי׳ מְקַצֵּץוכ׳ even when cutting lupines. Ib. II, 5c top היה מקצץ כלוכ׳ he cut down all he had planted. Pesik. R. s. 31 ומְקַצְּצִים, v. רָצַץ. Cant. R. to II, 2 לקַצְּצוֹ; Lev. R. s. 23 לָקוֹצּוֹ, v. קַצָּץ.Esp. ק׳ בנטיעות ( to cut down the shoots in the garden of religion, to be hostile to religion, corrupt the youths; to be a heretic. Ḥag.14b; Y. ib. II, 77b top, v. נְטִיעָה. Cant. R. to I, 4 כיצד ק׳ בנ׳ in what way did he manifest his hostility to religion! Gen. R. s. 19 לא תעשה … וִיקַצֵּץוכ׳ make not the fence (around the religious laws) more important than the essentials, lest it fall down and ruin the shoots. 2) to stipulate. Shebi. IV, 1 ואין … שיְקַצֵּץ להם מזונות (R. S. שיִקְצוֹץ) it is unnecessary to say, that he must not stipulate to give them their food (for their work). Hif. הֵקֵיץ to cut off, deduct. Sifré Num. 8 ומֵקֵיץ מכתובתה he may deduct (his outlay for her) from her jointure.

שָׁלַח(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלָה) to draw out; to stretch forth; to send. Erub.III, 2 השוֹלֵחַ ערובווכ׳ if one sends his ‘Erub. (עֵרוּב) forth to be laid by a deaf and dumb person. Ḥull.59b, a. fr. שָׁלְחוּ מתם they sent word from there (from Palestine to Babylonia). Gitt. IV, 1 השולח גטוכ׳ if a man sends a letter of divorce to his wife B. Kam.VI, 4, v. בְּעֵרָה. Ib. ש׳ ביד פיקח (ib. 60a שִׁילֵּחַ) if he sent out fire through a sane person; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁלוּחַ q. v.ש׳ יד ב־ (to stretch out a hand against,) to make illegitimate use of, to misappropriate (Ex. 22:10). B. Mets. III, 12 השולח יד בפקדון if a person makes use of a trust. Ib. החושב לִשְׁלוֹחַ ידוכ׳ if he declares his intention to use a trust; אינו חייב עד שיִשְׁלַח בו יד he is not responsible (for loss), until he has used it; a. fr. Pi. שִׁלֵּחַ same, to send; to send away, dismiss. Bets.I, 9 אין מְשַׁלְּחִין בי״טוכ׳ on the Holy Day you dare not send (to a friend) anything except portions (of eatables, ready for use); משלחין בהמהוכ׳ you may send cattle … alive or slaughtered. Ḥull.XII, 3 שִׁלְּחָהּ וחזרה if he sent the mother bird away, and she came back. Ib. אמר … ומְשַׁלֵּחַ הבנים if he says, I will take the mother, and send the young away; חייב לשַׁלֵּחַ he is bound to send her away. Gen. R. s. 21 שִׁלְּחוֹ מגן … ושלחווכ׳ he banished him (Adam) from the paradise of this world and from that of the other world; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ: to be sent off; to be commissioned. Yoma VI, 2, a. e. המִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ the goat that is to be sent away (Lev. 16:10), the scapegoat. Ib. 1 נשפך … המשתלח if the blood (of the goat designated for sacrifice) was spilt, the scapegoat is to be put to death (cannot be used for the ceremony). Gen. R. s. 49 מעשה באחד שנש׳ לגבותוכ׳ it happened that one was commissioned to tax the inhabitants ; a. fr.

