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כְּדִיI, (כַּדִּי, כְּדֵי) (= כַּד הִי, v. כְּדוּ) when; now ( that). Targ. Y. Gen. 27:34. Ib. 39:10; a. e.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d top כ׳ טבא when it (the eye-paint) is good. Y.Dem.VI, 25c bot. כ׳ יהב ליה כ׳ when he gives him the whole of it. Y.Meg.III, 74b bot. כ׳ דהוינן, v. כַּד I. 2) ( as it is, incidentatly, without special reason, not meaning it exactly. R. Hash. 5a פסח כ׳ נסבח the writer uses the word Pesaḥ (ib. 4a, quot. fr. Tosef.Arakh.III, 17) incidentally (cmp. אַשְׁגָּרָה); Zeb.99b. Kidd.5b סיפא כ׳ נסבה the second proposition was incidentally asserted (is not to be pressed), opp. דַּוְקָא 3) as such, alone, merely. Keth.36b bot. מעיד בח כ׳ if he merely testifies in her favor (without having been instrumental in redeeming her from captivity). Gitt.55a יאוש כ׳וכ׳ the mere giving up of robbed property (without a change of hands after the renunciation) gives the robber no rights. מילי דכ׳־ words spoken merely for saying something, for fun. Snh.29b כל מילי דכ׳וכ׳ people do not remember words thrown out in a jocular way.Bekh.8b מילי דכ׳ Ar. fictions, stories; v. כַּדְבָא).בִּכְ׳ for whatever it be, for a trifle; for no cause. Yeb. 39b בכ׳ תיפוק can she be dismissed without any formality (with his mere refusal to marry her)?Taan.5b, v. בְּכָא. Keth. l. c. לא שדי … בכ׳ one does not throw away ones money at random (unless sure that there is no legal impediment to marrying the woman whom he is about to redeem). Ned.22a בכ׳ לא אדרתה for a paltry reason she would surely not have forbidden her, v. נְדַר. Ib. 29a פקעה בכ׳ ceases without any formality; a. e.מִכְּ׳ from such ( a condition) as it is, now, well, you know. Gitt.68b מ׳ כי מייתוכ׳ now when you die, you will have Sabb.78a מ׳ כל מילתאוכ׳ you know, whenever there is an ordinary and an extraordinary way of using an object, Ḥull.109b; a. e.Esp. (introducing an argument) now, is it not so? Ib. 29a מ׳ על עיף קאיוכ׳ does not the writer of the Mishnah treat of birds? Well then, if he meant sacrificial fowls he ought to have said hammolek! B. Kam.3a מ׳ שקוליןוכ׳ now that they are alike, let both be included, for which will you exclude?Bets.2b מ׳ מאן סתמהוכ׳ now, who is it that states that proposition in the Mishnah anonymously? Of course, Rabbi. Now, why ; a. fr.

כְּדִיI, (כַּדִּי, כְּדֵי) (= כַּד הִי, v. כְּדוּ) when; now ( that). Targ. Y. Gen. 27:34. Ib. 39:10; a. e.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d top כ׳ טבא when it (the eye-paint) is good. Y.Dem.VI, 25c bot. כ׳ יהב ליה כ׳ when he gives him the whole of it. Y.Meg.III, 74b bot. כ׳ דהוינן, v. כַּד I. 2) ( as it is, incidentatly, without special reason, not meaning it exactly. R. Hash. 5a פסח כ׳ נסבח the writer uses the word Pesaḥ (ib. 4a, quot. fr. Tosef.Arakh.III, 17) incidentally (cmp. אַשְׁגָּרָה); Zeb.99b. Kidd.5b סיפא כ׳ נסבה the second proposition was incidentally asserted (is not to be pressed), opp. דַּוְקָא 3) as such, alone, merely. Keth.36b bot. מעיד בח כ׳ if he merely testifies in her favor (without having been instrumental in redeeming her from captivity). Gitt.55a יאוש כ׳וכ׳ the mere giving up of robbed property (without a change of hands after the renunciation) gives the robber no rights. מילי דכ׳־ words spoken merely for saying something, for fun. Snh.29b כל מילי דכ׳וכ׳ people do not remember words thrown out in a jocular way.Bekh.8b מילי דכ׳ Ar. fictions, stories; v. כַּדְבָא).