in+good+faith

אֲמָנָהf. (b. h.; v. preced.) 1) faith, trust. B. Bath.48b; Keth.19b if witnesses say א׳ היו דברינו our statement (over our signatures as to having seen the loan handed over) was a matter of trust (that the negotiation would be consummated afterwards). Ib. שטר א׳ a bill of indebtedness signed on trust (that the loan would be consummated subsequently). B. Mets.63a א׳ בפירות advanced payment at present prices for future delivery; א׳ בדמים with the option of paying the difference. Gen. R. s. 100 end, שמר א׳ to deal in good faith with. Tosef.B. Bath.V, 8 אֲמָנַת המדות honesty in measures. B. Mets.49a מחוסרי א׳ (the way of) those lacking honesty (unfair dealing); Bekh.13b מחוסר א׳; a. fr. 2) faith in Providence. Mekh. Bshall. s.6, v. הַאֲמָנָה. Sot.48b אנשי א׳ men of faith, trusting in God; ib. קטני א׳ wanting in faith; Gen. R. s. 32 מחוסר א׳ same; a. fr. Cmp. אֱמוּנָה, הַאֲמָנָה.

אֲמָנָהf. (b. h.; v. preced.) 1) faith, trust. B. Bath.48b; Keth.19b if witnesses say א׳ היו דברינו our statement (over our signatures as to having seen the loan handed over) was a matter of trust (that the negotiation would be consummated afterwards). Ib. שטר א׳ a bill of indebtedness signed on trust (that the loan would be consummated subsequently). B. Mets.63a א׳ בפירות advanced payment at present prices for future delivery; א׳ בדמים with the option of paying the difference. Gen. R. s. 100 end, שמר א׳ to deal in good faith with. Tosef.B. Bath.V, 8 אֲמָנַת המדות honesty in measures. B. Mets.49a מחוסרי א׳ (the way of) those lacking honesty (unfair dealing); Bekh.13b מחוסר א׳; a. fr. 2) faith in Providence. Mekh. Bshall. s.6, v. הַאֲמָנָה. Sot.48b אנשי א׳ men of faith, trusting in God; ib. קטני א׳ wanting in faith; Gen. R. s. 32 מחוסר א׳ same; a. fr. Cmp. אֱמוּנָה, הַאֲמָנָה.

אַסְמַכְתָּאf. (סְמַךְ) 1) support, reliance. Keth.67a אסמכתייהו אארעא הוא their reliance rests on the landed property. 2) Scriptural text used as a support for a rabbinical enactment, intimation ( אסמכוה אקרא ‘they leaned their enactment against a Bible text). Ḥull.64b מדרבנן וקרא א׳ בעלמא it is actually a rabbinical law, and the Bible text (quoted) is a mere support or mnemotechnical aid. Ib. 77a; a. fr. 3) (law) Asmakhta ( surety), a promise to submit to a forfeiture of pledged property ( or equivalent) without having received a sufficient consideration; collateral security with the condition of forfeiture beyond the amount to be secured; e. g. A pays a portion of his indebtedness to B, leaving the bill of debt as a security in the hands of a third party, and agreeing to pay the full amount on the bill, if, at a stipulated time, he should fail to pay the due balance. B. Bath. 168a א׳ לא קניא asmakhta does not purchase, gives no title, i. e. gives the claimant no rights (because the law presumes that he who made such a promise, could not have meant it seriously but had in view only to give his transaction the character of good faith and solemnity); ibid. א׳ קניא asm. is a valid legal transfer of property. B. Mets.66a; 73b. Ned.27b; a. e.Snh.24b applied to forfeiture of stake in gambling (inasmuch as it makes the gambler an immoral person disqualified for witness or judge in court).

