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1 עינוי-נפש
fasting; mortification of the soul, self-denial -
2 טוות
טְוָות, טְוָתf. (stem טה, טו, cmp. טהר; cmp. Arab. ṭavi) (clearness, emptiness, (adv.) with an empty stomach, without meal, fasting. Dan. 6:19.Pes.107a, v. בִּיתBer.55a כל חלום בלא ט׳ Ms. M. (ed. ולא) no dream is to be feared in which fasting plays no part; (Ar.: every dream has some reality, except that which one dreams while fasting). -
3 טות
טְוָות, טְוָתf. (stem טה, טו, cmp. טהר; cmp. Arab. ṭavi) (clearness, emptiness, (adv.) with an empty stomach, without meal, fasting. Dan. 6:19.Pes.107a, v. בִּיתBer.55a כל חלום בלא ט׳ Ms. M. (ed. ולא) no dream is to be feared in which fasting plays no part; (Ar.: every dream has some reality, except that which one dreams while fasting). -
4 טְוָות
טְוָות, טְוָתf. (stem טה, טו, cmp. טהר; cmp. Arab. ṭavi) (clearness, emptiness, (adv.) with an empty stomach, without meal, fasting. Dan. 6:19.Pes.107a, v. בִּיתBer.55a כל חלום בלא ט׳ Ms. M. (ed. ולא) no dream is to be feared in which fasting plays no part; (Ar.: every dream has some reality, except that which one dreams while fasting). -
5 טְוָת
טְוָות, טְוָתf. (stem טה, טו, cmp. טהר; cmp. Arab. ṭavi) (clearness, emptiness, (adv.) with an empty stomach, without meal, fasting. Dan. 6:19.Pes.107a, v. בִּיתBer.55a כל חלום בלא ט׳ Ms. M. (ed. ולא) no dream is to be feared in which fasting plays no part; (Ar.: every dream has some reality, except that which one dreams while fasting). -
6 עני
עני, עָנָהII (b. h.; cmp. אָנָה) to press, be pressed; to be detained. Pi. עִינָּה 1) to detain, postpone, esp. ע׳ דין to delay execution of capital judgment (which should take place on the day of sentence). Snh.XI, 4 (89a) אין מְעַנִּין את דינו שלוכ׳ we must not put off his execution (opp. to the opinion משמרין אותו). Ib. 35a וליגמריה … נמצא אתה מְעַנֶּה את דינו shall we pass sentence on Friday and put him to death on Sunday? In such a case you would postpone his execution (against the law); v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to cause privation; to cause to fast. Yoma 77b (ref. to ויענה, Gen. 34:2) התם שעִינָּהּ מביאותוכ׳ this may be interpreted, that he deprived her of other connections. Ib. 8:4 התינוקות אין מענין אותןוכ׳ we must not let children fast on the Day of Atonement, v. חָנַךְ; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה fasting. Tosef.Taan.II, 7; Erub.41a כדי שלא יכנס לשבת כשהוא מע׳ that he may not begin the Sabbath fasting; Tanḥ. Bresh. 2. 3) to afflict, oppress, wrong. Mekh. Mishp., s. 18 (ref. to Ex. 22:22) עד שיְעַנֶּה וישנה until he practices oppression repeatedly; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה; pl. מְעוּנִּין. Yeb.48b מפני מה גרים בזמן הזה מע׳וכ׳ why are the proselytes of our days afflicted and subject to suffering? 4) to violate, outrage. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Mic. 2:9) שהיו מְעַנִּים נשיוכ׳ they violated married women and caused them to be forbidden to their husbands. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.Mekh. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 349 אם כשלא תְעַנּוּן את הדיןוכ׳ if your wives will be spared from widowhood and your children from bereavement, because you do not violate justice, how much more, when you execute justice. Nif. נַעֲנֶה 1) to be afflicted, oppressed. Mekh. l. c. אלמנה … שדרכן לֵעָנוֹת בהןוכ׳ widows and orphans who are liable to be oppressed,of them the text speaks (Ex. 22:21); Yalk. l. c. שדרכן לֵיעָנוֹת (not שדרכו). 