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דְּמַאי, דְּמַיm. ( דמי) suspicion, talk, whence (cmp. דּוּמָה, שְׁתוֹקִי) Dmai, fruits about which there is a suspicion as to the tithes therefrom being properly taken, opp. וַדַּאי. Y.Maas. sh. V, end, 56d (read:) דמאי דְּמַי תיקן דְּמַי לא תיקן Dmai means, There is a talk that he has given the tithes, there is a talk that he has not; Y.Sot.IX, 24b top ומי לא תיקן (read דְּמַי). Y.Dem.II, 22a top; Y.Shek.V, 48d top ארימתון דְּמַיָּין have you set apart what is due of them (the barley) according to the law of Dmai?Dem. I, 1. Ib. 3 פטור מן הד׳ is exempt from the law of Dmai (no tithes required of them on account of doubt); a. fr. Dmai, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta a. Yrushalmi of the Order of Zraïm. (Not to be confounded with דְּמַאי = ד־מאי of what.

דְּמַאי, דְּמַיm. ( דמי) suspicion, talk, whence (cmp. דּוּמָה, שְׁתוֹקִי) Dmai, fruits about which there is a suspicion as to the tithes therefrom being properly taken, opp. וַדַּאי. Y.Maas. sh. V, end, 56d (read:) דמאי דְּמַי תיקן דְּמַי לא תיקן Dmai means, There is a talk that he has given the tithes, there is a talk that he has not; Y.Sot.IX, 24b top ומי לא תיקן (read דְּמַי). Y.Dem.II, 22a top; Y.Shek.V, 48d top ארימתון דְּמַיָּין have you set apart what is due of them (the barley) according to the law of Dmai?Dem. I, 1. Ib. 3 פטור מן הד׳ is exempt from the law of Dmai (no tithes required of them on account of doubt); a. fr. Dmai, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta a. Yrushalmi of the Order of Zraïm. (Not to be confounded with דְּמַאי = ד־מאי of what.

דְּרַשch. same. Targ. Jer. 48:26, someed., ידרשון, v. דְּשַׁש. Targ. Jud. 5:9.Succ.51b bot. קרא אשכחו ודָרוּש they found a Bible verse and interpreted it. Arakh.30b איכא למִידְרְשִׁינְהוּוכ׳ it may be interpreted in favor of a lenient practice Sot.21a דַּרְשַׁיה … להאי קרא R. … interpreted this verse. Ib. מאי דָרוּש what verse did they interpret (to guide them in their action)?Bets.28a דַּרְשִׁינָן משמך we taught in thy name. Yeb.94a הוה ליה … למִידְרַשוכ׳ R. El. might have given a valuable interpretation, v. מַרְגְּנִיתָא. Lev. R. s. 9 עד דיחסל מִמִּדְרַש until he ended his lecture. Ber.28a נִדְרֹוש מרוכ׳ shall this teacher lecture one Sabbath, and the other ? Ib. לִדְרֹושר׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. v. fr.דָּרֵיש lecturer. Y.Yeb.XIV, 13a top ד׳ ודייןוכ׳ to serve as lecturer, judge Ithpe. אִידְּרִיש to be interpreted. Ber63a האי קרא … מִדְּרִישוכ׳ this verse (Ps. 119:126) can be interpreted in its regular order (it is time to work, because people neglect the law) or in inverted order (the teachers ignore the letter of the law, because it is time to work for the Lord by guarding its spirit); ib. 60a; Snh.70a.

דְּרַשch. same. Targ. Jer. 48:26, someed., ידרשון, v. דְּשַׁש. Targ. Jud. 5:9.Succ.51b bot. קרא אשכחו ודָרוּש they found a Bible verse and interpreted it. Arakh.30b איכא למִידְרְשִׁינְהוּוכ׳ it may be interpreted in favor of a lenient practice Sot.21a דַּרְשַׁיה … להאי קרא R. … interpreted this verse. Ib. מאי דָרוּש what verse did they interpret (to guide them in their action)?Bets.28a דַּרְשִׁינָן משמך we taught in thy name. Yeb.94a הוה ליה … למִידְרַשוכ׳ R. El. might have given a valuable interpretation, v. מַרְגְּנִיתָא. Lev. R. s. 9 עד דיחסל מִמִּדְרַש until he ended his lecture. Ber.28a נִדְרֹוש מרוכ׳ shall this teacher lecture one Sabbath, and the other ? Ib. לִדְרֹושר׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. v. fr.דָּרֵיש lecturer. Y.Yeb.XIV, 13a top ד׳ ודייןוכ׳ to serve as lecturer, judge Ithpe. אִידְּרִיש to be interpreted. Ber63a האי קרא … מִדְּרִישוכ׳ this verse (Ps. 119:126) can be interpreted in its regular order (it is time to work, because people neglect the law) or in inverted order (the teachers ignore the letter of the law, because it is time to work for the Lord by guarding its spirit); ib. 60a; Snh.70a.