אַסְמַכְתָּאf. (סְמַךְ) 1) support, reliance. Keth.67a אסמכתייהו אארעא הוא their reliance rests on the landed property. 2) Scriptural text used as a support for a rabbinical enactment, intimation ( אסמכוה אקרא ‘they leaned their enactment against a Bible text). Ḥull.64b מדרבנן וקרא א׳ בעלמא it is actually a rabbinical law, and the Bible text (quoted) is a mere support or mnemotechnical aid. Ib. 77a; a. fr. 3) (law) Asmakhta ( surety), a promise to submit to a forfeiture of pledged property ( or equivalent) without having received a sufficient consideration; collateral security with the condition of forfeiture beyond the amount to be secured; e. g. A pays a portion of his indebtedness to B, leaving the bill of debt as a security in the hands of a third party, and agreeing to pay the full amount on the bill, if, at a stipulated time, he should fail to pay the due balance. B. Bath. 168a א׳ לא קניא asmakhta does not purchase, gives no title, i. e. gives the claimant no rights (because the law presumes that he who made such a promise, could not have meant it seriously but had in view only to give his transaction the character of good faith and solemnity); ibid. א׳ קניא asm. is a valid legal transfer of property. B. Mets.66a; 73b. Ned.27b; a. e.Snh.24b applied to forfeiture of stake in gambling (inasmuch as it makes the gambler an immoral person disqualified for witness or judge in court).

עֲבִיטָאch. sam(עביט pressing), sumpter-saddle. Targ. Gen. 31:34 (h. text כַּר).Gen. R. s. 74.Trnsf. burden, obligation. Y.B. Kam.X, end 7c יכיל מימר ליה את שרי עֲבִיטָיךְ מיני he (who has been forced to pay his neighbors arrear taxes) can say to him, take thy saddle off me, i. e. pay me the amount you would have had to pay the government. Bab. ib. 115a א״ל … זיל שרי עביטך he said to that man (whose stolen goods had been bought in good faith), go, untie thy saddle, i. e. redeem thy goods by indemnifying the buyer.

עֲבִיטָאch. sam(עביט pressing), sumpter-saddle. Targ. Gen. 31:34 (h. text כַּר).Gen. R. s. 74.Trnsf. burden, obligation. Y.B. Kam.X, end 7c יכיל מימר ליה את שרי עֲבִיטָיךְ מיני he (who has been forced to pay his neighbors arrear taxes) can say to him, take thy saddle off me, i. e. pay me the amount you would have had to pay the government. Bab. ib. 115a א״ל … זיל שרי עביטך he said to that man (whose stolen goods had been bought in good faith), go, untie thy saddle, i. e. redeem thy goods by indemnifying the buyer.

סְלֵק, סְלֵיק,ch. same, (corresp. to h. עָלָה) 1) to rise, go up; to go away. Targ. Gen. 19:28 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Ib. 32:27 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Targ. Ex. 13:18; a. fr.Bets.38a, a. fr. כי ס׳ר׳וכ׳ when R. A. went up (from Babylonia to Palestine); ib. כי ס׳ להתם Ms. M. when he arrived there; a. fr. 2) to occur. Taan.21a כל מילתא דהוה סַלְקָא ליה הוה אמרוכ׳ (Ms. M. כל דהוה ס׳ ביה) whatever happened to him, he said, this, too, is for good; Snh.108b bot.; a. fr. 3) (interch. with Pa.) to stop, hush, keep silence. Targ. Jud. 3:19; Targ. Am. 6:10; 8:3 (h. text הס). 4) to turn out, result, (with אליבא) to agree with. Targ. 1 Chr. 11:11.B. Kam.92a bot. לא הוה סלקא ליה שמעתאוכ׳ Ms. H. (ed. סליק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) whatever tradition he reported turned out not to be in agreement with the halakha. 5) with על ליבא, דעתא (= h. עלה על לב) to occur to the mind; to desire; to entertain an opinion. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:11.In Talm. סלקא דעתא = סלק אד׳, v. דַּעְתָּא.Ḥull.64b, a. fr. לאס״ד that cannot rise in your mind, no idea of it. 6) (cmp. עלתה ארוכה העלה ארוכה, v. אֲרוּכָה II) to grow, heal up. Sabb.134b, a. e., v. הַיָיא. Pa. סַלֵּיק 1) to remove. Targ. Ez. 45:9 (not סְלִי׳). Targ. Job 34:29 (not ויסלף). Targ. Ps. 102:25; a. fr.Nidd.51b בתר דסַלִּיקוּוכ׳ after they have taken off their phylacteries. Gitt.52b ואֵיסַלְּקִינֵיה and I shall remove him (from office). Ib. מְסַלְּקִינָן ליה we (the court) must discharge him; a. fr. 2) (with or without בזוזא) to dismiss with payment; to settle, satisfy. B. Mets.68a מצי מְסַלֵּק ליה he has a right to settle with him (satisfy the mortgage). Ib. 67a, v. מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא; a. fr. Ithpa. אִסְתַּלֵּיק, Ithpe. אִסְתְּלֵיק, אִיסְּלֵיק 1) to remove ones self, rise, go away; to be removed, taken away; to die. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Chr. 5:1 (ed. Lag. a. oth. אשתקלת); a. fr.Targ. Y. Ex. 12:43 דא׳ who deserted the Jewish faith (O. ed. Berl. דאשתמד; oth. ed. דאסתלק; h. text בן נכר).Keth.106a כיון דעבד הכי א׳ after he had done this, he (Elijah) stayed away (ceased to appear to him); a. fr. 2) to be accounted. R. Hash. 27a תִּיסְּלֵק לה בתרתי let it be accounted as two notes.Ber.56b אסתליק Ms. M., v. צְלַק.