2) to humble ones self; to submit to a persons discretion, beg pardon. Ber.28a נַעֲנֵיתִי לך מחול לי I submit myself to thee, forgive me. Pesik. R. s. 38 נעניתי לו I beg his pardon. Yoma 22b נעניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ I beg your pardon, bones of Saul!; Yalk. Sam. 117 נעניתי לך שאולוכ׳. Keth.67b נעניתי לך קום אכול I beg of thee, get up and eat. Tosef.Ohol.V, 12 נמניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. נמתי, read נעניתי) I beg your pardon, bones of Hithpa. הִתְעַנֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַנֶּה 1) to be afflicted, suffer. Sifré Deut. 130 שנִתְעַנּוּ, v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to afflict ones self, to fast. Ber.8b (ref. to Lev. 23:32) וכי בתשעה מִתְעַנִּין do men fast on the ninth (of Tishri)? R. Hash. 18b אין גזרת … רצו מתענין when there is no political persecution, but no peace, those who wish may fast Erub.41a והִתְעַנִּינוּ בו ולאוכ׳ we fasted, but not to the end of the day; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱנִי (denom. of עָנִי) to become poor. Keth.VI, 6. Ber.33a חזרו והֶעֱנוּ when they (the Jews) became poor again. Meïl. 17a מי שיש לו אויב יַעֲנִי או יעשיר if one has an enemy, does one wish him to be poor or rich?; a. e. -
7 ענה II
עני, עָנָהII (b. h.; cmp. אָנָה) to press, be pressed; to be detained. Pi. עִינָּה 1) to detain, postpone, esp. ע׳ דין to delay execution of capital judgment (which should take place on the day of sentence). Snh.XI, 4 (89a) אין מְעַנִּין את דינו שלוכ׳ we must not put off his execution (opp. to the opinion משמרין אותו). Ib. 35a וליגמריה … נמצא אתה מְעַנֶּה את דינו shall we pass sentence on Friday and put him to death on Sunday? In such a case you would postpone his execution (against the law); v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to cause privation; to cause to fast. Yoma 77b (ref. to ויענה, Gen. 34:2) התם שעִינָּהּ מביאותוכ׳ this may be interpreted, that he deprived her of other connections. Ib. 8:4 התינוקות אין מענין אותןוכ׳ we must not let children fast on the Day of Atonement, v. חָנַךְ; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה fasting. Tosef.Taan.II, 7; Erub.41a כדי שלא יכנס לשבת כשהוא מע׳ that he may not begin the Sabbath fasting; Tanḥ. Bresh. 2. 3) to afflict, oppress, wrong. Mekh. Mishp., s. 18 (ref. to Ex. 22:22) עד שיְעַנֶּה וישנה until he practices oppression repeatedly; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה; pl. מְעוּנִּין. Yeb.48b מפני מה גרים בזמן הזה מע׳וכ׳ why are the proselytes of our days afflicted and subject to suffering? 4) to violate, outrage. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Mic. 2:9) שהיו מְעַנִּים נשיוכ׳ they violated married women and caused them to be forbidden to their husbands. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.Mekh. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 349 אם כשלא תְעַנּוּן את הדיןוכ׳ if your wives will be spared from widowhood and your children from bereavement, because you do not violate justice, how much more, when you execute justice. Nif. נַעֲנֶה 1) to be afflicted, oppressed. Mekh. l. c. אלמנה … שדרכן לֵעָנוֹת בהןוכ׳ widows and orphans who are liable to be oppressed,of them the text speaks (Ex. 22:21); Yalk. l. c. שדרכן לֵיעָנוֹת (not שדרכו). 2) to humble ones self; to submit to a persons discretion, beg pardon. Ber.28a נַעֲנֵיתִי לך מחול לי I submit myself to thee, forgive me. Pesik. R. s. 38 נעניתי לו I beg his pardon. Yoma 22b נעניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ I beg your pardon, bones of Saul!; Yalk. Sam. 117 נעניתי לך שאולוכ׳. Keth.67b נעניתי לך קום אכול I beg of thee, get up and eat. Tosef.Ohol.V, 12 נמניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. נמתי, read נעניתי) I beg your pardon, bones of Hithpa. הִתְעַנֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַנֶּה 1) to be afflicted, suffer. Sifré Deut. 