בִּכְ׳ for whatever it be, for a trifle; for no cause. Yeb. 39b בכ׳ תיפוק can she be dismissed without any formality (with his mere refusal to marry her)?Taan.5b, v. בְּכָא. Keth. l. c. לא שדי … בכ׳ one does not throw away ones money at random (unless sure that there is no legal impediment to marrying the woman whom he is about to redeem). Ned.22a בכ׳ לא אדרתה for a paltry reason she would surely not have forbidden her, v. נְדַר. Ib. 29a פקעה בכ׳ ceases without any formality; a. e.מִכְּ׳ from such ( a condition) as it is, now, well, you know. Gitt.68b מ׳ כי מייתוכ׳ now when you die, you will have Sabb.78a מ׳ כל מילתאוכ׳ you know, whenever there is an ordinary and an extraordinary way of using an object, Ḥull.109b; a. e.Esp. (introducing an argument) now, is it not so? Ib. 29a מ׳ על עיף קאיוכ׳ does not the writer of the Mishnah treat of birds? Well then, if he meant sacrificial fowls he ought to have said hammolek! B. Kam.3a מ׳ שקוליןוכ׳ now that they are alike, let both be included, for which will you exclude?Bets.2b מ׳ מאן סתמהוכ׳ now, who is it that states that proposition in the Mishnah anonymously? Of course, Rabbi. Now, why ; a. fr.

עָלַםIII, עֲלַם, עָלְמָא, עַלְ׳ m. = h. עוֹלָם, eternity, world Targ. Gen. 9:16. Targ. O. Ex. 21:6. Targ. Ps. 61:7; a. v. fr.R. Hash. 31a שיתא אלפי שני הוי ע׳וכ׳ the world shall last six thousand years, and one thousand years it will be waste. Gitt.56b, v. חֲשֵׁב; a. v. fr.Midr. Sam. ch. 24; Yalk. ib. 139 ע׳ דשקר the world of falsehood (this world); Lev. R. s. 26 (some ed. עולם, h. form); ע׳ דקושטא the world of truth (the hereafter). Sot.10b, a. fr. ע׳ דאתי the world to come (= h. עולם הבא).בית ע׳ the house of eternity (euphem. for ‘the house of death) burial ground, cemetery. Lam. R. to I, 5. Lev. R. s. 12, beg.; a. e.Kidd.80b אינשי דע׳ common people (opp. to scholars).כל ע׳, כולי ע׳ (abbrev. כ״ע), v. כּוֹלָּא. Ber.36b כ״ע לא פליגי all the authorities mentioned agree; a. v. fr.בְּעַלְמָא in a general wag, merely. Targ. Y. Lev. 26:24; 28.Sabb.103b, v. בגלטורי. Ib. 9b להזיע בע׳ merely to sweat (not to bathe); לעיוני בע׳ merely to examine (not to do any labor); a. v. fr.Pl. עָלְמִין, עָלְמַיָּיא; constr. עָלְמֵי. Targ. Ps. 9:8. Targ. O. Ex. 15:18; a. fr.Targ. Is. 42:11 בתי עַלְמֵיהוֹן their graves (v. supra).

עָלַםIII, עֲלַם, עָלְמָא, עַלְ׳ m. = h. עוֹלָם, eternity, world Targ. Gen. 9:16. Targ. O. Ex. 21:6. Targ. Ps. 61:7; a. v. fr.R. Hash. 31a שיתא אלפי שני הוי ע׳וכ׳ the world shall last six thousand years, and one thousand years it will be waste. Gitt.56b, v. חֲשֵׁב; a. v. fr.Midr. Sam. ch. 24; Yalk. ib. 139 ע׳ דשקר the world of falsehood (this world); Lev. R. s. 26 (some ed. עולם, h. form); ע׳ דקושטא the world of truth (the hereafter). Sot.10b, a. fr. ע׳ דאתי the world to come (= h. עולם הבא).בית ע׳ the house of eternity (euphem. for ‘the house of death) burial ground, cemetery. Lam. R. to I, 5. Lev. R. s. 12, beg.; a. e.Kidd.80b אינשי דע׳ common people (opp. to scholars).כל ע׳, כולי ע׳ (abbrev. כ״ע), v. כּוֹלָּא. Ber.36b כ״ע לא פליגי all the authorities mentioned agree; a. v. fr.בְּעַלְמָא in a general wag, merely. Targ. Y. Lev. 26:24; 28.Sabb.103b, v. בגלטורי. Ib. 9b להזיע בע׳ merely to sweat (not to bathe); לעיוני בע׳ merely to examine (not to do any labor); a. v. fr.Pl. עָלְמִין, עָלְמַיָּיא; constr. עָלְמֵי. Targ. Ps. 9:8. Targ. O. Ex. 15:18; a. fr.Targ. Is. 42:11 בתי עַלְמֵיהוֹן their graves (v. supra).

