fitting-up

יָאֵי, יָאֶהm. (h. יָאֶה; v. אָוָה I, אוּת) fitting, right, nice. Targ. 1 Chr. 11:11; Targ. 2 Sam. 23:8; a. fr.Men.53a; Yalk. Ex. 166 י׳ it is good; י׳ וי׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. to Men. l. c. note 40) so much the better. Tam.32a בימא י׳ למידרוכ׳ is it better to dwell on the water or on land?Ib. לא י׳ למלכא כזב falsehood would not become a king. B. Bath. 111a הוא י׳ וגולתיה יָאיָא Ar. (ed. וג׳ יאי) he looks nobly and so does his cloak; a. e.Pl. יָאִין, יַאֲוָן, יַאֲוָון, יָאָן. Targ. Cant. 3:7. Ib. 4:1 sq. Targ. 2 Sam. 15:3; a. fr. Fem. יָאיָא, יָאיָה; יָאָה, יָאֲתָא. Targ. Y. II Num. 12:1. Targ. Gen. 29:17 (ed. Berl. יָאַיָה; Y. II יָיָא). Targ. Jer. 6:2 יאתא (ed. Lag. יָאִיתָא; h. text נוה). Targ. Prov. 13:19 (h. text נהיה); a. fr.B. Bath. 111a, v. supra.Pl. יָאֲיָן, יָאיָין, יָאָתָא. Targ. O. Gen. 29:17 (ed. Berl. יָאַיָן). Targ. Y. Num. 31:50; a. e.

כִּיוָּןm. (כּוּן) (firmness, directness, fitness;) 1) (adv.) directly, exactly. Pes.37a אפשר … ויקבענה כ׳ he may form the dough in a mould and attach it to the cake directly (well fitting, without loss of time). Tam.III, 6 אחד … ואחד פותח כ׳ (with one key) a priest puts his hand through an opening in the door (v. אַמָּה), and another priest opens (with the other key) directly; (Talm.ed. 30b ואחד שהוא פותח כ׳ and another key which opens directly). 2) (conj. followed by ש־) as soon as, since. Macc.3a, a. fr. כ׳ שהגידוכ׳ as soon as a witness has finished his evidence, he is not permitted to testify again (retract or modify). Keth.11a כ׳ שהגדילהוכ׳ as soon as she was of age for one while without protesting Erub.93b כ׳ שהותרה הותרה being once permitted (for one part of the Sabbath), it remains permitted; a. v. fr.

כִּיוָּןm. (כּוּן) (firmness, directness, fitness;) 1) (adv.) directly, exactly. Pes.37a אפשר … ויקבענה כ׳ he may form the dough in a mould and attach it to the cake directly (well fitting, without loss of time). Tam.III, 6 אחד … ואחד פותח כ׳ (with one key) a priest puts his hand through an opening in the door (v. אַמָּה), and another priest opens (with the other key) directly; (Talm.ed. 30b ואחד שהוא פותח כ׳ and another key which opens directly). 2) (conj. followed by ש־) as soon as, since. Macc.3a, a. fr. כ׳ שהגידוכ׳ as soon as a witness has finished his evidence, he is not permitted to testify again (retract or modify). Keth.11a כ׳ שהגדילהוכ׳ as soon as she was of age for one while without protesting Erub.93b כ׳ שהותרה הותרה being once permitted (for one part of the Sabbath), it remains permitted; a. v. fr.

