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אִימְרָיָיאm. ( מרי, v. next w.) rebellion. Lam. R. to III, 13 (rendering בני אשפתו ibid. ‘the children of those thrown down (into the dung, conquered), Rab explains ‘the children of his destruction (v. אֹופִיכָא), בני אִימְרָיֵיה the children of rebellion against him. (Editions vary, אימריה, רייא …, אמורים, v. אֵימוּרִים II). (Esth. R. to I, 1b>, independently interpreted, v. אוּכַּיְיפָא a. אֲמוּרְיָא.

אִימְרָיָיאm. ( מרי, v. next w.) rebellion. Lam. R. to III, 13 (rendering בני אשפתו ibid. ‘the children of those thrown down (into the dung, conquered), Rab explains ‘the children of his destruction (v. אֹופִיכָא), בני אִימְרָיֵיה the children of rebellion against him. (Editions vary, אימריה, רייא …, אמורים, v. אֵימוּרִים II). (Esth. R. to I, 1b>, independently interpreted, v. אוּכַּיְיפָא a. אֲמוּרְיָא.

אָנֹכִי(b. h.; v. אֲנָךְ II; cmp. אִינָּךְ) I. Pesik. R. s. 21, v. אָנוֹךְ. Sabb.105a א׳ נוטריקון anokhi may be interpreted as an acrostichon א̇נא נֹפשי כ̇תבית י̇הבית I myself have written, have given (the Law). Pesik. Baḥod. p. 109b>; v. אָנוֹךְ.Pl. אֲנַחְנוּ, נַחְנוּ. Ber.14b; a. fr. V. אֲנִי, אָנוּ.

אָנֹכִי(b. h.; v. אֲנָךְ II; cmp. אִינָּךְ) I. Pesik. R. s. 21, v. אָנוֹךְ. Sabb.105a א׳ נוטריקון anokhi may be interpreted as an acrostichon א̇נא נֹפשי כ̇תבית י̇הבית I myself have written, have given (the Law). Pesik. Baḥod. p. 109b>; v. אָנוֹךְ.Pl. אֲנַחְנוּ, נַחְנוּ. Ber.14b; a. fr. V. אֲנִי, אָנוּ.

אַנְפָּרוּתf. ( פרר or נפר √פר) a break, division, whence 1) the purchase of an odd object, of one of a pair. Sabb.80b (ref. to אַנְדִּיפָא q. v.) וכי אדם עושה מעותיו א׳ will a man buy a half of a thing (as a cosmetic for one temple)? 2) partial payments, an agreement (invalid according to Jewish law) of term payments with the condition of forfeiture on missing one term (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא), esp. such an agreement forced upon a Jew by a gentile ( Roman) individual or authority. Gitt.44a (v. אָנַס) אם בא׳ if his crop was seized in consequence of an anparuth, he is exempt from paying the tithes (of his produces, since he is the loser, whereas if distrained for a real debt, he enjoys the legal benefit of being released of a debt, and therefore must pay the tithes, as if he had sold the crop). Y.Keth.X, end, 34a בארנונהוכ׳ with reference to annona, capitation tax and forfeiture. Gitt.58b הבא מחמת חוב ומחמת א׳וכ׳ if a gentile (Roman) obtained possession of a Jews property in consequence of seizure for a debt or of forfeiture and subsequently sold it to a Jew, the Sicarion law finds no application (and the property must, without any indemnity, be restored to its original owner; v. סִיקְרִיקֹון); וא׳ עצמהוכ׳ and the property seized for forfeiture must have been in the possession of the gentile for twelve months (during which the Jew might have had a chance to reclaim it as illegally seized; v., however, the objection, and subsequent emendation of סיקריקין for א׳, ibid.). Ib. אין א׳ בבבל in Babylon (under the Persian government) there is no anparuth, (which is interpreted) אין דין א׳וכ׳ the laws concerning the purchase by a Jew of property which a gentile had seized for forfeiture find no application in the well regulated Persian state because the owner might have gone to court, if he felt himself aggrieved. Tosef.Gitt.V (III), 2.Pl. אַנְפָּרִיֹּות. Ylamd. Shlaḥ. (quot. in Ar.) אני נוטל מהן א׳וכ׳ I (the Lord) take from them promises to pay in instalments (promises of amending their ways, repentance) and give them extension. Tanḥ. ib., end, a citizen was paying annonœ וכותב א׳ and signing agreements of forfeiture; (Num. R. s. 17 אפכיות, v. אַפּוּכִי). (Ibid. s. 2 אנפריאות, v. אַנְפֹּורָא pl.