130 שנִתְעַנּוּ, v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to afflict ones self, to fast. Ber.8b (ref. to Lev. 23:32) וכי בתשעה מִתְעַנִּין do men fast on the ninth (of Tishri)? R. Hash. 18b אין גזרת … רצו מתענין when there is no political persecution, but no peace, those who wish may fast Erub.41a והִתְעַנִּינוּ בו ולאוכ׳ we fasted, but not to the end of the day; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱנִי (denom. of עָנִי) to become poor. Keth.VI, 6. Ber.33a חזרו והֶעֱנוּ when they (the Jews) became poor again. Meïl. 17a מי שיש לו אויב יַעֲנִי או יעשיר if one has an enemy, does one wish him to be poor or rich?; a. e. -
8 עָנָה
עני, עָנָהII (b. h.; cmp. אָנָה) to press, be pressed; to be detained. Pi. עִינָּה 1) to detain, postpone, esp. ע׳ דין to delay execution of capital judgment (which should take place on the day of sentence). Snh.XI, 4 (89a) אין מְעַנִּין את דינו שלוכ׳ we must not put off his execution (opp. to the opinion משמרין אותו). Ib. 35a וליגמריה … נמצא אתה מְעַנֶּה את דינו shall we pass sentence on Friday and put him to death on Sunday? In such a case you would postpone his execution (against the law); v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to cause privation; to cause to fast. Yoma 77b (ref. to ויענה, Gen. 34:2) התם שעִינָּהּ מביאותוכ׳ this may be interpreted, that he deprived her of other connections. Ib. 8:4 התינוקות אין מענין אותןוכ׳ we must not let children fast on the Day of Atonement, v. חָנַךְ; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה fasting. Tosef.Taan.II, 7; Erub.41a כדי שלא יכנס לשבת כשהוא מע׳ that he may not begin the Sabbath fasting; Tanḥ. Bresh. 2. 3) to afflict, oppress, wrong. Mekh. Mishp., s. 18 (ref. to Ex. 22:22) עד שיְעַנֶּה וישנה until he practices oppression repeatedly; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה; pl. מְעוּנִּין. Yeb.48b מפני מה גרים בזמן הזה מע׳וכ׳ why are the proselytes of our days afflicted and subject to suffering? 4) to violate, outrage. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Mic. 2:9) שהיו מְעַנִּים נשיוכ׳ they violated married women and caused them to be forbidden to their husbands. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.Mekh. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 349 אם כשלא תְעַנּוּן את הדיןוכ׳ if your wives will be spared from widowhood and your children from bereavement, because you do not violate justice, how much more, when you execute justice. Nif. נַעֲנֶה 1) to be afflicted, oppressed. Mekh. l. c. אלמנה … שדרכן לֵעָנוֹת בהןוכ׳ widows and orphans who are liable to be oppressed,of them the text speaks (Ex. 22:21); Yalk. l. c. שדרכן לֵיעָנוֹת (not שדרכו). 2) to humble ones self; to submit to a persons discretion, beg pardon. Ber.28a נַעֲנֵיתִי לך מחול לי I submit myself to thee, forgive me. Pesik. R. s. 38 נעניתי לו I beg his pardon. Yoma 22b נעניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ I beg your pardon, bones of Saul!; Yalk. Sam. 117 נעניתי לך שאולוכ׳. Keth.67b נעניתי לך קום אכול I beg of thee, get up and eat. Tosef.Ohol.V, 12 נמניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. נמתי, read נעניתי) I beg your pardon, bones of Hithpa. הִתְעַנֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַנֶּה 1) to be afflicted, suffer. Sifré Deut. 130 שנִתְעַנּוּ, v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to afflict ones self, to fast. Ber.8b (ref. to Lev. 23:32) וכי בתשעה מִתְעַנִּין do men fast on the ninth (of Tishri)? R. Hash. 18b אין גזרת … רצו מתענין when there is no political persecution, but no peace, those who wish may fast Erub.41a והִתְעַנִּינוּ בו ולאוכ׳ we fasted, but not to the end of the day; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱנִי (denom. of עָנִי) to become poor. Keth.VI, 6. Ber.33a חזרו והֶעֱנוּ when they (the Jews) became poor again. Meïl. 17a מי שיש לו אויב יַעֲנִי או יעשיר if one has an enemy, does one wish him to be poor or rich?; a. e. -