כָּנַס(b. h.; v. כּוֹס I) 1) to collect, gather; to cover, shelter, bring home. B. Kam.VI, 1 הכּוֹנס צאן לדיר he who takes the flock into the stall; a. fr.כ׳ משקה to absorb liquids through pores, opp. to הוציא to let liquids escape through pores. Nidd.49a יביא … אם כָּנְסָהוכ׳ get a tub full of water and put the pot in, if it draws water Kel. X, 8 היו בכוֹנֵס משקח (sub. נקובין) if the vessels were so porous as to be called absorbers of liquids. Nidd. l. c. כיצד … לידע אם ניקב בכונס משקה how do we examine to find out whether a vessel is porous to the extent of absorbing liquids? (v. supra); a. fr.Esp. to take a woman home, to consummate a marriage by conducting a woman to ones house, to wed, v. אֵירוּסִין a. נִישּׂוּאִין. Keth.3b וברביעי כּוֹנְסָהּ and on the fourth day of the week he weds her. Ib. ומסכנה ואילך נהגו … לִכְנוֹסוכ׳ and from the days of persecution … the people adopted the custom to wed on the third day; … ובשני לא יִכְנוֹס but on the second day one must not marry. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b כְּנָסָהּ ולאוכ׳ he took her to his home but did not touch her ; a. fr.Part. pass. כְּנוּסָה. Y.Sot.II, 18b top שומרת יבםוכ׳ neither while waiting for the yabam nor after having been taken to his house. 2) (of a sore) ( to gather, to grow smaller, to contract, opp. פשה. Neg. IV, 7; Tosef. ib. II, 6; Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 2, ch. 2; a. e. 3) (archit.) to recede, to form a settle or recess in a wall. Midd. III, 1 עלה אמהוכ׳ אמה (the altar) rose one cubit and then receded one cubit; Men.97b.Y.Erub.VII, 24b bot. (of an inclined plane) עולה אמה וכוֹנֵס שלש it rises vertically one cubit, while the incline measures three cubits, v. כִּיבּוּש.Part. pass. כָּנוּס, f. כְּנוּסָה. Tosef.Erub.I, 10 כותל שצידו אחד כ׳ מחבירווכ׳ a wall which is more receding on one side than on the other, either the inner wall being even ; Erub.9b; 15a; (Y. ib. 19b top כותל הנכנס). Y.Succ.I, 52a אפי׳ כנוסה כמה even if the reduction be ever so large. Nif. נִכְנַס 1) to be brought in, to enter, opp. יצא; to assemble, meet. Erub. 65a, v. סוֹד. Ib. 15b נ׳ ויוצא is easily passed in and out. Kel. IX, 7 מלא … נ׳ when a piece of the size … can be passed, לא נ׳ when it cannot pass (exactly fitting in). Y.Erub.I, 18c bot. אין … לִיכָּנֵסוכ׳ it is not the habit of man to enter through one door and leave through another.Ḥull.3a, a. fr. יוצא ונ׳ superintending by going in and out. Sabb.137b כשםשנ׳ … יִכָּנסוכ׳ as he (the child) has been entered into the covenant, so may he be introduced to the study of the Law Snh.101a נִכְנְסוּ תלמידיווכ׳ his pupils came together to visit him. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 19, a. e. לא יִכָּנֵס אדם להרוכ׳ one must not enter the Temple mount Meg.I, 3 מקום שנִכְנָסִיןוכ׳ a place where the country people are in the habit of assembling on Mondays ; a. fr. 2) to form a recess or settle. Y.Erub.I, 19b top, v. supra. 3) to be married, v. supra. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b הִיכָּנְסִיוכ׳ be my wife and raise thy sisters children; Koh. R. to IX, 9; a. fr. Pi. כִּינֵּס to gather, collect. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 24 בשעת המְכַנְּסִין … כַּנֵּס when people collect (learning), scatter, when they scatter (are indifferent), gather in (withdraw); v. בְּדַר; Ber.63a המכניסים (read: המְכַנְּ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9). Ex. R. s. 17, beg. שכִּינְּסָן מעל הארץ which (waters) he gathered from upon the land. Deut. R. s. 3 כִּינְּסָה את בניה she assembled her children; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּנָּס, f. מְכוּנֶּסֶת; pl. מְכוּנָּסִין, מְכוּנָּסוֹת. Erub.21a (מים) מ׳ collected water, opp. מים חיים. Midr. Till. to Ps. 70 הרי הצאן מכ׳ the flock is gathered again. Neg. IV, 3 במ׳ when the hairs on the leprous spot are close together, opp. מפוזר; a. fr. Hif. הִכְנִיס to bring in, to lay in, store up; to introduce, pass; to initiate. Lev. R. s. 9 הִכְנִיסוֹ לביתו he invited him to his house. Ex. R. s. 20 אם אני מַכְנִיסָןוכ׳ if I lead them now into the land. Ib. ה׳ יינווכ׳ he stored his wine in the cellar. Men.97a ומכניס קנהוכ׳ and passes a tube under it. Sabb.118b ה׳ ידווכ׳ put his hand under his belt. Ib. מַכְנִיסֵי שבת who usher the Sabbath in (with prayer). Ib. 137b להַכְנִיסוֹ בבריתווכ׳ to initiate him into the covenant (v. supra). Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot. הרי אתם מַכְנִיסִין ראשיוכ׳ you want me to put my head between two great mountains. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6 לא מוציא ולא מַכְנִיס neither lets escape nor receives, v. נוֹד; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּנֵּס, Nithpa. נִתְכַּנֵּס 1) to assemble, meet, be reunited. Taan.27b מִתְכַּנְּסִין לבה״כ meet at the synagogue. Gen. R. s. 39, a. e. אם מתכנסין כלוכ׳ if all human beings were to join for creating ; Cant. R. to I, 3 מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין. Mekh. Bshall.s.6 אין הגליות מִתְכַּנְּסוֹתוכ׳ the diaspora will be reunited only as a reward for faith; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 12, beg. מתכנסין ויוצאין; (Koh. R. to II, 12 נכנסין) they go in and out. 2) to gather, become closer (v. supra). Neg. I, 6 נִתְכַּנְּסָה the sore gathered.