אַנְפָּרוּתf. ( פרר or נפר √פר) a break, division, whence 1) the purchase of an odd object, of one of a pair. Sabb.80b (ref. to אַנְדִּיפָא q. v.) וכי אדם עושה מעותיו א׳ will a man buy a half of a thing (as a cosmetic for one temple)? 2) partial payments, an agreement (invalid according to Jewish law) of term payments with the condition of forfeiture on missing one term (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא), esp. such an agreement forced upon a Jew by a gentile ( Roman) individual or authority. Gitt.44a (v. אָנַס) אם בא׳ if his crop was seized in consequence of an anparuth, he is exempt from paying the tithes (of his produces, since he is the loser, whereas if distrained for a real debt, he enjoys the legal benefit of being released of a debt, and therefore must pay the tithes, as if he had sold the crop). Y.Keth.X, end, 34a בארנונהוכ׳ with reference to annona, capitation tax and forfeiture. Gitt.58b הבא מחמת חוב ומחמת א׳וכ׳ if a gentile (Roman) obtained possession of a Jews property in consequence of seizure for a debt or of forfeiture and subsequently sold it to a Jew, the Sicarion law finds no application (and the property must, without any indemnity, be restored to its original owner; v. סִיקְרִיקֹון); וא׳ עצמהוכ׳ and the property seized for forfeiture must have been in the possession of the gentile for twelve months (during which the Jew might have had a chance to reclaim it as illegally seized; v., however, the objection, and subsequent emendation of סיקריקין for א׳, ibid.). Ib. אין א׳ בבבל in Babylon (under the Persian government) there is no anparuth, (which is interpreted) אין דין א׳וכ׳ the laws concerning the purchase by a Jew of property which a gentile had seized for forfeiture find no application in the well regulated Persian state because the owner might have gone to court, if he felt himself aggrieved. Tosef.Gitt.V (III), 2.Pl. אַנְפָּרִיֹּות. Ylamd. Shlaḥ. (quot. in Ar.) אני נוטל מהן א׳וכ׳ I (the Lord) take from them promises to pay in instalments (promises of amending their ways, repentance) and give them extension. Tanḥ. ib., end, a citizen was paying annonœ וכותב א׳ and signing agreements of forfeiture; (Num. R. s. 17 אפכיות, v. אַפּוּכִי). (Ibid. s. 2 אנפריאות, v. אַנְפֹּורָא pl.

בָּרַר(b. h.; √בר, contr. of באר, בור) (to clear, clean; to place outside, whence) 1) to make clear, prove, ascertain. Keth.46a (interpret. Deut. 22:17) ובוֹרְרִין את הדברוכ׳ and they make the fact as clear (bright) as a new garment.Part. pass. בָּרוּר q. v. 2) to single out, select, sift, assort. Maasr. II, 6 שאָבוֹר לי which I may select for me. Ib. בּוֹרֵר ואוכל he has a right to pick out and eat (one after the other). Kil. II, 1 יָבוֹר he must take it out entirely. Sabb.VII, 2 הבּוֹרֵר he who sifts (a labor forbidden on the Sabbath). Y. ib. VII, 10a, a. fr. משום בורר (is guilty) because it comes under the class of sifting. Bab. ib. 74a בורר ואוכלוכ׳ he may take out singly and eat, take out singly and put it down (rejecting it) ולא יִבְרוֹר but he must not assort (v. discussion ibid.). Gitt. V, 9 לא תָבוֹר she must not help her to sift the grain. Snh.45a בְּרוֹר לווכ׳ choose for the convict the most gentle method of execution; Sot.8b, a. fr.Snh.III, 1 זה בוררוכ׳ each party chooses one judge, and the two judges בּוֹרְרִיןוכ׳ elect a third. Pi. בֵּרַר, בֵּירַר 1) to prove, ascertain. Snh.23b צריך לבָרֵר the claimant must offer clear evidence. Kerith. 24a לב׳ עוון to ascertain whether or not the woman was guilty; Num. R. s. 9, v. בָּעַר. Y.Kidd.III, 63d, v. סִימְפּוֹן. Lev. R. s. 11; v. Nithpa. 2) to sift, select. Y.Ber.IX, 13c top דש זרה ובי׳ he threshed, winnowed and sifted. Y.Ned.I, beg.51a לשונות שביררו להןוכ׳ the terms (for oaths, vows) which the Mishnahs have selected (as substitutes for the real expressions of oaths); Bab. ib. 10b שבדו, v. בָּדָא. (Esth. R. to I, 22 (read:) בירר להם בלשון … רומי מלשון יוני interpreted for them (the Bible) in Latin, v. בָּדָא. The passage is defective; cmp. Y.Meg.I, 71c top. Y.Snh.X, 28a בחרו להם ביררו הברזלוכ׳, read בְּרִיּוּת, they selected (as similes for the Law) the soundness of the iron and the fixedness of the tree; cmp. Num. R. s. 14; Koh. R. to XII, 11. Hof. הוּבְרָר to be cleared up, to be decided (between two alternatives); v. בְּרֵירָה. Bets.4a (a hen is bought either for consumption or for breeding) נשחטה הובְרָרָהוכ׳ by its being killed, it appears that it was originally intended for slaughtering; Ḥull.14a. Nif. נִבְרָר to be selected. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ. 4 נִבְרְרוּ צדיקים they were righteous at the time they were selected. Nithpa. נִתְבָּרֵר 1) to desire clearness, to seek evidence, search for truth. Lev. R. s. 11 (ref. to 2 Sam. 22:26 sq.) בשעהשנ׳ על עסקיו הק״בה בירר לווכ׳ when he desired to be enlightened about his affairs (asking, ‘Whereby shall I know, Gen. 15:8), the Lord enlightened him (ib. 13). Ib. בשעהשנ׳וכ׳ (with ref. to Moses); Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:26 sq. 2) to be confirmed, established. Tanḥ. Ttsavveh 9, end (read:) נִתְבָּרְרָה כהונה בידם through them the priesthood became established. Pesik. Dibré p. 115b> (read as:) Yalk. Jer. 258 לא נ׳ … עד שעמדוכ׳ their prophecies were not fulfilled until Jer. arose.