דִּיבְקָא, דּוּבְקָאm. ( דבק) joining, combination. Meïl. 16b האי ד׳ דידך היא Ar. (ed. דְּיוּקָא) this is merely thy own combination (that Rabs opinion was delivered in connection with the Mishnah), but Rab himself recited merely a tradition (without reference to that special clause of the Mishnah).

דִּיבְקָא, דּוּבְקָאm. ( דבק) joining, combination. Meïl. 16b האי ד׳ דידך היא Ar. (ed. דְּיוּקָא) this is merely thy own combination (that Rabs opinion was delivered in connection with the Mishnah), but Rab himself recited merely a tradition (without reference to that special clause of the Mishnah).

דִּיבְקָא, דּוּבְקָאm. ( דבק) joining, combination. Meïl. 16b האי ד׳ דידך היא Ar. (ed. דְּיוּקָא) this is merely thy own combination (that Rabs opinion was delivered in connection with the Mishnah), but Rab himself recited merely a tradition (without reference to that special clause of the Mishnah).

דִּיבְקָא, דּוּבְקָאm. ( דבק) joining, combination. Meïl. 16b האי ד׳ דידך היא Ar. (ed. דְּיוּקָא) this is merely thy own combination (that Rabs opinion was delivered in connection with the Mishnah), but Rab himself recited merely a tradition (without reference to that special clause of the Mishnah).

מחי, מָחָה,(מָחַח) (b. h.; v. מָהָה) to rub, wipe out; to wear out, destroy. (In Talm. mostly מָחַק. Erub.l3a; Sot.II, 4 (17b) (ref. to ימחה, Num. 5:23) כתב שיכול לִמְחוֹת (Mish. להִמָּחֵק) a writing which one can wash off. Gen. R. s. 23 (play on מחויאל, Gen. 4:18) מוֹחָן אניוכ׳ I shall wipe them out of the world; a. e.V. מָחוּי. Pi. מִיחָה (to strike out, annul, 1) to protest against. B. Bath.38b מי׳ בפני שנים if he entered a protest against the illegitimate occupation of his property in the presence of two (v. מְחָאָה). Ib. וכי למָחוֹתוכ׳ must he protest in the occupants presence?Keth.11a מִיחֲתָה she protested against her conversion in childhood. Pes.88a יכולה למחות she has the privilege of protesting (declaring her preference); a. fr. 2) (with ב or ביד of the person) to forewarn, interfere, try to prevent. Sabb.55b bot. מפני שהיה לו … בחפני ולא מי׳ (not לחפני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it was for Ph. to forewarn Hofni, and he did not. Ib.a שאם מִיחוּ בהם לא יקבלו מהם (Ms. M. מחו … קבלו) that if they warned them, they would not have heeded them. Pes.IV, 8, a. e. לא מיחו בידם they did not prohibit their doing so; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 עמדו הבנית (ו)מִיחוּ על עצמןוכ׳ the daughters (in their fathers absence) entered a protest concerning themselves and gave themselves away to husbands (Pesik. Bshall., p. 82a>, a. e. נתעסקו בעצמן). Hif. הִמְחָה 1) to dissolve, dilute. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d ה׳ את החמץ if (by boiling) he made a mush of the leavened matter (made it unrecognizable). Ḥull.120a; Y.Maas. Sh. II, beg. 53b, a. e., v. גָּמָא; a. fr. (interchanging with הִמְהָה).Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 8 הִמְחָן באור (not באויר) if he thawed the frozen water by artificial heat.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 6:7 וממחה, read וממסה, v. מָסָה. 2) to rub off, cleanse, polish. B. Bath. V, 10 מַמְחֶה משקלותיו cleanses his weights. Lev. R. s. 7 (play on מיחים, Ps. 66:15) כזה שהוא ממחה בקערה like him who wipes a dish (licks the remnants up); Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61a>; Pesik. R. s. 16; a. e.Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII מַמְחָה בכפיה she produces a sound by rubbing her hands (in sympathy with the mourners). 3) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to recognize as an authority; in gen. to authorize; to appoint. Snh.23a לא כל הימנו … שהִמְחוּהוּ רבים עליהם he cannot reject a judge whom the majority has recognized as an authority over them. B. Mets. IX, 12 הִמְחֵהוּ אצלוכ׳ if he gave him an order to the storekeeper. Y.Pes.VIII, 35d top אם במַמְחִין סתם האשה מַמְחָהוכ׳ if by מדעתו is meant giving authority (and not merely knowing and tolerating), it is tacitly understood that a woman makes an appointment as if saying, I will dine with my children; if it means merely knowing, then theMishnah (Pes. VIII, 1) means appointment.