הגי, הָגָה(b. h.; v. אָגָא) (to point, pierce, 1) to reason, argue, deduct. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב הוֹגֶה the heart reasons (ref. to Ps. 49:4 הָגוּת). Deut. R. s. 11 הוֹגֶיהָ those who study the Law, contrad. to עוֹשֶׂיהָ.Y.Meg.I, 72b ה׳ נח תורהוכ׳ Noah deducted a new law from a given law. Gen. R. s. 49 שהוא הוגה בתורהוכ׳ who shall discuss the Law in seventy languages; a. fr. 2) to pronounce, recite, spell. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90:9 (ref. to הֶגֶה, ib.) זה נער שהוא הוגה like a boy that spells (with difficulty). Snh.X (IX), 1 ההוגהוכ׳ he who pronounces the Divine Name as it is written, v. אָגָא. Koh. R. to XII, 12 (ref. to להג ib.) לֶהֱגוֹת ניתנווכ׳ they are good for reading exercises but not for painful study; v. הִגָּיוֹן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. לא יהא הוגה מפיו וקורא he must not spell (the letters of a Biblical book) from memory and dictate for writing a scroll. 3) to murmur a charm, v. Hif. Nif. נֶהֱגֶה to be spelled, read. Sabb.XII, 4; 5, נֶהֱגִין זה עם זה letters which can be read together (give sense). Pi. הִגָּה (also from יָגָה) to pierce, sting; ה׳ מכה to prickle, open a wound; trnsf. to lay bare a persons disgrace. Lam. R. to I, 4 (interpret. נוגות, ib.) they assaulted her …, עד שהִגּוּ את מכתה and then laughed at her disgrace. Ib. to III, 33 (ref. to וַיַּגֶּה); Cant. R. to VII, 8. Hif. הֶהֱגֶה to murmur charms. Part. מַהְגֶּה, pl. מַהְגִּים, מַהְגִּין. Sot.12b (ref. to Is. 8:19) מַ׳ ואינןוכ׳ they murmur but know not what ; Ex. R. s. 1 הוֹגִין. Lev. R. s. 6 המ׳ אלו המנהמין hammahgin (Is. l. c.) that means the humming (sorcerers).

הגי, הָגָה(b. h.; v. אָגָא) (to point, pierce, 1) to reason, argue, deduct. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב הוֹגֶה the heart reasons (ref. to Ps. 49:4 הָגוּת). Deut. R. s. 11 הוֹגֶיהָ those who study the Law, contrad. to עוֹשֶׂיהָ.Y.Meg.I, 72b ה׳ נח תורהוכ׳ Noah deducted a new law from a given law. Gen. R. s. 49 שהוא הוגה בתורהוכ׳ who shall discuss the Law in seventy languages; a. fr. 2) to pronounce, recite, spell. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90:9 (ref. to הֶגֶה, ib.) זה נער שהוא הוגה like a boy that spells (with difficulty). Snh.X (IX), 1 ההוגהוכ׳ he who pronounces the Divine Name as it is written, v. אָגָא. Koh. R. to XII, 12 (ref. to להג ib.) לֶהֱגוֹת ניתנווכ׳ they are good for reading exercises but not for painful study; v. הִגָּיוֹן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. לא יהא הוגה מפיו וקורא he must not spell (the letters of a Biblical book) from memory and dictate for writing a scroll. 3) to murmur a charm, v. Hif. Nif. נֶהֱגֶה to be spelled, read. Sabb.XII, 4; 5, נֶהֱגִין זה עם זה letters which can be read together (give sense). Pi. הִגָּה (also from יָגָה) to pierce, sting; ה׳ מכה to prickle, open a wound; trnsf. to lay bare a persons disgrace. Lam. R. to I, 4 (interpret. נוגות, ib.) they assaulted her …, עד שהִגּוּ את מכתה and then laughed at her disgrace. Ib. to III, 33 (ref. to וַיַּגֶּה); Cant. R. to VII, 8. Hif. הֶהֱגֶה to murmur charms. Part. מַהְגֶּה, pl. מַהְגִּים, מַהְגִּין. Sot.12b (ref. to Is. 8:19) מַ׳ ואינןוכ׳ they murmur but know not what ; Ex. R. s. 1 הוֹגִין. Lev. R. s. 6 המ׳ אלו המנהמין hammahgin (Is. l. c.) that means the humming (sorcerers).