כָּנַס(b. h.; v. כּוֹס I) 1) to collect, gather; to cover, shelter, bring home. B. Kam.VI, 1 הכּוֹנס צאן לדיר he who takes the flock into the stall; a. fr.כ׳ משקה to absorb liquids through pores, opp. to הוציא to let liquids escape through pores. Nidd.49a יביא … אם כָּנְסָהוכ׳ get a tub full of water and put the pot in, if it draws water Kel. X, 8 היו בכוֹנֵס משקח (sub. נקובין) if the vessels were so porous as to be called absorbers of liquids. Nidd. l. c. כיצד … לידע אם ניקב בכונס משקה how do we examine to find out whether a vessel is porous to the extent of absorbing liquids? (v. supra); a. fr.Esp. to take a woman home, to consummate a marriage by conducting a woman to ones house, to wed, v. אֵירוּסִין a. נִישּׂוּאִין. Keth.3b וברביעי כּוֹנְסָהּ and on the fourth day of the week he weds her. Ib. ומסכנה ואילך נהגו … לִכְנוֹסוכ׳ and from the days of persecution … the people adopted the custom to wed on the third day; … ובשני לא יִכְנוֹס but on the second day one must not marry. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b כְּנָסָהּ ולאוכ׳ he took her to his home but did not touch her ; a. fr.Part. pass. כְּנוּסָה. Y.Sot.II, 18b top שומרת יבםוכ׳ neither while waiting for the yabam nor after having been taken to his house. 2) (of a sore) ( to gather, to grow smaller, to contract, opp. פשה. Neg. IV, 7; Tosef. ib. II, 6; Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 2, ch. 2; a. e. 3) (archit.) to recede, to form a settle or recess in a wall. Midd. III, 1 עלה אמהוכ׳ אמה (the altar) rose one cubit and then receded one cubit; Men.97b.Y.Erub.VII, 24b bot. (of an inclined plane) עולה אמה וכוֹנֵס שלש it rises vertically one cubit, while the incline measures three cubits, v. כִּיבּוּש.Part. pass. כָּנוּס, f. כְּנוּסָה. Tosef.Erub.I, 10 כותל שצידו אחד כ׳ מחבירווכ׳ a wall which is more receding on one side than on the other, either the inner wall being even ; Erub.9b; 15a; (Y. ib. 19b top כותל הנכנס). Y.Succ.I, 52a אפי׳ כנוסה כמה even if the reduction be ever so large. Nif. נִכְנַס 1) to be brought in, to enter, opp. יצא; to assemble, meet. Erub. 65a, v. סוֹד. Ib. 15b נ׳ ויוצא is easily passed in and out. Kel. IX, 7 מלא … נ׳ when a piece of the size … can be passed, לא נ׳ when it cannot pass (exactly fitting in). Y.Erub.I, 18c bot. אין … לִיכָּנֵסוכ׳ it is not the habit of man to enter through one door and leave through another.Ḥull.3a, a. fr. יוצא ונ׳ superintending by going in and out. Sabb.137b כשםשנ׳ … יִכָּנסוכ׳ as he (the child) has been entered into the covenant, so may he be introduced to the study of the Law Snh.101a נִכְנְסוּ תלמידיווכ׳ his pupils came together to visit him. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 19, a. e. לא יִכָּנֵס אדם להרוכ׳ one must not enter the Temple mount Meg.I, 3 מקום שנִכְנָסִיןוכ׳ a place where the country people are in the habit of assembling on Mondays ; a. fr. 2) to form a recess or settle. Y.Erub.I, 19b top, v. supra. 3) to be married, v. supra. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b הִיכָּנְסִיוכ׳ be my wife and raise thy sisters children; Koh. R. to IX, 9; a. fr. Pi. כִּינֵּס to gather, collect. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 24 בשעת המְכַנְּסִין … כַּנֵּס when people collect (learning), scatter, when they scatter (are indifferent), gather in (withdraw); v. בְּדַר; Ber.63a המכניסים (read: המְכַנְּ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9). Ex. R. s. 17, beg. שכִּינְּסָן מעל הארץ which (waters) he gathered from upon the land. Deut. R. s. 3 כִּינְּסָה את בניה she assembled her children; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּנָּס, f. מְכוּנֶּסֶת; pl. מְכוּנָּסִין, מְכוּנָּסוֹת. Erub.21a (מים) מ׳ collected water, opp. מים חיים. Midr. Till. to Ps. 70 הרי הצאן מכ׳ the flock is gathered again. Neg. IV, 3 במ׳ when the hairs on the leprous spot are close together, opp. מפוזר; a. fr. Hif. הִכְנִיס to bring in, to lay in, store up; to introduce, pass; to initiate. Lev. R. s. 9 הִכְנִיסוֹ לביתו he invited him to his house. Ex. R. s. 20 אם אני מַכְנִיסָןוכ׳ if I lead them now into the land. Ib. ה׳ יינווכ׳ he stored his wine in the cellar. Men.97a ומכניס קנהוכ׳ and passes a tube under it. Sabb.118b ה׳ ידווכ׳ put his hand under his belt. Ib. מַכְנִיסֵי שבת who usher the Sabbath in (with prayer). Ib. 137b להַכְנִיסוֹ בבריתווכ׳ to initiate him into the covenant (v. supra). Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot. הרי אתם מַכְנִיסִין ראשיוכ׳ you want me to put my head between two great mountains. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6 לא מוציא ולא מַכְנִיס neither lets escape nor receives, v. נוֹד; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּנֵּס, Nithpa. נִתְכַּנֵּס 1) to assemble, meet, be reunited. Taan.27b מִתְכַּנְּסִין לבה״כ meet at the synagogue. Gen. R. s. 39, a. e. אם מתכנסין כלוכ׳ if all human beings were to join for creating ; Cant. R. to I, 3 מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין. Mekh. Bshall.s.6 אין הגליות מִתְכַּנְּסוֹתוכ׳ the diaspora will be reunited only as a reward for faith; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 12, beg. מתכנסין ויוצאין; (Koh. R. to II, 12 נכנסין) they go in and out. 2) to gather, become closer (v. supra). Neg. I, 6 נִתְכַּנְּסָה the sore gathered.

