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פֶּרֶקm. (b. h.; preced.) (division, section; (b. h.) cross-road, 1) period ( of time), period of maturity, season. Keth.59b סמוך לפִירְקָהּ near her period of puberty. Y.Yeb.XIII, 13d bot. עד שתגדיל ותגיע לפ׳וכ׳ until she be grown up and arrive at a marriageable age and be married. Taan.16a ופִרְקוֹ נאה whose youth is becoming, expl. ib. b שלא יצאוכ׳ whose youth is of unblemished repute; Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9 ופרקו טוב Var. (ed. Zuck. ופרק). Pes.117a על כל פ׳ ופ׳ at every important epoch. Ib. 43a top שהגיעו לפִרְקָןוכ׳ who have reached puberty but not the legal age (prematurely developed). Tosef.R. Hash. I, 12 פ׳ שעורים the season of the barley crop; פ׳ גשמים the rainy season. Deut. R. s. 9 הגיע פרקו ליטולוכ׳ his (the childs) time has come to be taken away (he is destined to die) at the age of thirty days. Ib. הראה לי את פִּרְקִי show me my time (when I am to die); a. fr.Pl. פְּרָקִים; constr. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 35a ברכית … ושל פ׳ prayers for the New Year, the Day of Atonement and periodical prayers (for feasts, fasts). Ib. כיון … כפ׳ רמי as he prayed only once in thirty days, it was to him like a periodical prayer. Shek. III, 1 בשלשה פ׳ at three periods of the year. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a שני פ׳ הראשונים the two beginning periods (shortly before the beginning of the Sabbatical year, and before the beginning of the new Sabbatical period); ib. III, end, 34d. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b פירקי לידה the seasons when animals give birth. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e. נשיקה של פ׳ the kiss on meeting after a period of separation; a. fr. 2) (of writings) section, chapter. R. Hash. 30b מפני שחוזר וכיפל את הפ׳ because in that case he would have to recite the same psalm again on the same day. Ber.14a בין פ׳ לפ׳ פוסקוכ׳ between one section (of the Hallel) and another he may interrupt himself, but in the middle of a section he must not do so. Ab.VI הלומד … פ׳ אחדוכ׳ he that learns from his neighbor one chapter or one halakhah. Erub.54b ושנה לו משה פִּירְקוֹ Moses taught him (Aaron) his lesson; ושנה להם … פִּירְקָן taught them their lesson; a. v. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.II, 1 בפ׳ שואלוכ׳. between the sections (of the Shmʿa) one may interrupt ones self to extend a greeting Ib. 2 אלו הן בין הפ׳ these are the pauses between the sections: between the first and the second benediction (preceding the Shmʿa) Ḥag.13a ראשי פ׳ the headings of chapters (or subjects, leading words). R. Hash. 31a מה ראהר״ע לחלק בין הפ׳ הללו Ms. M. (ed. ראו חכמים) what reason had R. ʿA. to make a distinction between these psalms (by referring six of them to past events and the seventh to the hereafter)?; a. fr. 3) link, limb, joint. Ḥull.106a sq. נטילת ידים לחולין עד הפ׳וכ׳ washing of hands for secular food must be done up to the (second) joint (of the fingers), for Trumah to the (third) joint; קידוש … עד הפ׳ sanctification of hands (and feet) up to the joint (of the hand); Arakh.19b; Tosef.Yad.II, 1; Yad.II, 3; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a. Ḥull.X, 4 מן הפ׳ של ארכובהוכ׳ from the joint of the knee to the shoulder-blade of the forefoot. Ib. הפ׳ של לחי the joint of the jawbone. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 פ׳ האמצעי the middle joint (of the thumb); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2, v. מִסְפֶּרֶת. Deut. R. s. 3 beg. מנורה שעשויה פ׳ פ׳ a candlestick made of separable links (v. חוּלְיָא I). Ab. Zar.43a בין פְּרָקָיו, expl. בין פִּרְקֵי ציאר between the joints of its neck. Y. Ber. l. c. bot. (שולחן) של פ׳ a table that can be taken apart; a. fr. 4) load. Pl. as ab. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ושני פ׳ יש עליווכ׳ and the camel has two loads (hanging down on its sides), one of wine, and one of vinegar (Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי ( חד מתינס 6) טעניה תרין זיקין). פרק אונסין, Esth. R. to I, 6, v. אינסין.