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a הממחה צדדיו ed. Krot., v. מָתַח. Nif. נִמְחֶה to be dissolved, washed away; to be wiped out, destroyed. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d a cake boiled שלא נ׳ without being mashed beyond recognition (v. supra). Taan.III, 8, a. e. אם נִמְחֵיתוכ׳, whether the stone … has been washed away, v. אֶבֶן. Tosef. Par. l. c. נִימּוֹחוּ (fr. מָחַח) the water was thawed up. Gen. R. s. 28. אפי׳ אסטרובולין … נ׳. even the millstone was washed away. Ib. וכמה נימוחו מהם and how many of them were destroyed?; a. e.

מחי, מָחָה,(מָחַח) (b. h.; v. מָהָה) to rub, wipe out; to wear out, destroy. (In Talm. mostly מָחַק. Erub.l3a; Sot.II, 4 (17b) (ref. to ימחה, Num. 5:23) כתב שיכול לִמְחוֹת (Mish. להִמָּחֵק) a writing which one can wash off. Gen. R. s. 23 (play on מחויאל, Gen. 4:18) מוֹחָן אניוכ׳ I shall wipe them out of the world; a. e.V. מָחוּי. Pi. מִיחָה (to strike out, annul, 1) to protest against. B. Bath.38b מי׳ בפני שנים if he entered a protest against the illegitimate occupation of his property in the presence of two (v. מְחָאָה). Ib. וכי למָחוֹתוכ׳ must he protest in the occupants presence?Keth.11a מִיחֲתָה she protested against her conversion in childhood. Pes.88a יכולה למחות she has the privilege of protesting (declaring her preference); a. fr. 2) (with ב or ביד of the person) to forewarn, interfere, try to prevent. Sabb.55b bot. מפני שהיה לו … בחפני ולא מי׳ (not לחפני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it was for Ph. to forewarn Hofni, and he did not. Ib.a שאם מִיחוּ בהם לא יקבלו מהם (Ms. M. מחו … קבלו) that if they warned them, they would not have heeded them. Pes.IV, 8, a. e. לא מיחו בידם they did not prohibit their doing so; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 עמדו הבנית (ו)מִיחוּ על עצמןוכ׳ the daughters (in their fathers absence) entered a protest concerning themselves and gave themselves away to husbands (Pesik. Bshall., p. 82a>, a. e. נתעסקו בעצמן). Hif. הִמְחָה 1) to dissolve, dilute. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d ה׳ את החמץ if (by boiling) he made a mush of the leavened matter (made it unrecognizable). Ḥull.120a; Y.Maas. Sh. II, beg. 53b, a. e., v. גָּמָא; a. fr. (interchanging with הִמְהָה).Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 8 הִמְחָן באור (not באויר) if he thawed the frozen water by artificial heat.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 6:7 וממחה, read וממסה, v. מָסָה. 2) to rub off, cleanse, polish. B. Bath. V, 10 מַמְחֶה משקלותיו cleanses his weights. Lev. R. s. 7 (play on מיחים, Ps. 66:15) כזה שהוא ממחה בקערה like him who wipes a dish (licks the remnants up); Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61a>; Pesik. R. s. 16; a. e.Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII מַמְחָה בכפיה she produces a sound by rubbing her hands (in sympathy with the mourners). 3) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to recognize as an authority; in gen. to authorize; to appoint. Snh.23a לא כל הימנו … שהִמְחוּהוּ רבים עליהם he cannot reject a judge whom the majority has recognized as an authority over them. B. Mets. IX, 12 הִמְחֵהוּ אצלוכ׳ if he gave him an order to the storekeeper. Y.Pes.VIII, 35d top אם במַמְחִין סתם האשה מַמְחָהוכ׳ if by מדעתו is meant giving authority (and not merely knowing and tolerating), it is tacitly understood that a woman makes an appointment as if saying, I will dine with my children; if it means merely knowing, then theMishnah (Pes. VIII, 1) means appointment.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a הממחה צדדיו ed. Krot., v. מָתַח. Nif. נִמְחֶה to be dissolved, washed away; to be wiped out, destroyed. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d a cake boiled שלא נ׳ without being mashed beyond recognition (v. supra). Taan.III, 8, a. e. אם נִמְחֵיתוכ׳, whether the stone … has been washed away, v. אֶבֶן. Tosef. Par. l. c. נִימּוֹחוּ (fr. מָחַח) the water was thawed up. Gen. R. s. 28. אפי׳ אסטרובולין … נ׳. even the millstone was washed away. Ib. וכמה נימוחו מהם and how many of them were destroyed?; a. e.