כָּשֵׁרI (b. h.; cmp. גשר) ( to be well-joined, (cmp. יָפֶה, אֲרִיךְ II), to be proper, fit, right; to turn out well, to succeed. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b top החטים שכָּשְׁרוּ לשארוכ׳ wheats which are fit for all other meat offerings; ib. 57c; Sifra Vayikra, Ndabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13; a. fr.V. כָּשֵׁר II. Hif. הִכְשִׁיר 1) (ritual, v. כָּשֵׁר II) to pronounce kasher, to permit. Ḥull.III, 2 ר׳ … מַכְשִׁיר R. pronounces it fit to be eaten, opp. פוסל; a. v. fr. 2) to make fit, to prepare. Ab.VI, 1 מַכְשַׁרְתּוֹ להיותוכ׳ enables him to be righteous Ḥull.140a מַכְשִׁיר an offering which makes fit for admission to the Temple or eating sacred food, contrad. to מכפר an offering which procures atonement; Kidd.57a, a. e.Snh.42b הוצא … מכשיר ומכפר ‘the carrying outside of the camp (Lev. 4:12; 21) makes the act legal and procures atonement; ib. מכשיר ממכשיר עדיף ליה the analogy between one fitting act and another is preferred.B. Kam.I, 2 הִכְשַׁרְתִּי את נזקו I have prepared (am responsible for) the damage, v. חוּב. Ib. הכשרתי (ב)מקצת נזקווכ׳ wherever I am the partial cause of a damage (e. g. by completing a pit to its legally indictable depth), I am as responsible as if I had been the entire author. Gen. R. s. 56 the slaughtering knife is called מַאֲכֶלֶת (causing the eating) לפי שמַכְשֶׁרֶת את האוכלים (not שמכשר) because it makes the food fit for eating.Esp. (with or without לקבל טומאה) to make an object fit for levitical uncleanness (v. Lev. 11:34; 38). Ḥull.35b וכי הרם מַכְשִׁיר … מַכְשֶׁרֶת is it the blood (as a liquid) which fits the meat for uncleanness?; is it not rather the slaughtering (because it makes it ‘an eatable)?Ib. 33a חיבת הקדש מַכְשַׁרְתָּן, v. חִבָּה; ib. 36b מַכְשַׁרְתָּהּ. Makhsh. VI, 6. Y.Gitt.I, 43c על מי בצים שאינן מַכְשִׁירִין that the liquid of eggs does not fit for uncleanness; Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top שאין כשירין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.v. הֶכְשֵׁר, מַכְשִׁירִין. Hof. הוּכְשַׁר to be made fit; to be pronounced fit; to be prepared; to be fitted for levitical uncleanness. Yoma 50a במהה׳ אהרןוכ׳ through what act is Aaron (a high priest) made fit to enter ?Sabb.76a כל שאינו כשר … וה׳ לזהוכ׳ that which is not fit for preservation but appeared fit to this man, and he did preserve it. Ḥull.22b הוּכְשְׁרוּ are pronounced fit for sacrifices. Ib. II, 5 הוכשרו בדם they became fit for uncleanness through the blood (flowing out at killing); ה׳ בשחיטה they became fit through the act of slaughtering (v. supra); a. v. fr.Y.Keth.XII, 35a מכושר, read: מב׳, v. בָּשַׂר. Hithpa. הִתְכַּשֵּׁר to adapt ones self, to work with zeal and conscientiousness. Koh. R. to V, 11 מִתְכַּשֵּׁר במלאכתווכ׳ more skilled and zealous in his work than (cmp. זָרִיז). Gen. R. s. 9; a. e.