בָּרַר(b. h.; √בר, contr. of באר, בור) (to clear, clean; to place outside, whence) 1) to make clear, prove, ascertain. Keth.46a (interpret. Deut. 22:17) ובוֹרְרִין את הדברוכ׳ and they make the fact as clear (bright) as a new garment.Part. pass. בָּרוּר q. v. 2) to single out, select, sift, assort. Maasr. II, 6 שאָבוֹר לי which I may select for me. Ib. בּוֹרֵר ואוכל he has a right to pick out and eat (one after the other). Kil. II, 1 יָבוֹר he must take it out entirely. Sabb.VII, 2 הבּוֹרֵר he who sifts (a labor forbidden on the Sabbath). Y. ib. VII, 10a, a. fr. משום בורר (is guilty) because it comes under the class of sifting. Bab. ib. 74a בורר ואוכלוכ׳ he may take out singly and eat, take out singly and put it down (rejecting it) ולא יִבְרוֹר but he must not assort (v. discussion ibid.). Gitt. V, 9 לא תָבוֹר she must not help her to sift the grain. Snh.45a בְּרוֹר לווכ׳ choose for the convict the most gentle method of execution; Sot.8b, a. fr.Snh.III, 1 זה בוררוכ׳ each party chooses one judge, and the two judges בּוֹרְרִיןוכ׳ elect a third. Pi. בֵּרַר, בֵּירַר 1) to prove, ascertain. Snh.23b צריך לבָרֵר the claimant must offer clear evidence. Kerith. 24a לב׳ עוון to ascertain whether or not the woman was guilty; Num. R. s. 9, v. בָּעַר. Y.Kidd.III, 63d, v. סִימְפּוֹן. Lev. R. s. 11; v. Nithpa. 2) to sift, select. Y.Ber.IX, 13c top דש זרה ובי׳ he threshed, winnowed and sifted. Y.Ned.I, beg.51a לשונות שביררו להןוכ׳ the terms (for oaths, vows) which the Mishnahs have selected (as substitutes for the real expressions of oaths); Bab. ib. 10b שבדו, v. בָּדָא. (Esth. R. to I, 22 (read:) בירר להם בלשון … רומי מלשון יוני interpreted for them (the Bible) in Latin, v. בָּדָא. The passage is defective; cmp. Y.Meg.I, 71c top. Y.Snh.X, 28a בחרו להם ביררו הברזלוכ׳, read בְּרִיּוּת, they selected (as similes for the Law) the soundness of the iron and the fixedness of the tree; cmp. Num. R. s. 14; Koh. R. to XII, 11. Hof. הוּבְרָר to be cleared up, to be decided (between two alternatives); v. בְּרֵירָה. Bets.4a (a hen is bought either for consumption or for breeding) נשחטה הובְרָרָהוכ׳ by its being killed, it appears that it was originally intended for slaughtering; Ḥull.14a. Nif. נִבְרָר to be selected. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ. 4 נִבְרְרוּ צדיקים they were righteous at the time they were selected. Nithpa. נִתְבָּרֵר 1) to desire clearness, to seek evidence, search for truth. Lev. R. s. 11 (ref. to 2 Sam. 22:26 sq.) בשעהשנ׳ על עסקיו הק״בה בירר לווכ׳ when he desired to be enlightened about his affairs (asking, ‘Whereby shall I know, Gen. 15:8), the Lord enlightened him (ib. 13). Ib. בשעהשנ׳וכ׳ (with ref. to Moses); Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:26 sq. 2) to be confirmed, established. Tanḥ. Ttsavveh 9, end (read:) נִתְבָּרְרָה כהונה בידם through them the priesthood became established. Pesik. Dibré p. 115b> (read as:) Yalk. Jer. 258 לא נ׳ … עד שעמדוכ׳ their prophecies were not fulfilled until Jer. arose.