מחי, מָחָה,(מָחַח) (b. h.; v. מָהָה) to rub, wipe out; to wear out, destroy. (In Talm. mostly מָחַק. Erub.l3a; Sot.II, 4 (17b) (ref. to ימחה, Num. 5:23) כתב שיכול לִמְחוֹת (Mish. להִמָּחֵק) a writing which one can wash off. Gen. R. s. 23 (play on מחויאל, Gen. 4:18) מוֹחָן אניוכ׳ I shall wipe them out of the world; a. e.V. מָחוּי. Pi. מִיחָה (to strike out, annul, 1) to protest against. B. Bath.38b מי׳ בפני שנים if he entered a protest against the illegitimate occupation of his property in the presence of two (v. מְחָאָה). Ib. וכי למָחוֹתוכ׳ must he protest in the occupants presence?Keth.11a מִיחֲתָה she protested against her conversion in childhood. Pes.88a יכולה למחות she has the privilege of protesting (declaring her preference); a. fr. 2) (with ב or ביד of the person) to forewarn, interfere, try to prevent. Sabb.55b bot. מפני שהיה לו … בחפני ולא מי׳ (not לחפני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it was for Ph. to forewarn Hofni, and he did not. Ib.a שאם מִיחוּ בהם לא יקבלו מהם (Ms. M. מחו … קבלו) that if they warned them, they would not have heeded them. Pes.IV, 8, a. e. לא מיחו בידם they did not prohibit their doing so; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 עמדו הבנית (ו)מִיחוּ על עצמןוכ׳ the daughters (in their fathers absence) entered a protest concerning themselves and gave themselves away to husbands (Pesik. Bshall., p. 82a>, a. e. נתעסקו בעצמן). Hif. הִמְחָה 1) to dissolve, dilute. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d ה׳ את החמץ if (by boiling) he made a mush of the leavened matter (made it unrecognizable). Ḥull.120a; Y.Maas. Sh. II, beg. 53b, a. e., v. גָּמָא; a. fr. (interchanging with הִמְהָה).Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 8 הִמְחָן באור (not באויר) if he thawed the frozen water by artificial heat.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 6:7 וממחה, read וממסה, v. מָסָה. 2) to rub off, cleanse, polish. B. Bath. V, 10 מַמְחֶה משקלותיו cleanses his weights. Lev. R. s. 7 (play on מיחים, Ps. 66:15) כזה שהוא ממחה בקערה like him who wipes a dish (licks the remnants up); Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61a>; Pesik. R. s. 16; a. e.Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII מַמְחָה בכפיה she produces a sound by rubbing her hands (in sympathy with the mourners). 3) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to recognize as an authority; in gen. to authorize; to appoint. Snh.23a לא כל הימנו … שהִמְחוּהוּ רבים עליהם he cannot reject a judge whom the majority has recognized as an authority over them. B. Mets. IX, 12 הִמְחֵהוּ אצלוכ׳ if he gave him an order to the storekeeper. Y.Pes.VIII, 35d top אם במַמְחִין סתם האשה מַמְחָהוכ׳ if by מדעתו is meant giving authority (and not merely knowing and tolerating), it is tacitly understood that a woman makes an appointment as if saying, I will dine with my children; if it means merely knowing, then theMishnah (Pes. VIII, 1) means appointment.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a הממחה צדדיו ed. Krot., v. מָתַח. Nif. נִמְחֶה to be dissolved, washed away; to be wiped out, destroyed. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d a cake boiled שלא נ׳ without being mashed beyond recognition (v. supra). Taan.III, 8, a. e. אם נִמְחֵיתוכ׳, whether the stone … has been washed away, v. אֶבֶן. Tosef. Par. l. c. נִימּוֹחוּ (fr. מָחַח) the water was thawed up. Gen. R. s. 28. אפי׳ אסטרובולין … נ׳. even the millstone was washed away. Ib. וכמה נימוחו מהם and how many of them were destroyed?; a. e.