כָּשֵׁרI (b. h.; cmp. גשר) ( to be well-joined, (cmp. יָפֶה, אֲרִיךְ II), to be proper, fit, right; to turn out well, to succeed. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b top החטים שכָּשְׁרוּ לשארוכ׳ wheats which are fit for all other meat offerings; ib. 57c; Sifra Vayikra, Ndabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13; a. fr.V. כָּשֵׁר II. Hif. הִכְשִׁיר 1) (ritual, v. כָּשֵׁר II) to pronounce kasher, to permit. Ḥull.III, 2 ר׳ … מַכְשִׁיר R. pronounces it fit to be eaten, opp. פוסל; a. v. fr. 2) to make fit, to prepare. Ab.VI, 1 מַכְשַׁרְתּוֹ להיותוכ׳ enables him to be righteous Ḥull.140a מַכְשִׁיר an offering which makes fit for admission to the Temple or eating sacred food, contrad. to מכפר an offering which procures atonement; Kidd.57a, a. e.Snh.42b הוצא … מכשיר ומכפר ‘the carrying outside of the camp (Lev. 4:12; 21) makes the act legal and procures atonement; ib. מכשיר ממכשיר עדיף ליה the analogy between one fitting act and another is preferred.B. Kam.I, 2 הִכְשַׁרְתִּי את נזקו I have prepared (am responsible for) the damage, v. חוּב. Ib. הכשרתי (ב)מקצת נזקווכ׳ wherever I am the partial cause of a damage (e. g. by completing a pit to its legally indictable depth), I am as responsible as if I had been the entire author. Gen. R. s. 56 the slaughtering knife is called מַאֲכֶלֶת (causing the eating) לפי שמַכְשֶׁרֶת את האוכלים (not שמכשר) because it makes the food fit for eating.Esp. (with or without לקבל טומאה) to make an object fit for levitical uncleanness (v. Lev. 11:34; 38). Ḥull.35b וכי הרם מַכְשִׁיר … מַכְשֶׁרֶת is it the blood (as a liquid) which fits the meat for uncleanness?; is it not rather the slaughtering (because it makes it ‘an eatable)?Ib. 33a חיבת הקדש מַכְשַׁרְתָּן, v. חִבָּה; ib. 36b מַכְשַׁרְתָּהּ. Makhsh. VI, 6. Y.Gitt.I, 43c על מי בצים שאינן מַכְשִׁירִין that the liquid of eggs does not fit for uncleanness; Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top שאין כשירין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.v. הֶכְשֵׁר, מַכְשִׁירִין. Hof. הוּכְשַׁר to be made fit; to be pronounced fit; to be prepared; to be fitted for levitical uncleanness. Yoma 50a במהה׳ אהרןוכ׳ through what act is Aaron (a high priest) made fit to enter ?Sabb.76a כל שאינו כשר … וה׳ לזהוכ׳ that which is not fit for preservation but appeared fit to this man, and he did preserve it. Ḥull.22b הוּכְשְׁרוּ are pronounced fit for sacrifices. Ib. II, 5 הוכשרו בדם they became fit for uncleanness through the blood (flowing out at killing); ה׳ בשחיטה they became fit through the act of slaughtering (v. supra); a. v. fr.Y.Keth.XII, 35a מכושר, read: מב׳, v. בָּשַׂר. Hithpa. הִתְכַּשֵּׁר to adapt ones self, to work with zeal and conscientiousness. Koh. R. to V, 11 מִתְכַּשֵּׁר במלאכתווכ׳ more skilled and zealous in his work than (cmp. זָרִיז). Gen. R. s. 9; a. e.

לֶחִיII, לְחִי m. (b. h.; לחה; cmp. לוֹעָא) ( joint, 1) jaw. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 לוחות שיגיעתן בל׳ the tablets are called luḥoth, because they must be studied with weariness of the leḥi (jaw).Du. לְחָיַיִם. Erub.54a (play on לחת, Ex. 31:18) אם משים אדם לְחָיָיו כאבןוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one will make his jaws as (untiring in repeating lessons as) a stone Cant. R. to IV, 15; ib. to V, 12 (ref. to ib. 1 3) זה מלחים … עד שתהא הלכה יוצאה כמין ל׳ one scholar inserts one thing, another another thing, until the halakhah (decision) comes forth like jaws (well adjusted). Sabb.57b (expl. סרביטין, ib. VI, 1) המגיעין לה עד לְחָיֶיהָ ed. (Ms. M. המגיעין עד הלחיים) ornaments of the head which hang down so as to reach her cheeks. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2 יעלי עשבים בלְחָיֶיךָוכ׳ grass will grow through thy jaws (thou shalt be dead and buried), and the son of David shall not yet have appeared. Tosef.Ohol.I, 6 והלְחָיַיִן עמהן (ed. Zuck. והלחי) and the jaw-bones count among them. Ḥull.X, 1; a. fr. 2) various objects resembling a jaw, or attached to another object; a) that part of the bridle which encompasses the jaw. Kel. XI, 5.b) the cheek-pieces of a casque. Ib. 8 (v. Maim. comment. ed. Dehr.).c) inserted sticks, with which the plough is guided. Ib. XXI, 2.Esp. 3) leḥi, a stake fastened in the ground by the side of a wall, serving as a mark or as a fictitious partition (enclosure) for the purpose of enabling the inmates of an alley to move objects, on the Sabbath, within the space thus enclosed (v. עֵירוּב). Erub.12b ל׳ משום מחיצה a leḥi is to serve the place of a partition (palisade), contrad. to משום היכר a mark to distinguish the alley from the public road. Ib. I, 2 הכשר מבוי … ל׳ וקורה the means of fitting an alley for movements on the Sabbath … are a stake and a beam on top; ר׳ אל׳ אומר לְחָיַיִן R. E. says two stakes. Ib. 6 לחיין שאמרווכ׳ the stakes about which they speak must be ten hand-breadths high Ib. 15a ל׳ העומד מאליו … הוי ל׳ a pole put up accidentally (not with the intention of making it a Sabbath mark) … serves the ritual purposes of a leḥi. Ib. 12b הִכְשִׁירוֹ בל׳ if the alley has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of a leḥi; a. v. fr.