גְּמָרָאf. (v. גְּמַר II, 5) memorizing of verbal teachings, tradition. Ab. Zar.19a bot. הנ״מ סברא אבל ג׳ מחד רבאוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) this refers to reasoning (dialectics), but as to traditional laws (rules), it is better to study only with one teacher, in order not to be confused by varying wording; Yalk. Ps. 614.Gitt.6b הא ג׳ היא וג׳ לא שמיע ליה this is merely a tradition (not to be arrived at by way of reasoning) and one may not have heard that tradition (and yet be an able man). B. Mets. 33ab ג׳ verbal study (opp. to משנה which had been put to writing). Arakh.29a רב גַּמְרֵיה גמיר (not גמור) Rab had his own tradition about it (had it from his teacher that the Mishnah was corrupt). Erub.60a ג׳ גמור זמורתא תהא if it is a tradition, learn it by heart, let it be like a song (the wording of which you dare not change); Sabb.106b; Ab. Zar.32b; Bets.24a (variously interpreted in comment.).Yoma 14b, a. fr. משמיה דג׳ as a tradition (without knowing the reasoning process, cmp. ib. 33a bot. ג׳ גמירנאוכ׳); a. fr. Gmara, that part of the Talmud containing those discussions, decisions which, after the reduction to writing of the Mishnah, were the materials of verbal studies until they, too, were put to writing.Abbrev. גמ׳, a clerical mark in the Talmnd Babli editions, to indicate where the Mishnah ends, and the Gmara begins.

גְּמָרָאf. (v. גְּמַר II, 5) memorizing of verbal teachings, tradition. Ab. Zar.19a bot. הנ״מ סברא אבל ג׳ מחד רבאוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) this refers to reasoning (dialectics), but as to traditional laws (rules), it is better to study only with one teacher, in order not to be confused by varying wording; Yalk. Ps. 614.Gitt.6b הא ג׳ היא וג׳ לא שמיע ליה this is merely a tradition (not to be arrived at by way of reasoning) and one may not have heard that tradition (and yet be an able man). B. Mets. 33ab ג׳ verbal study (opp. to משנה which had been put to writing). Arakh.29a רב גַּמְרֵיה גמיר (not גמור) Rab had his own tradition about it (had it from his teacher that the Mishnah was corrupt). Erub.60a ג׳ גמור זמורתא תהא if it is a tradition, learn it by heart, let it be like a song (the wording of which you dare not change); Sabb.106b; Ab. Zar.32b; Bets.24a (variously interpreted in comment.).Yoma 14b, a. fr. משמיה דג׳ as a tradition (without knowing the reasoning process, cmp. ib. 33a bot. ג׳ גמירנאוכ׳); a. fr. Gmara, that part of the Talmud containing those discussions, decisions which, after the reduction to writing of the Mishnah, were the materials of verbal studies until they, too, were put to writing.Abbrev. גמ׳, a clerical mark in the Talmnd Babli editions, to indicate where the Mishnah ends, and the Gmara begins.

גַּרְדֹּום, גַּרְדֹּוןm. ( גרד, cmp. Targ. Jud. 8:6 s. v. גְּרַד; cmp. סָרַק) place of torture and execution, ( Roman) executioners scaffold, gallows. Sabb.32a העולה לג׳ לידון he who ascends the scaffold to be punished. Ab. Zar. I, 7 בסילקי ג׳וכ׳ a basilica, a scaffold, interpreted ib. 16b בס׳ של ג׳ a basilica for tortures, executions, i. e. a basilica for holding court. Pesik. Shimu, p. 118b> תלאו בגרדון ordered him to be suspended on the gallows (for torture); Y.Taan.IV, 69b top חְּלָיָין בג׳ (cmp. Gitt.57b, a. e. מסריקנאוכ׳). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. X, end והגרדין טהור ed. Zuck. (ed. ברדין; corr. acc.) the torturers block is not affected by levitical impurity.