עֵירוּב, עֵר׳m. (עָרַב I) 1) interweaving, mixture, conjunction. Kinn. I, 4 שתי נשים שלקחו … בע׳ two women that bought their birds for sacrifices in common (not designating which of them belonged to the one and which to the other). Mikv. VI, 7 ע׳ מקואות in the case of two bathing reservoirs joined (a connection having formed between them); Ḥag.21b; Yeb.15a. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d על עֵירוּבוֹ for eating leavened matter in a mixture, opp. חמץ ברור; Bab. ib. 43a; a. e.Pl. עֶירוּבִין, עֵר׳. Y.Orl.II, 61d bot. Y.Bicc.II, 65a top אין הביכורין … עֵירוּבֵיהֶןוכ׳ first-fruits have no prohibitive effect on mixtures or on what has grown of them as to eating them in Jerusalem. Ib. עֵירוּבֵי בכורים mixtures of first-fruits with common ones; ע׳ מעשר mixtures of tithes with secular fruit. עירוב פרשיות an interweaving of biblical sections, clauses of one section taken over, for interpretative purposes, to a succeeding section; misplacement. B. Kam. 107a (ref. to the clause אשר יאמר … שניהם, Ex. 22:8) ע׳ פ׳ כתוב כאןוכ׳ here is a misplacement, and the words Ki hu zeh (which intimate that an oath can be administered only when the defendant admits a part of the claim) refer to the subject of loans (Ex. l. c. 24 sq.). Snh.2b אי קסבר ע׳ פ׳ … ליבעי נמי מומחין if he adopts the opinion that here is a misplaced clause (and ki hu zeh refers to loans), let him also require authorized, learned judges (אלהים)! 2) ‘Erub, a symbolical act by which the legal fiction of community or continuity is established, e. g. a) with ref. to Sabbath limits (תחומין): a person deposits, before the Sabbath (or the Holy Day), certain eatables to remain in their place over the next day, by which act he transfers his abode to that place, and his movements on the Sabbath are measured from it as the centre; b) with ref. to buildings with a common court (חצירות): the inmates contribute their share towards a dish which is deposited in one of the dwellings, by which act all the dwellings are considered as common to all (one רָשוּת), and the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from one to the other and across the court is permitted; c) with ref. to preparing meals (תבשילין) for the Sabbath on a Holy Day occurring on a Friday: a person prepares a dish on Thursday and lets it lie over until the end of the Sabbath, by which fiction all the cooking for the Sabbath which he does on the Holy Day (Friday) is merely a continuation of the preparation begun on Thursday. Erub.III, 2 השולח עֵרוּבוֹ … ביד מי שאינו מודה בע׳ if a person sends his ‘Erub (the eatables to be deposited) through a deaf mute or through one who does not believe in the Erub (e. g. a Samaritan), אינו ע׳ it is not a legal ‘Erub. Ib. 3 אין ערובו ע׳ his Erub is not legal. Ib. 5 מתנה אדם על ערובו … עֵרוּבִיוכ׳ a person may make his Sabbath centre conditional (by laying two ‘Erubs on two opposite points) and say, if gentile troops should invade from the east, my Sabbath centre shall be on the western side Ib. VI, 10 נתנו עֵרוּבָן במקוםוכ׳ if the inmates of a court placed their ‘Erub (common dish) at a certain place, but one, of the inner or of the outer court, had forgotten to contribute his share. Ib. VII, 9 בתחלת ע׳ when the common dish is in its original state; בשירי ע׳ when there are merely remnants left over. Bets.15b מי שהיה לו להניח ערובווכ׳ he who had the means to prepare and leave a dish on Thursday and does not do it; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Erub.21b בשעה שהתקין שלמה ע׳ when Solomon introduced the ‘Erub. Ib. VII, 11 עֵרוּבֵי תחומין ‘Erubs for the purpose of regulating Sabbath limits; ע׳ חצירות for the purpose of regulating the Sabbath movements of inmates of common courts. Yoma 28b קיים …אפי׳ עירובי תבשילין Abraham observed even the regulations concerning preparations for the Sabbath on a Holy Day preceding it. Bets. l. c. מי שלא היה לו להניח ע׳ תבשילין he who had not the means to prepare a dish on Thursday (v. supra). Gen. R. s. 49 אפי׳ הילכות עירובי חצירותוכ׳ Abraham knew even the laws regulating Sabbath movements among inmates of a court by means of ‘Erub; a. fr.‘Erubin, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.