לֶחִיII, לְחִי m. (b. h.; לחה; cmp. לוֹעָא) ( joint, 1) jaw. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 לוחות שיגיעתן בל׳ the tablets are called luḥoth, because they must be studied with weariness of the leḥi (jaw).Du. לְחָיַיִם. Erub.54a (play on לחת, Ex. 31:18) אם משים אדם לְחָיָיו כאבןוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one will make his jaws as (untiring in repeating lessons as) a stone Cant. R. to IV, 15; ib. to V, 12 (ref. to ib. 1 3) זה מלחים … עד שתהא הלכה יוצאה כמין ל׳ one scholar inserts one thing, another another thing, until the halakhah (decision) comes forth like jaws (well adjusted). Sabb.57b (expl. סרביטין, ib. VI, 1) המגיעין לה עד לְחָיֶיהָ ed. (Ms. M. המגיעין עד הלחיים) ornaments of the head which hang down so as to reach her cheeks. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2 יעלי עשבים בלְחָיֶיךָוכ׳ grass will grow through thy jaws (thou shalt be dead and buried), and the son of David shall not yet have appeared. Tosef.Ohol.I, 6 והלְחָיַיִן עמהן (ed. Zuck. והלחי) and the jaw-bones count among them. Ḥull.X, 1; a. fr. 2) various objects resembling a jaw, or attached to another object; a) that part of the bridle which encompasses the jaw. Kel. XI, 5.b) the cheek-pieces of a casque. Ib. 8 (v. Maim. comment. ed. Dehr.).c) inserted sticks, with which the plough is guided. Ib. XXI, 2.Esp. 3) leḥi, a stake fastened in the ground by the side of a wall, serving as a mark or as a fictitious partition (enclosure) for the purpose of enabling the inmates of an alley to move objects, on the Sabbath, within the space thus enclosed (v. עֵירוּב). Erub.12b ל׳ משום מחיצה a leḥi is to serve the place of a partition (palisade), contrad. to משום היכר a mark to distinguish the alley from the public road. Ib. I, 2 הכשר מבוי … ל׳ וקורה the means of fitting an alley for movements on the Sabbath … are a stake and a beam on top; ר׳ אל׳ אומר לְחָיַיִן R. E. says two stakes. Ib. 6 לחיין שאמרווכ׳ the stakes about which they speak must be ten hand-breadths high Ib. 15a ל׳ העומד מאליו … הוי ל׳ a pole put up accidentally (not with the intention of making it a Sabbath mark) … serves the ritual purposes of a leḥi. Ib. 12b הִכְשִׁירוֹ בל׳ if the alley has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of a leḥi; a. v. fr.

לְתַתch. sam(לתת to wash or moisten grain). Pes.36a (read:) מִילְתַּת נמי נִילְתּוֹת (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9; Ms. M. ליתותי, read לַתּוּתֵי Pa.) let it also be permitted to wash (the grain for the meal-offerings), Y.Gitt I, 43c מה אתון לָתִין how do you moisten the wheat (without fitting it for levitical uncleanness)? אנן שלקין ביעין ולתין במיהון we boil eggs and wash with the water in which they were boiled; Y.Shebi.V, 36c top (corr. acc.) br/> p style="font-weight:bold; font-size:16pt; margin-top:72pt; text-align:center;" lang="en-US"> p style="font-size:12pt; margin-top:18pt; text-indent:18pt;" lang="en-US"> מ מ Mem, the thirteenth letter of the Alphabet. It interchanges with נ, esp. in the plural termination ים, (Chald.) ין, e. g. קוֹרְאִין = קוֹרְאִים, חִטִּין = חִטִּים, with ב, v. letter ב.מ is frequently inserted for emphasizing a succeeding labial, cmp. סַמְפִּירִינוֹן a. סַפִּיר, זַמְבְּלִיגָא a. זַבְלִיגָא מ as a preformative letter in denominatives, e. g. מִזְבֵּחַ from זבח, מַדְבְּחָא from דבח, מְאוֹרָע from ארע

לְתַתch. sam(לתת to wash or moisten grain). Pes.36a (read:) מִילְתַּת נמי נִילְתּוֹת (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9; Ms. M. ליתותי, read לַתּוּתֵי Pa.) let it also be permitted to wash (the grain for the meal-offerings), Y.Gitt I, 43c מה אתון לָתִין how do you moisten the wheat (without fitting it for levitical uncleanness)? אנן שלקין ביעין ולתין במיהון we boil eggs and wash with the water in which they were boiled; Y.Shebi.V, 36c top (corr. acc.) br/> p style="font-weight:bold; font-size:16pt; margin-top:72pt; text-align:center;" lang="en-US"> p style="font-size:12pt; margin-top:18pt; text-indent:18pt;" lang="en-US"> מ מ Mem, the thirteenth letter of the Alphabet. It interchanges with נ, esp. in the plural termination ים, (Chald.) ין, e. g. קוֹרְאִין = קוֹרְאִים, חִטִּין = חִטִּים, with ב, v. letter ב.מ is frequently inserted for emphasizing a succeeding labial, cmp. סַמְפִּירִינוֹן a. סַפִּיר, זַמְבְּלִיגָא a. זַבְלִיגָא מ as a preformative letter in denominatives, e. g. מִזְבֵּחַ from זבח, מַדְבְּחָא from דבח, מְאוֹרָע from ארע