9 שחר II
שָׁחַרII (b. h.; cmp. חָרַר III) to be charred, black.V. שָׁחוֹר I. Hif. הִשְׁחִיר 1) to blacken. Y.Ḥag.II, 77d הִשְׁחִירוּ פניהןוכ׳ they made their faces as black as the bottom of a pot, i. e. they ruined their reputation. Sabb.152a (ref. to Koh. 11:10) דברים … מַשְׁחִירִיםוכ׳ certain things which a man does in his young days make his face look black (sickly) in his old age; a. e. 2) to become black. Y.Bets. II, end, 61d הִשְׁחִירוּ שיניווכ׳ his teeth were black from fasting; Y.Sabb.V, end, 7c; Ḥag.22b הוּשְׁחֲרוּ שיניו (Hof.; Ms. M. פניו). Ex. R. s. 1 (play on אשחור, 1 Chr. 1:24) שחִשְׁחִירוּ פניו בתעניות his face was black from fasting. Y.Shebi.VI, 36d bot. מכיון שה׳ as soon as it (the onion in the ground) gets black. Y.Snh.VIII, beg.26a הִשְׁחִירָה הקדרה, v. בָּשַׁל; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁחַר to become black, v. supra. -
10 שָׁחַר
שָׁחַרII (b. h.; cmp. חָרַר III) to be charred, black.V. שָׁחוֹר I. Hif. הִשְׁחִיר 1) to blacken. Y.Ḥag.II, 77d הִשְׁחִירוּ פניהןוכ׳ they made their faces as black as the bottom of a pot, i. e. they ruined their reputation. Sabb.152a (ref. to Koh. 11:10) דברים … מַשְׁחִירִיםוכ׳ certain things which a man does in his young days make his face look black (sickly) in his old age; a. e. 2) to become black. Y.Bets. II, end, 61d הִשְׁחִירוּ שיניווכ׳ his teeth were black from fasting; Y.Sabb.V, end, 7c; Ḥag.22b הוּשְׁחֲרוּ שיניו (Hof.; Ms. M. פניו). Ex. R. s. 1 (play on אשחור, 1 Chr. 1:24) שחִשְׁחִירוּ פניו בתעניות his face was black from fasting. Y.Shebi.VI, 36d bot. מכיון שה׳ as soon as it (the onion in the ground) gets black. Y.Snh.VIII, beg.26a הִשְׁחִירָה הקדרה, v. בָּשַׁל; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁחַר to become black, v. supra. -
11 חמשת עמודי האיסלאם
Pillars of Islam, Five Pillars of Islam, 5 basic tenets of the Islamic faith (they are: belief in Allah and in Muhammad as his prophet, prayer, charity, fasting, making a pilgrimage to Mecca) -
12 יום צום
day of fasting -
13 מעונה
tortured, afflicted; fasting -
14 תענית
fast, fasting -
15 תשעה באב
Ninth of Ab (day of fasting) -
16 אסיפה
אֲסִיפָהf. (b. h. אֲסֵפָה; אסף) 1) gathering, assembly. Y.Taan.I, 64c top אֲסִיפַת עם public meeting for fasting ceremonies. Gen. R. s. 98 ye shall be א׳ אחת one (unanimous) assembly. 2) = אָסִיף. Ḥag.18a חג הבא בזמן א׳ the festival that falls in the harvest season. Ib. א׳ ביו״ט מי שרי Ms. M. (ed. less correct מלאכה) is harvesting permitted ?, a. e. 3) (ref. to Num. 11:22) the mere taking into the house for consumption, without the ritual slaughtering ( שחיטה). Ḥull.27b. Num. R. s. 19. 4) being gathered in, death, use of the verb אסף with reference to death. Ib. אֲסִיפַת אהרן the death of Aaron (Num. 20:24). B. Bath.16b גויעה וא׳ the use of גוע a. אסף. -
17 אֲסִיפָה
אֲסִיפָהf. (b. h. אֲסֵפָה; אסף) 1) gathering, assembly. Y.Taan.I, 64c top אֲסִיפַת עם public meeting for fasting ceremonies. Gen. R. s. 98 ye shall be א׳ אחת one (unanimous) assembly. 2) = אָסִיף. Ḥag.18a חג הבא בזמן א׳ the festival that falls in the harvest season. Ib. א׳ ביו״ט מי שרי Ms. M. (ed. less correct מלאכה) is harvesting permitted ?, a. e. 3) (ref. to Num. 11:22) the mere taking into the house for consumption, without the ritual slaughtering ( שחיטה). Ḥull.27b. Num. R. s. 19. 4) being gathered in, death, use of the verb אסף with reference to death. Ib. אֲסִיפַת אהרן the death of Aaron (Num. 20:24). B. Bath.16b גויעה וא׳ the use of גוע a. אסף. -
18 אסר