פֶּרֶקm. (b. h.; preced.) (division, section; (b. h.) cross-road, 1) period ( of time), period of maturity, season. Keth.59b סמוך לפִירְקָהּ near her period of puberty. Y.Yeb.XIII, 13d bot. עד שתגדיל ותגיע לפ׳וכ׳ until she be grown up and arrive at a marriageable age and be married. Taan.16a ופִרְקוֹ נאה whose youth is becoming, expl. ib. b שלא יצאוכ׳ whose youth is of unblemished repute; Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9 ופרקו טוב Var. (ed. Zuck. ופרק). Pes.117a על כל פ׳ ופ׳ at every important epoch. Ib. 43a top שהגיעו לפִרְקָןוכ׳ who have reached puberty but not the legal age (prematurely developed). Tosef.R. Hash. I, 12 פ׳ שעורים the season of the barley crop; פ׳ גשמים the rainy season. Deut. R. s. 9 הגיע פרקו ליטולוכ׳ his (the childs) time has come to be taken away (he is destined to die) at the age of thirty days. Ib. הראה לי את פִּרְקִי show me my time (when I am to die); a. fr.Pl. פְּרָקִים; constr. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 35a ברכית … ושל פ׳ prayers for the New Year, the Day of Atonement and periodical prayers (for feasts, fasts). Ib. כיון … כפ׳ רמי as he prayed only once in thirty days, it was to him like a periodical prayer. Shek. III, 1 בשלשה פ׳ at three periods of the year. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a שני פ׳ הראשונים the two beginning periods (shortly before the beginning of the Sabbatical year, and before the beginning of the new Sabbatical period); ib. III, end, 34d. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b פירקי לידה the seasons when animals give birth. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e. נשיקה של פ׳ the kiss on meeting after a period of separation; a. fr. 2) (of writings) section, chapter. R. Hash. 30b מפני שחוזר וכיפל את הפ׳ because in that case he would have to recite the same psalm again on the same day. Ber.14a בין פ׳ לפ׳ פוסקוכ׳ between one section (of the Hallel) and another he may interrupt himself, but in the middle of a section he must not do so. Ab.VI הלומד … פ׳ אחדוכ׳ he that learns from his neighbor one chapter or one halakhah. Erub.54b ושנה לו משה פִּירְקוֹ Moses taught him (Aaron) his lesson; ושנה להם … פִּירְקָן taught them their lesson; a. v. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.II, 1 בפ׳ שואלוכ׳. between the sections (of the Shmʿa) one may interrupt ones self to extend a greeting Ib. 2 אלו הן בין הפ׳ these are the pauses between the sections: between the first and the second benediction (preceding the Shmʿa) Ḥag.13a ראשי פ׳ the headings of chapters (or subjects, leading words). R. Hash. 31a מה ראהר״ע לחלק בין הפ׳ הללו Ms. M. (ed. ראו חכמים) what reason had R. ʿA. to make a distinction between these psalms (by referring six of them to past events and the seventh to the hereafter)?; a. fr. 3) link, limb, joint. Ḥull.106a sq. נטילת ידים לחולין עד הפ׳וכ׳ washing of hands for secular food must be done up to the (second) joint (of the fingers), for Trumah to the (third) joint; קידוש … עד הפ׳ sanctification of hands (and feet) up to the joint (of the hand); Arakh.19b; Tosef.Yad.II, 1; Yad.II, 3; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a. Ḥull.X, 4 מן הפ׳ של ארכובהוכ׳ from the joint of the knee to the shoulder-blade of the forefoot. Ib. הפ׳ של לחי the joint of the jawbone. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 פ׳ האמצעי the middle joint (of the thumb); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2, v. מִסְפֶּרֶת. Deut. R. s. 3 beg. מנורה שעשויה פ׳ פ׳ a candlestick made of separable links (v. חוּלְיָא I). Ab. Zar.43a בין פְּרָקָיו, expl. בין פִּרְקֵי ציאר between the joints of its neck. Y. Ber. l. c. bot. (שולחן) של פ׳ a table that can be taken apart; a. fr. 4) load. Pl. as ab. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ושני פ׳ יש עליווכ׳ and the camel has two loads (hanging down on its sides), one of wine, and one of vinegar (Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי ( חד מתינס 6) טעניה תרין זיקין). פרק אונסין, Esth. R. to I, 6, v. אינסין.