מְדִידָהf. (מָדַד) measuring. B. Mets.61b (ref. to במדה, Lev. 19:35) זו מְדִידַת קרקע this refers to land-measuring. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 7a> (ref. to Ex. 26:6 a. 11) אחד למ׳וכ׳ one וחברת refers to the measuring (fitting), the other to anointing (the tabernacle after it is put up). Y.Sot.IX, 23c bot.; Snh.14b, v. עִיסּוּק.Sot.45a, v. עֶגְלָה; a. e.

מְדִידָהf. (מָדַד) measuring. B. Mets.61b (ref. to במדה, Lev. 19:35) זו מְדִידַת קרקע this refers to land-measuring. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 7a> (ref. to Ex. 26:6 a. 11) אחד למ׳וכ׳ one וחברת refers to the measuring (fitting), the other to anointing (the tabernacle after it is put up). Y.Sot.IX, 23c bot.; Snh.14b, v. עִיסּוּק.Sot.45a, v. עֶגְלָה; a. e.

מִטְפַּחַתf. (b. h.; טָפַח II) towel, apron (for wiping moist hands); in gen. bandage, wrap. Tosef.Ḥag.III, 2 מַטְפַּחתּוֹ his apron; Ḥag.II, 7. Kel. XXIV, 14 (מ׳) של ידים towel, של ספרים bands for scrolls; של תכריך bands around shrouds; ושל נכלי בני לוי and the wraps of the musical instruments of the Levites (Maim.); (oth. vers. של תכריך נבלי וכ׳ bands used for tying up the instruments). Ib. XXVIII, 5 כסת שעשאה מ׳ a bag of a bolster which was changed into a plain sheet; a. fr.Pl. מִטְפָּחוֹת. Ib. XXIV, 14 שלש מ׳ הןוכ׳ there are three kinds of mitpaḥoth, v. supra. Snh.100a (in Chald. dict.) מתקני מִטְפְּחוֹת ספרים בי רביוכ׳ Ms. M. were fitting up wraps for the books in the house of Kil. IX, 3; a. fr.

מִטְפַּחַתf. (b. h.; טָפַח II) towel, apron (for wiping moist hands); in gen. bandage, wrap. Tosef.Ḥag.III, 2 מַטְפַּחתּוֹ his apron; Ḥag.II, 7. Kel. XXIV, 14 (מ׳) של ידים towel, של ספרים bands for scrolls; של תכריך bands around shrouds; ושל נכלי בני לוי and the wraps of the musical instruments of the Levites (Maim.); (oth. vers. של תכריך נבלי וכ׳ bands used for tying up the instruments). Ib. XXVIII, 5 כסת שעשאה מ׳ a bag of a bolster which was changed into a plain sheet; a. fr.Pl. מִטְפָּחוֹת. Ib. XXIV, 14 שלש מ׳ הןוכ׳ there are three kinds of mitpaḥoth, v. supra. Snh.100a (in Chald. dict.) מתקני מִטְפְּחוֹת ספרים בי רביוכ׳ Ms. M. were fitting up wraps for the books in the house of Kil. IX, 3; a. fr.

נָגָרm. (preced. wds.) ( trimmed chip, door-bolt, pin fitting into sockets top and bottom. Erub.X, 10, v. גְּלֹוסְטְרָא. Ib. 11, v. גָּרַר. B. Bath. 101a (in Chald. dict.) דעביד להו כמין נ׳ he made the sepulchral chambers like an upright bolt, i. e. placed the bodies in an upright position. Men.33a עשאה כמין נ׳ if he fastened the door-post inscription ( מזוזה) so as to look like a bolt shoved into a case, i. e. horizontally. Y.Meg.IV, end, 75c בית מזוזתו … כמין נ׳ the case for the inscription in Rabbis house was made like an upright bolt (reaching the top of the door). Num. R. s. 15; Yalk. Josh. 32 יריחי היתה נְגָרָהּוכ׳ (not נגרא) Jericho was the bolt of Palestine; a. fr.

נָגָרm. (preced. wds.) ( trimmed chip, door-bolt, pin fitting into sockets top and bottom. Erub.X, 10, v. גְּלֹוסְטְרָא. Ib. 11, v. גָּרַר. B. Bath. 101a (in Chald. dict.) דעביד להו כמין נ׳ he made the sepulchral chambers like an upright bolt, i. e. placed the bodies in an upright position. Men.33a עשאה כמין נ׳ if he fastened the door-post inscription ( מזוזה) so as to look like a bolt shoved into a case, i. e. horizontally. Y.Meg.IV, end, 75c בית מזוזתו … כמין נ׳ the case for the inscription in Rabbis house was made like an upright bolt (reaching the top of the door). Num. R. s. 15; Yalk. Josh. 32 יריחי היתה נְגָרָהּוכ׳ (not נגרא) Jericho was the bolt of Palestine; a. fr.