אֲסַר, אָסַרch. sam(אסרto surround, enclose); 1) to chain, imprison. Targ. 2 Kings 17:4; a. fr. 2) to bind by spell, charm. Targ. Ps. 58:6; a. e. 3) to tie up, put on Targ. Y. Gen. 49:11; a. e.B. Mets.86b דקא א׳ ושרי that he tied up (his wound) and untied it. Sabb.81b אֲסַרְתָּהּ לארבא she tied (stopped) the ship (by magic spell). 4) to bind the bowels, check diarrhœa. Gitt.69b למֵיסַר. 5) to forbid. Ḥull.109b כל דא׳ לןוכ׳, v. preced.; a. v. fr. Ib. 111b; 112a, a. fr. אָסִיר, אֲסִירֵי it is, they are, forbidden.Ab. Zar.37b יוסף אָסְרָא מיבעי ליה he ought to be called, ‘Joseph the forbidder.Y.Meg.I, 70c bot. לֹוסַר לפניו to forbid fasting on the day preceding. 6) to bind ones self by vowing a fast (cmp. Num. 30:3), or to be bound. Meg. Taan.XII, end, quoted and discussed Taan.12a (v. Var. lect. in Rabb. D. S. a. l. a. notes). Pa. אַסַּר to tie (sheaves). Targ. O. Gen. 37:7. Ithpa. אִתְאַסַּר 1) to be imprisoned. Targ. Gen. 42:19; a. e. 2) (in Talm.) Ithpe. אִיתְּסַר to be forbidden. Targ. Y. Num. 11:10.Ḥull.101b ליתסר let it be forbidden, Ib. 115a מעשה שבת ליתסרו what has been prepared on the Sabbath ought to be forbidden. Yeb.33a קא מיתסר במלאכה he is forbidden from doing labor; a. fr. -
19 אֲסַר
אֲסַר, אָסַרch. sam(אסרto surround, enclose); 1) to chain, imprison. Targ. 2 Kings 17:4; a. fr. 2) to bind by spell, charm. Targ. Ps. 58:6; a. e. 3) to tie up, put on Targ. Y. Gen. 49:11; a. e.B. Mets.86b דקא א׳ ושרי that he tied up (his wound) and untied it. Sabb.81b אֲסַרְתָּהּ לארבא she tied (stopped) the ship (by magic spell). 4) to bind the bowels, check diarrhœa. Gitt.69b למֵיסַר. 5) to forbid. Ḥull.109b כל דא׳ לןוכ׳, v. preced.; a. v. fr. Ib. 111b; 112a, a. fr. אָסִיר, אֲסִירֵי it is, they are, forbidden.Ab. Zar.37b יוסף אָסְרָא מיבעי ליה he ought to be called, ‘Joseph the forbidder.Y.Meg.I, 70c bot. לֹוסַר לפניו to forbid fasting on the day preceding. 6) to bind ones self by vowing a fast (cmp. Num. 30:3), or to be bound. Meg. Taan.XII, end, quoted and discussed Taan.12a (v. Var. lect. in Rabb. D. S. a. l. a. notes). Pa. אַסַּר to tie (sheaves). Targ. O. Gen. 37:7. Ithpa. אִתְאַסַּר 1) to be imprisoned. Targ. Gen. 42:19; a. e. 2) (in Talm.) Ithpe. אִיתְּסַר to be forbidden. Targ. Y. Num. 11:10.Ḥull.101b ליתסר let it be forbidden, Ib. 115a מעשה שבת ליתסרו what has been prepared on the Sabbath ought to be forbidden. Yeb.33a קא מיתסר במלאכה he is forbidden from doing labor; a. fr. -
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אֲסַר, אָסַרch. sam(אסרto surround, enclose); 1) to chain, imprison. Targ. 2 Kings 17:4; a. fr. 2) to bind by spell, charm. Targ. Ps. 58:6; a. e. 3) to tie up, put on Targ. Y. Gen. 49:11; a. e.B. Mets.86b דקא א׳ ושרי that he tied up (his wound) and untied it. Sabb.81b אֲסַרְתָּהּ לארבא she tied (stopped) the ship (by magic spell). 4) to bind the bowels, check diarrhœa. Gitt.69b למֵיסַר. 5) to forbid. Ḥull.109b כל דא׳ לןוכ׳, v. preced.; a. v. fr. Ib. 111b; 112a, a. fr. אָסִיר, אֲסִירֵי it is, they are, forbidden.Ab. Zar.37b יוסף אָסְרָא מיבעי ליה he ought to be called, ‘Joseph the forbidder.Y.Meg.I, 70c bot. לֹוסַר לפניו to forbid fasting on the day preceding. 6) to bind ones self by vowing a fast (cmp. Num. 30:3), or to be bound. Meg. Taan.XII, end, quoted and discussed Taan.12a (v. Var. lect. in Rabb. D. S. a. l. a. notes). Pa. אַסַּר to tie (sheaves). Targ. O. Gen. 37:7. Ithpa. אִתְאַסַּר 1) to be imprisoned. Targ. Gen. 42:19; a. e. 2) (in Talm.) Ithpe. אִיתְּסַר to be forbidden. Targ. Y. Num. 11:10.Ḥull.101b ליתסר let it be forbidden, Ib. 115a מעשה שבת ליתסרו what has been prepared on the Sabbath ought to be forbidden. Yeb.33a קא מיתסר במלאכה he is forbidden from doing labor; a. fr.
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