סְלֵק, סְלֵיק,ch. same, (corresp. to h. עָלָה) 1) to rise, go up; to go away. Targ. Gen. 19:28 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Ib. 32:27 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Targ. Ex. 13:18; a. fr.Bets.38a, a. fr. כי ס׳ר׳וכ׳ when R. A. went up (from Babylonia to Palestine); ib. כי ס׳ להתם Ms. M. when he arrived there; a. fr. 2) to occur. Taan.21a כל מילתא דהוה סַלְקָא ליה הוה אמרוכ׳ (Ms. M. כל דהוה ס׳ ביה) whatever happened to him, he said, this, too, is for good; Snh.108b bot.; a. fr. 3) (interch. with Pa.) to stop, hush, keep silence. Targ. Jud. 3:19; Targ. Am. 6:10; 8:3 (h. text הס). 4) to turn out, result, (with אליבא) to agree with. Targ. 1 Chr. 11:11.B. Kam.92a bot. לא הוה סלקא ליה שמעתאוכ׳ Ms. H. (ed. סליק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) whatever tradition he reported turned out not to be in agreement with the halakha. 5) with על ליבא, דעתא (= h. עלה על לב) to occur to the mind; to desire; to entertain an opinion. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:11.In Talm. סלקא דעתא = סלק אד׳, v. דַּעְתָּא.Ḥull.64b, a. fr. לאס״ד that cannot rise in your mind, no idea of it. 6) (cmp. עלתה ארוכה העלה ארוכה, v. אֲרוּכָה II) to grow, heal up. Sabb.134b, a. e., v. הַיָיא. Pa. סַלֵּיק 1) to remove. Targ. Ez. 45:9 (not סְלִי׳). Targ. Job 34:29 (not ויסלף). Targ. Ps. 102:25; a. fr.Nidd.51b בתר דסַלִּיקוּוכ׳ after they have taken off their phylacteries. Gitt.52b ואֵיסַלְּקִינֵיה and I shall remove him (from office). Ib. מְסַלְּקִינָן ליה we (the court) must discharge him; a. fr. 2) (with or without בזוזא) to dismiss with payment; to settle, satisfy. B. Mets.68a מצי מְסַלֵּק ליה he has a right to settle with him (satisfy the mortgage). Ib. 67a, v. מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא; a. fr. Ithpa. אִסְתַּלֵּיק, Ithpe. אִסְתְּלֵיק, אִיסְּלֵיק 1) to remove ones self, rise, go away; to be removed, taken away; to die. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Chr. 5:1 (ed. Lag. a. oth. אשתקלת); a. fr.Targ. Y. Ex. 12:43 דא׳ who deserted the Jewish faith (O. ed. Berl. דאשתמד; oth. ed. דאסתלק; h. text בן נכר).Keth.106a כיון דעבד הכי א׳ after he had done this, he (Elijah) stayed away (ceased to appear to him); a. fr. 2) to be accounted. R. Hash. 27a תִּיסְּלֵק לה בתרתי let it be accounted as two notes.Ber.56b אסתליק Ms. M., v. צְלַק.