הגי, הָגָה(b. h.; v. אָגָא) (to point, pierce, 1) to reason, argue, deduct. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב הוֹגֶה the heart reasons (ref. to Ps. 49:4 הָגוּת). Deut. R. s. 11 הוֹגֶיהָ those who study the Law, contrad. to עוֹשֶׂיהָ.Y.Meg.I, 72b ה׳ נח תורהוכ׳ Noah deducted a new law from a given law. Gen. R. s. 49 שהוא הוגה בתורהוכ׳ who shall discuss the Law in seventy languages; a. fr. 2) to pronounce, recite, spell. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90:9 (ref. to הֶגֶה, ib.) זה נער שהוא הוגה like a boy that spells (with difficulty). Snh.X (IX), 1 ההוגהוכ׳ he who pronounces the Divine Name as it is written, v. אָגָא. Koh. R. to XII, 12 (ref. to להג ib.) לֶהֱגוֹת ניתנווכ׳ they are good for reading exercises but not for painful study; v. הִגָּיוֹן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. לא יהא הוגה מפיו וקורא he must not spell (the letters of a Biblical book) from memory and dictate for writing a scroll. 3) to murmur a charm, v. Hif. Nif. נֶהֱגֶה to be spelled, read. Sabb.XII, 4; 5, נֶהֱגִין זה עם זה letters which can be read together (give sense). Pi. הִגָּה (also from יָגָה) to pierce, sting; ה׳ מכה to prickle, open a wound; trnsf. to lay bare a persons disgrace. Lam. R. to I, 4 (interpret. נוגות, ib.) they assaulted her …, עד שהִגּוּ את מכתה and then laughed at her disgrace. Ib. to III, 33 (ref. to וַיַּגֶּה); Cant. R. to VII, 8. Hif. הֶהֱגֶה to murmur charms. Part. מַהְגֶּה, pl. מַהְגִּים, מַהְגִּין. Sot.12b (ref. to Is. 8:19) מַ׳ ואינןוכ׳ they murmur but know not what ; Ex. R. s. 1 הוֹגִין. Lev. R. s. 6 המ׳ אלו המנהמין hammahgin (Is. l. c.) that means the humming (sorcerers).

טַסְקָאf. (v. Freit. Arab. Dict. s. v. Task 1) a basket, as a measure. Gitt.78a לאיתויי ט׳ דאכלא בהוכ׳ (Tosaf. to Ab. Zar.14b quotes … ביה) to include the measure in which she measures (or eats) figs (destined) for her particular use. Meg.7b מלא ט׳וכ׳ (Ms. O. טיסקא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., Var. צנא) a taska full of 2) name of a Persian land-tax (a certain measure for each certain quantity of produces). B. Mets.73b ארעא לט׳וכ׳ the land is pledged to the taska, and the king has decreed that he who pays the taska shall have the usufruct of the land; B. Bath.54b. B. Mets. 110a תקינו … יהיב ט׳ the Rabbis have given him a remedy in hand in ordering that the mortgagee shall pay the taxes (and thus secure his ownership against the mortgagers eventual claims). Gitt.58b קביל ארעא בט׳ rented a piece of land for the taxes on it; Ned.46b. B. Bath.55a, v. זִיהֲרוֹרָא.Kidd.70b, v. דַּסְקָא.