צָמִידm. (b. h.; צָמַד) ( closely joined, 1) exactly fitting lid. צ׳ פתיל, v. פָּתִיל. Snh.64a (ref. to הנצמדים, Num. 25:5, in contrast to הדבקים, Deut. 4:4) הנצמדים … כצ׳ פ׳ who were attached to Baal Peor like an air-tight lid, whereas they were ‘attached to the Lord merely as two dates sticking to each other; Yalk. Num. 771. 2) joined, yoked. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to ויצמד, Num. 25:3) כאדם צ׳ במלאכתו like a man yoked (inseparably attached) to his work. 3) wrist-band, bracelet. Snh. l. c. הנצמדים … כצ׳ על ידי אשהוכ׳ ‘who were attached to Baal Peor, means merely as a bracelet on the hands of a woman, whereas, v. דָּבַק; a. e.Pl. צְמִידִים. Num. R. l. c. כצ׳ על ידיה like ‘the bracelets on her hands (Gen. 24:22). Ib. זו גזירה קשה … ויצמד בצ׳ this was a greater calamity than that of the golden calf, for there it is said (Ex. 32:2), ‘take off the golden rings, but here, ‘and Israel was tied (Num. l. c.) with wristbands. Yalk. Gen. 109; a. e. 4) couple.Pl. as ab. Num. R. l. c. (ref. to ויצמד, v. supra) בתחלה … צ׳ צ׳ זוגותוכ׳ at first they went (into the house of prostitution) secretly, but then they went in jointly, pair-wise, as we speak of צֶמֶד בָּקָר (a pair of oxen); Tanḥ. Bal. 18.

צָמִידm. (b. h.; צָמַד) ( closely joined, 1) exactly fitting lid. צ׳ פתיל, v. פָּתִיל. Snh.64a (ref. to הנצמדים, Num. 25:5, in contrast to הדבקים, Deut. 4:4) הנצמדים … כצ׳ פ׳ who were attached to Baal Peor like an air-tight lid, whereas they were ‘attached to the Lord merely as two dates sticking to each other; Yalk. Num. 771. 2) joined, yoked. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to ויצמד, Num. 25:3) כאדם צ׳ במלאכתו like a man yoked (inseparably attached) to his work. 3) wrist-band, bracelet. Snh. l. c. הנצמדים … כצ׳ על ידי אשהוכ׳ ‘who were attached to Baal Peor, means merely as a bracelet on the hands of a woman, whereas, v. דָּבַק; a. e.Pl. צְמִידִים. Num. R. l. c. כצ׳ על ידיה like ‘the bracelets on her hands (Gen. 24:22). Ib. זו גזירה קשה … ויצמד בצ׳ this was a greater calamity than that of the golden calf, for there it is said (Ex. 32:2), ‘take off the golden rings, but here, ‘and Israel was tied (Num. l. c.) with wristbands. Yalk. Gen. 109; a. e. 4) couple.Pl. as ab. Num. R. l. c. (ref. to ויצמד, v. supra) בתחלה … צ׳ צ׳ זוגותוכ׳ at first they went (into the house of prostitution) secretly, but then they went in jointly, pair-wise, as we speak of צֶמֶד בָּקָר (a pair of oxen); Tanḥ. Bal. 18.

קוּרְדְּקִין, קוּרְדְּקִיסִין, קוּרְדְּקַיְיסִיןm. pl. (also used as sing.; a denom. of κόρδαξ, cordax, the dance of the Greek comedians) low and loosely fitting shoes not fastened by any ties, slippers (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Soccus). Esth. R. to I, 16 שהיתה מסטרתה בקורדקיןוכ׳ she slapped him in the face with her slipper. Gen. R. s. 45 טפחתה בקורדקייסון (read: … סין; Ar. טפחה סקורדקיה על פניה, read: קוּרְדַּקְסֶיהָ) she slapped her Lev. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Is. 3:16) she put on her feet קורדיקין עביןוכ׳ Ar. (ed. קונדיריקון עבה) high-soled shoes to appear taller; Pesik. Vattom., p. 132b> קורדקין Ms. O. (ed. קורקון, corr. acc.); Lam. R. to IV, 15 קרקוסין (corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 1031 קורדיקין. Tosef.M. Kat. II, 16 שהיו … בקורדקייסיןוכ׳ (Var. … קיסין של זהב) went out in (gilt) slippers on the Sabbath; ib. אין נוהגין … בקורדקיי׳ בשבת (Var. בקורדקיס׳ של זהב) it is not the custom here to go out in (gilt) slippers ; Pes.51a קורדקיסין (read: … סין; Ms. M. קורדייקסין; Ms. M. 2 קורדקסין; Ms. O. קורדקייסין); ib. בק׳ נמי דילמא משתלפיןוכ׳ we also know the reason for not wearing slippers on the Sabbath, because they may slip! off, and one may carry them Yeb.102b לא … בקורדקיס׳וכ׳ (Ar. בקירדקייס׳) one must not walk around in slippers in ones house (on the Day of Atonement). Ylamd. to Deut. 12:29, quot. in Ar.