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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.

נִירָאIII ch. sam(ניר IV mesh, slip); בת נ׳ the cross-rod (liciatorium). Sabb.105a (expl. שני בתי נירין בנירין, v. preced.) תרתי בבת נ׳ וחדא בנ׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. בבתי, early ed. בבי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he passes a thread twice around the cross-rod and once around the cross-beam (jugum). Ib. 67a נ׳ ברקא a white twisted cord.Pl. נִירַיָּא. Y. ib. XIII, beg.14a (expl. בנירין, v. supra) נ׳ the two cross-rods (the liciatorium and the jugum).

נִירָאIII ch. sam(ניר IV mesh, slip); בת נ׳ the cross-rod (liciatorium). Sabb.105a (expl. שני בתי נירין בנירין, v. preced.) תרתי בבת נ׳ וחדא בנ׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. בבתי, early ed. בבי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he passes a thread twice around the cross-rod and once around the cross-beam (jugum). Ib. 67a נ׳ ברקא a white twisted cord.Pl. נִירַיָּא. Y. ib. XIII, beg.14a (expl. בנירין, v. supra) נ׳ the two cross-rods (the liciatorium and the jugum).

סָבַב(b. h.) to go around, turn. Num. R. s. 18 כשהייתי … והולך וסוֹבֵב כלוכ׳ when I travelled … and went around all the towns; הייתי סובב והולך מעירוכ׳ I went around from town to town. Erub.56a וסובב אל צפון בלילה ‘and turns northward (Koh. 1:6) by night; a. e. Nif. נָסַב to take a turn. Num. R. s. 4 ונָסַבָּה ורחבה למעלה it turned upward and became wider. Pi. סִיבֵּב 1) to surround. Erub. l. c.; B. Bath.25b (ref. to Koh. l. c.) פעמים מְסַבַּבְתָּן ופעמים מהלכתן (Rashi סוֹבַבְתָּן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) at seasons the sun goes around them (making a circuitous route), and at seasons it passes straight through (from north-east to south-west). Erub.23b; Num. R. s. 13 סַבֵּב tie around; a. e.Trnsf. to be around a person, to wait upon. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on סב את ההר, Deut. 2:3) הרבה סי׳ עשו את הורווכ׳ a long while has Esau been around his parent סי׳ על הפתחים to go around from door to door, to beg. Tosef.Peah IV, 8 המְסַבֵּב על … איןוכ׳ for the poor man that goes begging, the public charities are not bound to do anything. Y. ib. I, 15d top כבד …אפי׳ את מסבב וכ׳ ‘honor thy father and thy mother, even if thou have to go begging (thou must support them); Pesik. R. s. 23–24; a. e.Ruth R. to I, 1 עכשיו … מְסַבְּבִין פתחיוכ׳ now all Israel will surround my gate …, waiting for distribution of food; Yalk. ib. 598 יהיו … מְסוּבִּין2.) to carry around from place to place. Kel. I, 7 ומְסַבְּבִין לתוכןוכ׳ and you may carry a corpse from one (of the fortified places) to another; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.I, 14 ומס׳ בתוכן. 3) to place around. Num. R. s. 2 סי׳ לכסאווכ׳ he placed four angels around his throne.Part. pass. מְסוּבָּב, f. מְסוּבֶּבֶת surrounded, closed. B. Bath.25b, v. אַכְסַדְרָא.Pl. מְסוּבִּים, מְסוּבִּין assembled, arranged around. Ab. Zar.18a מס׳ לווכ׳ (Ms. M. מְסוֹבְבִין אותו) (his sins) are arranged around him on the day of judgment (as witnesses). Yalk. Ruth l. c., v. supra.Esp. reclining on the dining couch around the tables (v. מְסוּבֶּה). Ex. R. s. 25 מס׳ ואוכליןוכ׳ lying on couches and eating and praising Pes.101b בני … מס׳ לשתות the members of a party that were assembled for a feast; ib. 102a. Tosef. ib. X, 12; a. fr.Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 מסביב, read: מכתיב, v. כָּתַב. Hif. הֵסֵב, הֵסִיב, הֵיסֵ׳ 1) ( to surround the table, to recline for dining in company. Ber.VI, 6 (42a) הֵסֵיבּוּ אחדוכ׳ (Bab. ed. הֵסֵבּוּ; Y. ed. הֵיסֵבּוּ) if they lie down for a meal, one says grace in behalf of all, opp. היו יושבין. Tosef. ib. IV, 20 בעל הבית שהיה מֵיסֵב ואוכלוכ׳ if a host has been reclining in company and eating, and a neighbor called him away to speak to him. Ib. V, 5; Y.Taan.IV, 68a bot. בזמן שהן שתי … ומיסבוכ׳ when there are two couches, the highest in rank goes up and reclines at the head of the uppermost couch, v. חֶסַּב. Pes.X, 1 אפי׳ עני … עד שיֵסֵב even the poorest man in Israel must not eat (on the Passover night) without reclining (to indicate that he is a free man); a. fr. 2) to cause to recline, to invite. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to ויסב, Ex. 13:18, a. שלחן, Ps. 78:19 הסַיבָּן תחת ענניוכ׳ he invited them to recline under the clouds of glory (v. סִיגְמָטִין); a. e. 3) to turn around. Pesik. R. s. 14 עתיד אני להָסֵיב על עולמיוכ׳ I shall turn again to my world in mercy. Hof. הוּסַב to be transferred from tribe to tribe (Num. 36:7). B. Bath. 112a כבר הוּסַבָּה the field had been transferred (before the division of the land); שכבר הוסבה לא אמרינן we do not adopt the argument that a transfer before the division made any difference (v. comment., a. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes 4 a. 5 for Var. Lect.). Polel סוֹבֵב to surround. Ab. Zar.18a, v. supra.

סָבַב(b. h.) to go around, turn. Num. R. s. 18 כשהייתי … והולך וסוֹבֵב כלוכ׳ when I travelled … and went around all the towns; הייתי סובב והולך מעירוכ׳ I went around from town to town. Erub.56a וסובב אל צפון בלילה ‘and turns northward (Koh. 1:6) by night; a. e. Nif. נָסַב to take a turn. Num. R. s. 4 ונָסַבָּה ורחבה למעלה it turned upward and became wider. Pi. סִיבֵּב 1) to surround. Erub. l. c.; B. Bath.25b (ref. to Koh. l. c.) פעמים מְסַבַּבְתָּן ופעמים מהלכתן (Rashi סוֹבַבְתָּן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) at seasons the sun goes around them (making a circuitous route), and at seasons it passes straight through (from north-east to south-west). Erub.23b; Num. R. s. 13 סַבֵּב tie around; a. e.Trnsf. to be around a person, to wait upon. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on סב את ההר, Deut. 2:3) הרבה סי׳ עשו את הורווכ׳ a long while has Esau been around his parent סי׳ על הפתחים to go around from door to door, to beg. Tosef.Peah IV, 8 המְסַבֵּב על … איןוכ׳ for the poor man that goes begging, the public charities are not bound to do anything. Y. ib. I, 15d top כבד …אפי׳ את מסבב וכ׳ ‘honor thy father and thy mother, even if thou have to go begging (thou must support them); Pesik. R. s. 23–24; a. e.Ruth R. to I, 1 עכשיו … מְסַבְּבִין פתחיוכ׳ now all Israel will surround my gate …, waiting for distribution of food; Yalk. ib. 598 יהיו … מְסוּבִּין2.) to carry around from place to place. Kel. I, 7 ומְסַבְּבִין לתוכןוכ׳ and you may carry a corpse from one (of the fortified places) to another; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.I, 14 ומס׳ בתוכן. 3) to place around. Num. R. s. 2 סי׳ לכסאווכ׳ he placed four angels around his throne.Part. pass. מְסוּבָּב, f. מְסוּבֶּבֶת surrounded, closed. B. Bath.25b, v. אַכְסַדְרָא.Pl. מְסוּבִּים, מְסוּבִּין assembled, arranged around. Ab. Zar.18a מס׳ לווכ׳ (Ms. M. מְסוֹבְבִין אותו) (his sins) are arranged around him on the day of judgment (as witnesses). Yalk. Ruth l. c., v. supra.Esp. reclining on the dining couch around the tables (v. מְסוּבֶּה). Ex. R. s. 25 מס׳ ואוכליןוכ׳ lying on couches and eating and praising Pes.101b בני … מס׳ לשתות the members of a party that were assembled for a feast; ib. 102a. Tosef. ib. X, 12; a. fr.Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 מסביב, read: מכתיב, v. כָּתַב. Hif. הֵסֵב, הֵסִיב, הֵיסֵ׳ 1) ( to surround the table, to recline for dining in company. Ber.VI, 6 (42a) הֵסֵיבּוּ אחדוכ׳ (Bab. ed. הֵסֵבּוּ; Y. ed. הֵיסֵבּוּ) if they lie down for a meal, one says grace in behalf of all, opp. היו יושבין. Tosef. ib. IV, 20 בעל הבית שהיה מֵיסֵב ואוכלוכ׳ if a host has been reclining in company and eating, and a neighbor called him away to speak to him. Ib. V, 5; Y.Taan.IV, 68a bot. בזמן שהן שתי … ומיסבוכ׳ when there are two couches, the highest in rank goes up and reclines at the head of the uppermost couch, v. חֶסַּב. Pes.X, 1 אפי׳ עני … עד שיֵסֵב even the poorest man in Israel must not eat (on the Passover night) without reclining (to indicate that he is a free man); a. fr. 2) to cause to recline, to invite. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to ויסב, Ex. 13:18, a. שלחן, Ps. 78:19 הסַיבָּן תחת ענניוכ׳ he invited them to recline under the clouds of glory (v. סִיגְמָטִין); a. e. 3) to turn around. Pesik. R. s. 14 עתיד אני להָסֵיב על עולמיוכ׳ I shall turn again to my world in mercy. Hof. הוּסַב to be transferred from tribe to tribe (Num. 36:7). B. Bath. 112a כבר הוּסַבָּה the field had been transferred (before the division of the land); שכבר הוסבה לא אמרינן we do not adopt the argument that a transfer before the division made any difference (v. comment., a. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes 4 a. 5 for Var. Lect.). Polel סוֹבֵב to surround. Ab. Zar.18a, v. supra.

פְּרָסm. (פָּרַס) 1) part, half, v. פְּרוּס. 2) a piece, esp. a certain quantity of bread. Neg. XIII, 9 כדי אכילת פ׳ פת חטיןוכ׳ as much time as is required for eating a piece, that is, a piece of wheat bread Ib. 10. Tosef. ib. VII, 10 וכמה הוא פ׳ חציוכ׳ and how much is a pras? Half a loaf, of which three make a Kab; Tosef.Mikv.VII (VIII), 6; Erub.83a; a. fr.Pl. פְּרָסִים; Du. פְּרָסַיִים. Y.Sabb.I, 2b bot. אכילת פ׳ eating two prasim (with interruption); ib. כמה זתים בכמה פ׳ several olive sizes of eatables eaten within a time required for eating several pieces; Y.Hor.III, 47b bot.Trnsf. the fare received by members of a household, or by slaves. Erub.72b במקבלי פ׳ שנו the Mishnah speaking of brothers eating at their fathers table means those receiving, each his separate fare, at the hands of their father. Ib. 73a מי שיש לו … מקבלות פ׳וכ׳ if a man has five wives (occupying separate dwellings in one court) receiving their fare at the hands of their husband, and five slaves receiving Y.Taan.I, beg.63c הוא הובע פְּרָסוֹ ממנו he (the slave) begs him for his fare; (ib. פרנסתו). Ib. סמוך לפרסו near the period when his fare is due. Ab. I, 3, v. עֶבֶד; a. fr. 3) Pras, half a Maneh (מָנֶה). Eduy. III, 3 מנה ופ׳ each weighing one Maneh and a half. Peah VIII, 5; a. fr.מנה בן פ׳, v. מָנֶה. 4) Pras, half the length of a furrow (v. infra); בית (ה) פ׳ an area of a square Pras, esp. a field, of a square Pras, declared unclean on account of crushed bones carried over it from a ploughed grave. M. Kat. 5b החורש את הקבר הרי הוא עושה בית פ׳ וכמה הוא עושה הצי מענהוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. מלא מענה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he who ploughs over a grave, makes a beth-pras (an unclean field), and how much of it does he make unclean? Half the length of a furrow of one hundred cubits; Ohol. XVII, 1 החורש … עושה בית פ׳ … מאה אמה בית ארבעה סאים he who ploughs ; how far does he make it unclean? (Half) the size of a furrow of a hundred cubits (in all directions), which is a square of the capacity of four Sahs of seed; Nidd.57a; Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 1. Ohol.XVII, 2 בית פ׳ עושה בית פ׳ an unclean field may create another unclean field (if the plough passes over and beyond it). Tosef. ib. XVII, 4 אבל עולה הוא כמדת הפ׳ (read: במדת; R. S. to Ohol.XVII, 3 כמדת בית הפ׳) but it is counted in so as to complete the measure of a beth-pras; a. fr.Pl. בית פְּרָסוֹת. Ohol. XVIII, 2 (M. Kat. 5b בית פרס). (Maim. explains בית הפ׳, by ref. to פָּרַס to extend, the area of extension; Rashi, by ref. to פָּרַס to break, an area of bone splinters.