טַסְקָאf. (v. Freit. Arab. Dict. s. v. Task 1) a basket, as a measure. Gitt.78a לאיתויי ט׳ דאכלא בהוכ׳ (Tosaf. to Ab. Zar.14b quotes … ביה) to include the measure in which she measures (or eats) figs (destined) for her particular use. Meg.7b מלא ט׳וכ׳ (Ms. O. טיסקא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., Var. צנא) a taska full of 2) name of a Persian land-tax (a certain measure for each certain quantity of produces). B. Mets.73b ארעא לט׳וכ׳ the land is pledged to the taska, and the king has decreed that he who pays the taska shall have the usufruct of the land; B. Bath.54b. B. Mets. 110a תקינו … יהיב ט׳ the Rabbis have given him a remedy in hand in ordering that the mortgagee shall pay the taxes (and thus secure his ownership against the mortgagers eventual claims). Gitt.58b קביל ארעא בט׳ rented a piece of land for the taxes on it; Ned.46b. B. Bath.55a, v. זִיהֲרוֹרָא.Kidd.70b, v. דַּסְקָא.

יָדf. (rarely m.) (b. h.; יָדָה) 1) hand; forefoot; handle. Ex. R. s. 42, end מיד ליד from hand to hand, directly, opp. ע״י שלוחו through his messenger.י׳ רחבה a wide hand, liberality. Y. Ḥag. I, 76c> top עני ויָדוֹר׳ a poor man who is liberal, opp. י׳ מעוטה stingy.Ḥull.58b, a. fr. בְּיָד on the forefoot (of a quadruped).Ukts. I, 1 כל שהוא יד ולא שזמר whatever part of a fruit serves as a handle (as the stem) and not as a protector (as the shell of a nut). Kel. XXIX, 4 יַד הקורדום the handle of an ax; a. v. fr.Cant. R. to I, 4 לא חלתה יד ליד hand does hot fit hand, i. e. the two cases are incongruous.Trnsf. an intimation, an incomplete statement intelligible from context, surroundings Y.Ned.I, 36d top תופסין אותו משם יד לקרבן we make him responsible because what he said is suggestive of the word korban (as a vow); a. fr.Du. יָדַיִם; pl. יָדוֹת. Yad. I, 1 נותנין לי׳ is required for pouring on the hands. Ib. II, 3 הי׳ מטמאותוכ׳ (when being washed) become unclean or clean up to the wrist; a. v. fr.י׳ יפות, v. יָפֶה.Ned.2b ידות נדרים (or ידות) suggestions of vows, contrad. to כינויים, v. כִּינּוּי. Ib. 5b, a. fr. י׳ שאין מוכיחות לא הויין י׳ suggestions which are not beyond doubt, are no (binding) suggestions; a. fr. 2) power, authority, possession, share. B. Mets.70b, v. אֶמְצַע. Kidd.3b קטנה דלית לה ידוכ׳ a minor who cannot accept a betrothal for herself. Ned.88b יד אשה כיד בעלה the wifes possession is her husbands possession. Kidd.23a גיטו ויָדוֹ באים כאחד his letter of manumission and his right of Self-disposal come simultaneously. Yeb.39a; Keth.83a ידו כיָדָהּ the husbands right of disposal is as great as the wifes (concerning what belongs to her); ידו עדיפא מידה his rights are stronger than hers. B. Mets.VI, 2 יָדָן על התחתונה their rights are the lowest, i. e. they are responsible for losses but can derive no benefits from favorable chances; ib. כל המשנה ידו על התחתונהוכ׳ whichever side changes the agreement is at a disadvantage, and whichever side breaks the agreement ; a. v. fr.Du. יָדַיִם, constr. יְדֵי. Ab. Zar.41b, a. e. מִירֵי ודאי, v. וַדַּאי.יְדֵי חובתו, v. יָצָא. 3) portion, part.Pl. יָדוֹת. Tosef.Men.IX, 10 שתי י׳ two thirds; a. fr.מִיַּד (= מיד ליד) at once, directly, immediately. Tosef.Dem.VIII, 7, v. חָלַל Hif.Y.Pes.VI, 33a מיד כל מיוכ׳ presently, every one whose Passover offering was a lamb ; a. v. fr.עַל יַד, על יְדֵי (abbr. ע״י) through, by means of. Gitt.40b שמא זיכה לוע״י אחר he may have benefitted him (given him his liberty) through the agency of another person (without the slaves knowledge). Nidd.I, 1 מעת לעת ממעטת ע״ווכ׳ the period of twenty four hours is modified by the interval between one examination and the other (if that interval is less than twenty four hours); a. v. fr.על ידי ש־ because. Lev. R. s. 32 ע״י שגדרווכ׳ because the Israelites guarded themselves against unchastity, they were redeemed; a. v. fr.עַל יָד עַל יָד gradually, little by little. B. Kam.80a (opp. מיד); Tosef. ib. VIII, 15. Par.VIII, 7 Hai G. (ed. only once ע״י). כלאחר יד, v. אַחַי.יָדַיִם Yadayim, name of a treatise of the Mishnah and Tosefta, of the Order of Tohăroth, containing the laws of levitical cleanness or uncleanness of the hands.