קרי, קָרָא(b. h.) 1) to call, name; to invite. Ber.7b מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. 15:2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. 22:14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. 14:18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh.70b אין … לִקְרוֹא אבאוכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father and ‘mother, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114b, a. e. (ref. to Ez. 34:31) אתם ק׳ אדםוכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y.Meg.III, 74b ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.V. קְרוּיוֹת. 2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִיוכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg.II, 1 הקורא את המגילהוכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹתוכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. 30:11–16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחותוכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמןוכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקוריןוכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. 26:5–10), and those who must bring but not read Ib. 4; a. v. fr.Esp. ק׳ (את שמע) to recite the Shmʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber.I, 1 לא קָרִינוּוכ׳ we omitted to read the Shmʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Shmʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִיןוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16a קורין) workingmen read the Shmʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א״ת) read not … but, i. e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes), Ib. 64a (ref. to Is. 54:13 א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Ps. 49:12) א״ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳirbam (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא 1) to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאיםוכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. 2:13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh.58b. Ab. Zar.19a (ref. to Ps. 1:2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראתוכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lords, and then his (the students); a. fr. 2) to be read, recited. Meg.I, 1 מגלה נקראתוכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולאוכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. 35:22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִיןוכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמיןוכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted ; Meg.25a נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot.10a sq. (ref. to Gen. 21:33) א״ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20c top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵאוכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקראוכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ.III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותווכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקריןוכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 השניניוכ׳ הַקְרינִי דף אחד teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.Erub.104b שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.

קרי, קָרָא(b. h.) 1) to call, name; to invite. Ber.7b מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. 15:2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. 22:14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. 14:18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh.70b אין … לִקְרוֹא אבאוכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father and ‘mother, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114b, a. e. (ref. to Ez. 34:31) אתם ק׳ אדםוכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y.Meg.III, 74b ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.V. קְרוּיוֹת. 2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִיוכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg.II, 1 הקורא את המגילהוכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹתוכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. 30:11–16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחותוכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמןוכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקוריןוכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. 26:5–10), and those who must bring but not read Ib. 4; a. v. fr.Esp. ק׳ (את שמע) to recite the Shmʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber.I, 1 לא קָרִינוּוכ׳ we omitted to read the Shmʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Shmʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִיןוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16a קורין) workingmen read the Shmʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א״ת) read not … but, i. e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes), Ib. 64a (ref. to Is. 54:13 א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Ps. 49:12) א״ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳirbam (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא 1) to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאיםוכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. 2:13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh.58b. Ab. Zar.19a (ref. to Ps. 1:2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראתוכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lords, and then his (the students); a. fr. 2) to be read, recited. Meg.I, 1 מגלה נקראתוכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולאוכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. 35:22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִיןוכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמיןוכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted ; Meg.25a נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot.10a sq. (ref. to Gen. 21:33) א״ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20c top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵאוכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקראוכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ.III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותווכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקריןוכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 השניניוכ׳ הַקְרינִי דף אחד teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.Erub.104b שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.

קרי, קָרָא(b. h.) 1) to call, name; to invite. Ber.7b מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. 15:2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. 22:14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. 14:18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh.70b אין … לִקְרוֹא אבאוכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father and ‘mother, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114b, a. e. (ref. to Ez. 34:31) אתם ק׳ אדםוכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y.Meg.III, 74b ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.V. קְרוּיוֹת. 2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִיוכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg.II, 1 הקורא את המגילהוכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹתוכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. 30:11–16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחותוכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמןוכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקוריןוכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. 26:5–10), and those who must bring but not read Ib. 4; a. v. fr.Esp. ק׳ (את שמע) to recite the Shmʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber.I, 1 לא קָרִינוּוכ׳ we omitted to read the Shmʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Shmʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִיןוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16a קורין) workingmen read the Shmʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א״ת) read not … but, i. e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes), Ib. 64a (ref. to Is. 54:13 א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Ps. 49:12) א״ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳirbam (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא 1) to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאיםוכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. 2:13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh.58b. Ab. Zar.19a (ref. to Ps. 1:2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראתוכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lords, and then his (the students); a. fr. 2) to be read, recited. Meg.I, 1 מגלה נקראתוכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולאוכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. 35:22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִיןוכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמיןוכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted ; Meg.25a נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot.10a sq. (ref. to Gen. 21:33) א״ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20c top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵאוכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקראוכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ.III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותווכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקריןוכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 השניניוכ׳ הַקְרינִי דף אחד teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.Erub.104b שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.