פְּרָסm. (פָּרַס) 1) part, half, v. פְּרוּס. 2) a piece, esp. a certain quantity of bread. Neg. XIII, 9 כדי אכילת פ׳ פת חטיןוכ׳ as much time as is required for eating a piece, that is, a piece of wheat bread Ib. 10. Tosef. ib. VII, 10 וכמה הוא פ׳ חציוכ׳ and how much is a pras? Half a loaf, of which three make a Kab; Tosef.Mikv.VII (VIII), 6; Erub.83a; a. fr.Pl. פְּרָסִים; Du. פְּרָסַיִים. Y.Sabb.I, 2b bot. אכילת פ׳ eating two prasim (with interruption); ib. כמה זתים בכמה פ׳ several olive sizes of eatables eaten within a time required for eating several pieces; Y.Hor.III, 47b bot.Trnsf. the fare received by members of a household, or by slaves. Erub.72b במקבלי פ׳ שנו the Mishnah speaking of brothers eating at their fathers table means those receiving, each his separate fare, at the hands of their father. Ib. 73a מי שיש לו … מקבלות פ׳וכ׳ if a man has five wives (occupying separate dwellings in one court) receiving their fare at the hands of their husband, and five slaves receiving Y.Taan.I, beg.63c הוא הובע פְּרָסוֹ ממנו he (the slave) begs him for his fare; (ib. פרנסתו). Ib. סמוך לפרסו near the period when his fare is due. Ab. I, 3, v. עֶבֶד; a. fr. 3) Pras, half a Maneh (מָנֶה). Eduy. III, 3 מנה ופ׳ each weighing one Maneh and a half. Peah VIII, 5; a. fr.מנה בן פ׳, v. מָנֶה. 4) Pras, half the length of a furrow (v. infra); בית (ה) פ׳ an area of a square Pras, esp. a field, of a square Pras, declared unclean on account of crushed bones carried over it from a ploughed grave. M. Kat. 5b החורש את הקבר הרי הוא עושה בית פ׳ וכמה הוא עושה הצי מענהוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. מלא מענה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he who ploughs over a grave, makes a beth-pras (an unclean field), and how much of it does he make unclean? Half the length of a furrow of one hundred cubits; Ohol. XVII, 1 החורש … עושה בית פ׳ … מאה אמה בית ארבעה סאים he who ploughs ; how far does he make it unclean? (Half) the size of a furrow of a hundred cubits (in all directions), which is a square of the capacity of four Sahs of seed; Nidd.57a; Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 1. Ohol.XVII, 2 בית פ׳ עושה בית פ׳ an unclean field may create another unclean field (if the plough passes over and beyond it). Tosef. ib. XVII, 4 אבל עולה הוא כמדת הפ׳ (read: במדת; R. S. to Ohol.XVII, 3 כמדת בית הפ׳) but it is counted in so as to complete the measure of a beth-pras; a. fr.Pl. בית פְּרָסוֹת. Ohol. XVIII, 2 (M. Kat. 5b בית פרס). (Maim. explains בית הפ׳, by ref. to פָּרַס to extend, the area of extension; Rashi, by ref. to פָּרַס to break, an area of bone splinters.