יָדf. (rarely m.) (b. h.; יָדָה) 1) hand; forefoot; handle. Ex. R. s. 42, end מיד ליד from hand to hand, directly, opp. ע״י שלוחו through his messenger.י׳ רחבה a wide hand, liberality. Y. Ḥag. I, 76c> top עני ויָדוֹר׳ a poor man who is liberal, opp. י׳ מעוטה stingy.Ḥull.58b, a. fr. בְּיָד on the forefoot (of a quadruped).Ukts. I, 1 כל שהוא יד ולא שזמר whatever part of a fruit serves as a handle (as the stem) and not as a protector (as the shell of a nut). Kel. XXIX, 4 יַד הקורדום the handle of an ax; a. v. fr.Cant. R. to I, 4 לא חלתה יד ליד hand does hot fit hand, i. e. the two cases are incongruous.Trnsf. an intimation, an incomplete statement intelligible from context, surroundings Y.Ned.I, 36d top תופסין אותו משם יד לקרבן we make him responsible because what he said is suggestive of the word korban (as a vow); a. fr.Du. יָדַיִם; pl. יָדוֹת. Yad. I, 1 נותנין לי׳ is required for pouring on the hands. Ib. II, 3 הי׳ מטמאותוכ׳ (when being washed) become unclean or clean up to the wrist; a. v. fr.י׳ יפות, v. יָפֶה.Ned.2b ידות נדרים (or ידות) suggestions of vows, contrad. to כינויים, v. כִּינּוּי. Ib. 5b, a. fr. י׳ שאין מוכיחות לא הויין י׳ suggestions which are not beyond doubt, are no (binding) suggestions; a. fr. 2) power, authority, possession, share. B. Mets.70b, v. אֶמְצַע. Kidd.3b קטנה דלית לה ידוכ׳ a minor who cannot accept a betrothal for herself. Ned.88b יד אשה כיד בעלה the wifes possession is her husbands possession. Kidd.23a גיטו ויָדוֹ באים כאחד his letter of manumission and his right of Self-disposal come simultaneously. Yeb.39a; Keth.83a ידו כיָדָהּ the husbands right of disposal is as great as the wifes (concerning what belongs to her); ידו עדיפא מידה his rights are stronger than hers. B. Mets.VI, 2 יָדָן על התחתונה their rights are the lowest, i. e. they are responsible for losses but can derive no benefits from favorable chances; ib. כל המשנה ידו על התחתונהוכ׳ whichever side changes the agreement is at a disadvantage, and whichever side breaks the agreement ; a. v. fr.Du. יָדַיִם, constr. יְדֵי. Ab. Zar.41b, a. e. מִירֵי ודאי, v. וַדַּאי.יְדֵי חובתו, v. יָצָא. 3) portion, part.Pl. יָדוֹת. Tosef.Men.IX, 10 שתי י׳ two thirds; a. fr.מִיַּד (= מיד ליד) at once, directly, immediately. Tosef.Dem.VIII, 7, v. חָלַל Hif.Y.Pes.VI, 33a מיד כל מיוכ׳ presently, every one whose Passover offering was a lamb ; a. v. fr.עַל יַד, על יְדֵי (abbr. ע״י) through, by means of. Gitt.40b שמא זיכה לוע״י אחר he may have benefitted him (given him his liberty) through the agency of another person (without the slaves knowledge). Nidd.I, 1 מעת לעת ממעטת ע״ווכ׳ the period of twenty four hours is modified by the interval between one examination and the other (if that interval is less than twenty four hours); a. v. fr.על ידי ש־ because. Lev. R. s. 32 ע״י שגדרווכ׳ because the Israelites guarded themselves against unchastity, they were redeemed; a. v. fr.עַל יָד עַל יָד gradually, little by little. B. Kam.80a (opp. מיד); Tosef. ib. VIII, 15. Par.VIII, 7 Hai G. (ed. only once ע״י). כלאחר יד, v. אַחַי.יָדַיִם Yadayim, name of a treatise of the Mishnah and Tosefta, of the Order of Tohăroth, containing the laws of levitical cleanness or uncleanness of the hands.