סְלֵק, סְלֵיק,ch. same, (corresp. to h. עָלָה) 1) to rise, go up; to go away. Targ. Gen. 19:28 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Ib. 32:27 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Targ. Ex. 13:18; a. fr.Bets.38a, a. fr. כי ס׳ר׳וכ׳ when R. A. went up (from Babylonia to Palestine); ib. כי ס׳ להתם Ms. M. when he arrived there; a. fr. 2) to occur. Taan.21a כל מילתא דהוה סַלְקָא ליה הוה אמרוכ׳ (Ms. M. כל דהוה ס׳ ביה) whatever happened to him, he said, this, too, is for good; Snh.108b bot.; a. fr. 3) (interch. with Pa.) to stop, hush, keep silence. Targ. Jud. 3:19; Targ. Am. 6:10; 8:3 (h. text הס). 4) to turn out, result, (with אליבא) to agree with. Targ. 1 Chr. 11:11.B. Kam.92a bot. לא הוה סלקא ליה שמעתאוכ׳ Ms. H. (ed. סליק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) whatever tradition he reported turned out not to be in agreement with the halakha. 5) with על ליבא, דעתא (= h. עלה על לב) to occur to the mind; to desire; to entertain an opinion. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:11.In Talm. סלקא דעתא = סלק אד׳, v. דַּעְתָּא.Ḥull.64b, a. fr. לאס״ד that cannot rise in your mind, no idea of it. 6) (cmp. עלתה ארוכה העלה ארוכה, v. אֲרוּכָה II) to grow, heal up. Sabb.134b, a. e., v. הַיָיא. Pa. סַלֵּיק 1) to remove. Targ. Ez. 45:9 (not סְלִי׳). Targ. Job 34:29 (not ויסלף). Targ. Ps. 102:25; a. fr.Nidd.51b בתר דסַלִּיקוּוכ׳ after they have taken off their phylacteries. Gitt.52b ואֵיסַלְּקִינֵיה and I shall remove him (from office). Ib. מְסַלְּקִינָן ליה we (the court) must discharge him; a. fr. 2) (with or without בזוזא) to dismiss with payment; to settle, satisfy. B. Mets.68a מצי מְסַלֵּק ליה he has a right to settle with him (satisfy the mortgage). Ib. 67a, v. מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא; a. fr. Ithpa. אִסְתַּלֵּיק, Ithpe. אִסְתְּלֵיק, אִיסְּלֵיק 1) to remove ones self, rise, go away; to be removed, taken away; to die. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Chr. 5:1 (ed. Lag. a. oth. אשתקלת); a. fr.Targ. Y. Ex. 12:43 דא׳ who deserted the Jewish faith (O. ed. Berl. דאשתמד; oth. ed. דאסתלק; h. text בן נכר).Keth.106a כיון דעבד הכי א׳ after he had done this, he (Elijah) stayed away (ceased to appear to him); a. fr. 2) to be accounted. R. Hash. 27a תִּיסְּלֵק לה בתרתי let it be accounted as two notes.Ber.56b אסתליק Ms. M., v. צְלַק.

סְלֵק, סְלֵיק,ch. same, (corresp. to h. עָלָה) 1) to rise, go up; to go away. Targ. Gen. 19:28 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Ib. 32:27 (Y. ed. Amst. סַלִּיק). Targ. Ex. 13:18; a. fr.Bets.38a, a. fr. כי ס׳ר׳וכ׳ when R. A. went up (from Babylonia to Palestine); ib. כי ס׳ להתם Ms. M. when he arrived there; a. fr. 2) to occur. Taan.21a כל מילתא דהוה סַלְקָא ליה הוה אמרוכ׳ (Ms. M. כל דהוה ס׳ ביה) whatever happened to him, he said, this, too, is for good; Snh.108b bot.; a. fr. 3) (interch. with Pa.) to stop, hush, keep silence. Targ. Jud. 3:19; Targ. Am. 6:10; 8:3 (h. text הס). 4) to turn out, result, (with אליבא) to agree with. Targ. 1 Chr. 11:11.B. Kam.92a bot. לא הוה סלקא ליה שמעתאוכ׳ Ms. H. (ed. סליק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) whatever tradition he reported turned out not to be in agreement with the halakha. 5) with על ליבא, דעתא (= h. עלה על לב) to occur to the mind; to desire; to entertain an opinion. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:11.In Talm. סלקא דעתא = סלק אד׳, v. דַּעְתָּא.Ḥull.64b, a. fr. לאס״ד that cannot rise in your mind, no idea of it. 6) (cmp. עלתה ארוכה העלה ארוכה, v. אֲרוּכָה II) to grow, heal up. Sabb.134b, a. e., v. הַיָיא. Pa. סַלֵּיק 1) to remove. Targ. Ez. 45:9 (not סְלִי׳). Targ. Job 34:29 (not ויסלף). Targ. Ps. 102:25; a. fr.Nidd.51b בתר דסַלִּיקוּוכ׳ after they have taken off their phylacteries. Gitt.52b ואֵיסַלְּקִינֵיה and I shall remove him (from office). Ib. מְסַלְּקִינָן ליה we (the court) must discharge him; a. fr. 2) (with or without בזוזא) to dismiss with payment; to settle, satisfy. B. Mets.68a מצי מְסַלֵּק ליה he has a right to settle with him (satisfy the mortgage). Ib. 67a, v. מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא; a. fr. Ithpa. אִסְתַּלֵּיק, Ithpe. אִסְתְּלֵיק, אִיסְּלֵיק 1) to remove ones self, rise, go away; to be removed, taken away; to die. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Chr. 5:1 (ed. Lag. a. oth. אשתקלת); a. fr.Targ. Y. Ex. 12:43 דא׳ who deserted the Jewish faith (O. ed. Berl. דאשתמד; oth. ed. דאסתלק; h. text בן נכר).Keth.106a כיון דעבד הכי א׳ after he had done this, he (Elijah) stayed away (ceased to appear to him); a. fr. 2) to be accounted. R. Hash. 27a תִּיסְּלֵק לה בתרתי let it be accounted as two notes.Ber.56b אסתליק Ms. M., v. צְלַק.