שָׁלַח(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלָה) to draw out; to stretch forth; to send. Erub.III, 2 השוֹלֵחַ ערובווכ׳ if one sends his ‘Erub. (עֵרוּב) forth to be laid by a deaf and dumb person. Ḥull.59b, a. fr. שָׁלְחוּ מתם they sent word from there (from Palestine to Babylonia). Gitt. IV, 1 השולח גטוכ׳ if a man sends a letter of divorce to his wife B. Kam.VI, 4, v. בְּעֵרָה. Ib. ש׳ ביד פיקח (ib. 60a שִׁילֵּחַ) if he sent out fire through a sane person; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁלוּחַ q. v.ש׳ יד ב־ (to stretch out a hand against,) to make illegitimate use of, to misappropriate (Ex. 22:10). B. Mets. III, 12 השולח יד בפקדון if a person makes use of a trust. Ib. החושב לִשְׁלוֹחַ ידוכ׳ if he declares his intention to use a trust; אינו חייב עד שיִשְׁלַח בו יד he is not responsible (for loss), until he has used it; a. fr. Pi. שִׁלֵּחַ same, to send; to send away, dismiss. Bets.I, 9 אין מְשַׁלְּחִין בי״טוכ׳ on the Holy Day you dare not send (to a friend) anything except portions (of eatables, ready for use); משלחין בהמהוכ׳ you may send cattle … alive or slaughtered. Ḥull.XII, 3 שִׁלְּחָהּ וחזרה if he sent the mother bird away, and she came back. Ib. אמר … ומְשַׁלֵּחַ הבנים if he says, I will take the mother, and send the young away; חייב לשַׁלֵּחַ he is bound to send her away. Gen. R. s. 21 שִׁלְּחוֹ מגן … ושלחווכ׳ he banished him (Adam) from the paradise of this world and from that of the other world; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ: to be sent off; to be commissioned. Yoma VI, 2, a. e. המִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ the goat that is to be sent away (Lev. 16:10), the scapegoat. Ib. 1 נשפך … המשתלח if the blood (of the goat designated for sacrifice) was spilt, the scapegoat is to be put to death (cannot be used for the ceremony). Gen. R. s. 49 מעשה באחד שנש׳ לגבותוכ׳ it happened that one was commissioned to tax the inhabitants ; a. fr.

כֶּבֶשm (b. h.; כָּבַש 1) press.Pl. כְּבָשִׁים, כְּבָשִׁין. Pesik. Eth. Korb., p. 61b> (play on כבשים, Num. 28:3) כ׳ שהן כובשיןוכ׳ (the sacrifices are) presses, for they suppress the sins ; Pesik. R. s. 16. 2) ascent, grade, landing bridge. Zab. III, 1; 3. Sabb. XVI, 8; a. e.Esp. the inclined plane leading to the altar. Midd. iii, 3. Zeb. V, 3; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. 62b>. Ib. 63a> כל כִּבְשִי כבשים … חוץ של מזבחוכ׳ all grades of ascents (in the Temple) were at the rate of three cubits per one cubit (of vertical elevation), except the ascent of the altar which was at the rate of three cubits and a half and ; (for Var. lect. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., and Tosaf. a. l. a. Men.41b s. v. ארבעה); Y.Erub.II, 24b bot., v. כִּיבּוּש h.Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); Koh. R. to XII, 7 (expl. דָּיֵק, Ez. 21:27) כ׳ embankments round a besieged city (Lat. agger, v. כּוֹבֵש). 3) preserving fruit. Ter. II, 6 זיתי כ׳ olives good for preserves, opp. זתי שמן.Pl. as ab. pressed, preserved vegetables, Shebi. IX, 5 הכובש שלשה כ׳וכ׳ if one puts three sorts of pressed vegetables into one vessel. Sabb.108b; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 66 כבשיהן some ed., v. כִּיבּוּש h.

כֶּבֶשm (b. h.; כָּבַש 1) press.Pl. כְּבָשִׁים, כְּבָשִׁין. Pesik. Eth. Korb., p. 61b> (play on כבשים, Num. 28:3) כ׳ שהן כובשיןוכ׳ (the sacrifices are) presses, for they suppress the sins ; Pesik. R. s. 16. 2) ascent, grade, landing bridge. Zab. III, 1; 3. Sabb. XVI, 8; a. e.Esp. the inclined plane leading to the altar. Midd. iii, 3. Zeb. V, 3; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. 62b>. Ib. 63a> כל כִּבְשִי כבשים … חוץ של מזבחוכ׳ all grades of ascents (in the Temple) were at the rate of three cubits per one cubit (of vertical elevation), except the ascent of the altar which was at the rate of three cubits and a half and ; (for Var. lect. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., and Tosaf. a. l. a. Men.41b s. v. ארבעה); Y.Erub.II, 24b bot., v. כִּיבּוּש h.Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); Koh. R. to XII, 7 (expl. דָּיֵק, Ez. 21:27) כ׳ embankments round a besieged city (Lat. agger, v. כּוֹבֵש). 3) preserving fruit. Ter. II, 6 זיתי כ׳ olives good for preserves, opp. זתי שמן.Pl. as ab. pressed, preserved vegetables, Shebi. IX, 5 הכובש שלשה כ׳וכ׳ if one puts three sorts of pressed vegetables into one vessel. Sabb.108b; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 66 כבשיהן some ed., v. כִּיבּוּש h.

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).