יָסַף(b. h.; cmp. אָסַף), Hif. הוֹסִיף to heap up, to add (with על). Snh.XI, 3 להוֹסִיף על דבריוכ׳ thus adding to the words of the Scribes (against Deut. 4:2). Ib. 88b ויש בו להו׳ when there is a possibility to add. Ib. ואםה׳ גורע and if he did add, he diminishes (violates the law), Ib. 29a המוֹסִיף, v. גָּרַע I. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 17 והאומר הוֹסִיפוּ על השולחן (not ואומר) and who (from superstition) says, Add (put one more) to the table; a. fr.Yalk. Lev. 559 מוֹסַפְנִי עלוכ׳ (Sifra Metsora beg. מוסיף אני) I will add to what thou saidst. Nithpa. נִתּוֹסַף, נִיתּ׳, Hithpa. הּתּוֹסַף to be added; to be added to, increase, wax. Mekh. Bo. s. 16; Yalk. Ex. 217 והשני נ׳ לו and the second name was added to the first (without abrogating the first). Ex. R. s. 7, beg. נ׳ לו עודוכ׳ two additional years (of imprisonment) were given him. Sabb.152a ת״ח … חכמתן מִתּוֹסֶפֶת עליהן Ms. M. (ed. חכמה נִיתּוֹסֶפֶת בהן) when scholars grow old, their wisdom grows with their age; ib. טפשותן מתוספתוכ׳, v. טִפְּשוּת.

יָסַף(b. h.; cmp. אָסַף), Hif. הוֹסִיף to heap up, to add (with על). Snh.XI, 3 להוֹסִיף על דבריוכ׳ thus adding to the words of the Scribes (against Deut. 4:2). Ib. 88b ויש בו להו׳ when there is a possibility to add. Ib. ואםה׳ גורע and if he did add, he diminishes (violates the law), Ib. 29a המוֹסִיף, v. גָּרַע I. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 17 והאומר הוֹסִיפוּ על השולחן (not ואומר) and who (from superstition) says, Add (put one more) to the table; a. fr.Yalk. Lev. 559 מוֹסַפְנִי עלוכ׳ (Sifra Metsora beg. מוסיף אני) I will add to what thou saidst. Nithpa. נִתּוֹסַף, נִיתּ׳, Hithpa. הּתּוֹסַף to be added; to be added to, increase, wax. Mekh. Bo. s. 16; Yalk. Ex. 217 והשני נ׳ לו and the second name was added to the first (without abrogating the first). Ex. R. s. 7, beg. נ׳ לו עודוכ׳ two additional years (of imprisonment) were given him. Sabb.152a ת״ח … חכמתן מִתּוֹסֶפֶת עליהן Ms. M. (ed. חכמה נִיתּוֹסֶפֶת בהן) when scholars grow old, their wisdom grows with their age; ib. טפשותן מתוספתוכ׳, v. טִפְּשוּת.

כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559.

כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

נְפַקch. (corresp. to h. יצא) same, 1) to go out, come out; to result, end. Targ. O. 8:7 מִיפַּק ed. Berl. (oth. ed. a. Y. מֵיפַק); a. v. fr.Y.Ber.I, 2c top שרי מלכא נ׳ וכ׳ when the king begins to march out, even if he has not yet gone out, we say, he has gone out. Ib. 3c bot. הוינן נַפְקִין לתצניתא we went out for fast and prayer. Koh. R. to X, 8 מִינְּפַק ליה (= מן נ׳) after he came out. Y.Taan.IV, 69a מִנַּפְקִן when they came out; Lam. R. to II, 2 מן דנַפְקוּן. Y. l. c. לא נפקון טבאות (Matt. K. to Lam. R. l. c. לא נַפְקַת להון) they did not end well. Pesik. Bshall., p. 94a> וגוש חלבאי נפקיןוכ׳ and the men of Giscala went out after them with sticks ; Koh. R. to XI, 2 וגוש חלב אנפקין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.Imperat. פּוּק. Targ. Gen. 8:16; a. fr.Erub.14b, a. e. פ׳ חזיוכ׳, v. דְּבַר. Sabb.106a, a. e. פ׳ תניוכ׳, v. בַּר I ch.Part. נָפֵיק. Targ. 1 Kings 15:17; v. next w.; a. fr.(כנ׳) כד לפיק ביה = h. כיוצא בו (v. יָצָא) similar to, corresponding. Targ. Y. II Gen. 2:18. Targ. Y. Deut. 14:8 (not כַּנְפֵיק, כַּנְפֵק).Y.Ber.VI, 10b bot. נ׳ אנא ידי חובתי do I do my duty?, v. יָצָא. Succ.36b ונ׳ בה and used it for doing his duty (for the ceremony of Ethrog).Y.Sabb.VI, 8a top, a. e. מה נָ׳ מן ביניהון what is the outcome from between them?, i. e. what is the difference between them in practice? נפקא מונהוכ׳ the practical difference is Bets.6b למאי נ׳ מינה in regard to what practice is there a difference (whether or not eggs found in a chicken can be hatched)? למקח וממכר it makes a difference in trade (if one bought eggs for breeding). Keth.72a מאי נ׳ לה מינה תיעביד what difference does it make to her? let her do it; a. v. fr.Tem.7a נ׳ ליהוכ׳ it is derived from the Biblical word Ib. תֵּיפוּק ליה זריקהוכ׳ let ‘sprinkling be derived from Gen. R. s. 52 ונְיפוֹק ידוי and do justice to it (to the verse to be explained), v. supra. 2) to take out, exclude. Sabb.74a ולֵיפוּק חדאוכ׳ let him take out one (of the enumerated categories) and insert another one. Ḥull.43a לא תִיפַּק, v. infraTarg. Am. 9:13, v. infra. Af. אַפֵּיק, Haf. הַנְפַּק 1) to lead forth, carry forth; to bring forth, produce; to derive; to take out, exclude. Targ. Ex. 16:3. Targ. Am. 9:13 במַפִּיק ed. Lag. (oth. ed. במִפַּק, corr. acc.). Targ. Job 15:13; a. fr.Ber.38a (ref. to המוציא in the benediction over bread) דא׳ משמע it means ‘who has brought forth; דמַפִּיק משמע it means ‘who brings forth. Ib. אַפִּיקוּ ליה ריפתא they brought out bread (and placed it) before him. Ib. (ref. to המוציא, Ex. 6:7) כד מַפִּיקְנָא לכו … דאַפֵּיקִיתוכ׳ when I lead you forth, I shall do for you a thing that you may know that it is I who led you forth. Sot.16b; R. Hash. 13a לא תַפִּיק נפשך יכ׳ do not let thyself go beyond the established rule. B. Bath.60a דהוה מַפְּיקוכ׳ which led to (opened towards) etc. Tem.3b מפיק שםוכ׳ utters the name of the Lord in vain. Ib. 7a מַפְּקִינָן לבמת יחיד we derive from it a rule for individual high-places.Ḥull.42b אַפֵּיק חדאוכ׳ take out one category and insert another. Ib. 43a top הנך דאַפְּקַת לא תַפִּיק Tosaf. (ed. לא תיפק) the two which thou didst exclude, do not exclude; a. v. fr.לְאַפּוּקֵי or לַאֲפוּקֵי to the exclusion of, v. אַפֵּק. 2) to take out by legal decision; to collect; to claim. Keth.76b מייתי אב ראיה ומפיק the father brings evidence and gets a verdict for collecting, opp. ומוקים for letting the money stand where it is. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d ואַפְּקוּן מיניה and collected from him. Ib. בעון מִיפְּקָא (v. supra Pe. 2) they wanted to collect. Y.Shebu.VII, 38a top אתון ואַפְּקוּן דלאוכ׳ they came and claimed that he had not given them anything; a. fr. Ittaf. אִיתַּפַּק, Ithaf. אִתְאַפַּק to be carried forth. Targ. Gen. 38:25; a. fr.Y.Gitt.VI, 48a bot. אתא׳ למקטלא was led out to be executed.