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פָּעַלI (b. h.) ( to split, cmp. פלח, to work. Y.Sabb.II, end, 8d; Tanḥ. Emor 7; Lev. R. s. 27 (ref. to Num. 23:23) כל מי שפ׳ עם לאוכ׳ let whosoever worked with God come and take his reward. Ib. s. 4 כל מה שיִפְעַל אדם עם נפשווכ׳ however much man may do for his soul, he has not done his full duty. Gen. R. s. 15 (ref. to Ps. 74:12) ראו פועלא טבא שהתקין … עמדתי לִפְעוֹל see the good employer, for the Lord has prepared my wages (the garden of Eden), before yet I arose to work; Yalk. ib. 20. Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 בששת … פָּעַלְתִּי את העולם ובשבת נחתי in the six working days I worked and made the world, and on the Sabbath I rested; a. fr.Esp. to deal. Lam. R. to III, 33 (read:) בשני מקומות פָּעֲלוּ ישראל עםהקב״ה באחד פעלו בפיהם ולא בלבם ובאחד פעלו בלבם ולא בפיהם in two places Israelites dealt with God, in one they dealt with their mouth (professed faith), but not with their heart, and in the other, they dealt with their heart (were loyal at heart), but not with their mouth; בסיני פעלו בפיהםוכ׳ at Sinai they dealt with their mouth but not with their heart (ref. to Ps. 78:36); בבבל פעלו בלבםוכ׳ in Babylonia they dealt with their heart, but not with their mouth (ref. to Lam. l. c.); Cant. R. to VII, 8.

פָּעַלI (b. h.) ( to split, cmp. פלח, to work. Y.Sabb.II, end, 8d; Tanḥ. Emor 7; Lev. R. s. 27 (ref. to Num. 23:23) כל מי שפ׳ עם לאוכ׳ let whosoever worked with God come and take his reward. Ib. s. 4 כל מה שיִפְעַל אדם עם נפשווכ׳ however much man may do for his soul, he has not done his full duty. Gen. R. s. 15 (ref. to Ps. 74:12) ראו פועלא טבא שהתקין … עמדתי לִפְעוֹל see the good employer, for the Lord has prepared my wages (the garden of Eden), before yet I arose to work; Yalk. ib. 20. Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 בששת … פָּעַלְתִּי את העולם ובשבת נחתי in the six working days I worked and made the world, and on the Sabbath I rested; a. fr.Esp. to deal. Lam. R. to III, 33 (read:) בשני מקומות פָּעֲלוּ ישראל עםהקב״ה באחד פעלו בפיהם ולא בלבם ובאחד פעלו בלבם ולא בפיהם in two places Israelites dealt with God, in one they dealt with their mouth (professed faith), but not with their heart, and in the other, they dealt with their heart (were loyal at heart), but not with their mouth; בסיני פעלו בפיהםוכ׳ at Sinai they dealt with their mouth but not with their heart (ref. to Ps. 78:36); בבבל פעלו בלבםוכ׳ in Babylonia they dealt with their heart, but not with their mouth (ref. to Lam. l. c.); Cant. R. to VII, 8.