עֵירוּב, עֵר׳m. (עָרַב I) 1) interweaving, mixture, conjunction. Kinn. I, 4 שתי נשים שלקחו … בע׳ two women that bought their birds for sacrifices in common (not designating which of them belonged to the one and which to the other). Mikv. VI, 7 ע׳ מקואות in the case of two bathing reservoirs joined (a connection having formed between them); Ḥag.21b; Yeb.15a. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d על עֵירוּבוֹ for eating leavened matter in a mixture, opp. חמץ ברור; Bab. ib. 43a; a. e.Pl. עֶירוּבִין, עֵר׳. Y.Orl.II, 61d bot. Y.Bicc.II, 65a top אין הביכורין … עֵירוּבֵיהֶןוכ׳ first-fruits have no prohibitive effect on mixtures or on what has grown of them as to eating them in Jerusalem. Ib. עֵירוּבֵי בכורים mixtures of first-fruits with common ones; ע׳ מעשר mixtures of tithes with secular fruit. עירוב פרשיות an interweaving of biblical sections, clauses of one section taken over, for interpretative purposes, to a succeeding section; misplacement. B. Kam. 107a (ref. to the clause אשר יאמר … שניהם, Ex. 22:8) ע׳ פ׳ כתוב כאןוכ׳ here is a misplacement, and the words Ki hu zeh (which intimate that an oath can be administered only when the defendant admits a part of the claim) refer to the subject of loans (Ex. l. c. 24 sq.). Snh.2b אי קסבר ע׳ פ׳ … ליבעי נמי מומחין if he adopts the opinion that here is a misplaced clause (and ki hu zeh refers to loans), let him also require authorized, learned judges (אלהים)! 2) ‘Erub, a symbolical act by which the legal fiction of community or continuity is established, e. g. a) with ref. to Sabbath limits (תחומין): a person deposits, before the Sabbath (or the Holy Day), certain eatables to remain in their place over the next day, by which act he transfers his abode to that place, and his movements on the Sabbath are measured from it as the centre; b) with ref. to buildings with a common court (חצירות): the inmates contribute their share towards a dish which is deposited in one of the dwellings, by which act all the dwellings are considered as common to all (one רָשוּת), and the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from one to the other and across the court is permitted; c) with ref. to preparing meals (תבשילין) for the Sabbath on a Holy Day occurring on a Friday: a person prepares a dish on Thursday and lets it lie over until the end of the Sabbath, by which fiction all the cooking for the Sabbath which he does on the Holy Day (Friday) is merely a continuation of the preparation begun on Thursday. Erub.III, 2 השולח עֵרוּבוֹ … ביד מי שאינו מודה בע׳ if a person sends his ‘Erub (the eatables to be deposited) through a deaf mute or through one who does not believe in the Erub (e. g. a Samaritan), אינו ע׳ it is not a legal ‘Erub. Ib. 3 אין ערובו ע׳ his Erub is not legal. Ib. 5 מתנה אדם על ערובו … עֵרוּבִיוכ׳ a person may make his Sabbath centre conditional (by laying two ‘Erubs on two opposite points) and say, if gentile troops should invade from the east, my Sabbath centre shall be on the western side Ib. VI, 10 נתנו עֵרוּבָן במקוםוכ׳ if the inmates of a court placed their ‘Erub (common dish) at a certain place, but one, of the inner or of the outer court, had forgotten to contribute his share. Ib. VII, 9 בתחלת ע׳ when the common dish is in its original state; בשירי ע׳ when there are merely remnants left over. Bets.15b מי שהיה לו להניח ערובווכ׳ he who had the means to prepare and leave a dish on Thursday and does not do it; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Erub.21b בשעה שהתקין שלמה ע׳ when Solomon introduced the ‘Erub. Ib. VII, 11 עֵרוּבֵי תחומין ‘Erubs for the purpose of regulating Sabbath limits; ע׳ חצירות for the purpose of regulating the Sabbath movements of inmates of common courts. Yoma 28b קיים …אפי׳ עירובי תבשילין Abraham observed even the regulations concerning preparations for the Sabbath on a Holy Day preceding it. Bets. l. c. מי שלא היה לו להניח ע׳ תבשילין he who had not the means to prepare a dish on Thursday (v. supra). Gen. R. s. 49 אפי׳ הילכות עירובי חצירותוכ׳ Abraham knew even the laws regulating Sabbath movements among inmates of a court by means of ‘Erub; a. fr.‘Erubin, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.

עֵירוּב, עֵר׳m. (עָרַב I) 1) interweaving, mixture, conjunction. Kinn. I, 4 שתי נשים שלקחו … בע׳ two women that bought their birds for sacrifices in common (not designating which of them belonged to the one and which to the other). Mikv. VI, 7 ע׳ מקואות in the case of two bathing reservoirs joined (a connection having formed between them); Ḥag.21b; Yeb.15a. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d על עֵירוּבוֹ for eating leavened matter in a mixture, opp. חמץ ברור; Bab. ib. 43a; a. e.Pl. עֶירוּבִין, עֵר׳. Y.Orl.II, 61d bot. Y.Bicc.II, 65a top אין הביכורין … עֵירוּבֵיהֶןוכ׳ first-fruits have no prohibitive effect on mixtures or on what has grown of them as to eating them in Jerusalem. Ib. עֵירוּבֵי בכורים mixtures of first-fruits with common ones; ע׳ מעשר mixtures of tithes with secular fruit. עירוב פרשיות an interweaving of biblical sections, clauses of one section taken over, for interpretative purposes, to a succeeding section; misplacement. B. Kam. 107a (ref. to the clause אשר יאמר … שניהם, Ex. 22:8) ע׳ פ׳ כתוב כאןוכ׳ here is a misplacement, and the words Ki hu zeh (which intimate that an oath can be administered only when the defendant admits a part of the claim) refer to the subject of loans (Ex. l. c. 24 sq.). Snh.2b אי קסבר ע׳ פ׳ … ליבעי נמי מומחין if he adopts the opinion that here is a misplaced clause (and ki hu zeh refers to loans), let him also require authorized, learned judges (אלהים)! 2) ‘Erub, a symbolical act by which the legal fiction of community or continuity is established, e. g. a) with ref. to Sabbath limits (תחומין): a person deposits, before the Sabbath (or the Holy Day), certain eatables to remain in their place over the next day, by which act he transfers his abode to that place, and his movements on the Sabbath are measured from it as the centre; b) with ref. to buildings with a common court (חצירות): the inmates contribute their share towards a dish which is deposited in one of the dwellings, by which act all the dwellings are considered as common to all (one רָשוּת), and the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from one to the other and across the court is permitted; c) with ref. to preparing meals (תבשילין) for the Sabbath on a Holy Day occurring on a Friday: a person prepares a dish on Thursday and lets it lie over until the end of the Sabbath, by which fiction all the cooking for the Sabbath which he does on the Holy Day (Friday) is merely a continuation of the preparation begun on Thursday. Erub.III, 2 השולח עֵרוּבוֹ … ביד מי שאינו מודה בע׳ if a person sends his ‘Erub (the eatables to be deposited) through a deaf mute or through one who does not believe in the Erub (e. g. a Samaritan), אינו ע׳ it is not a legal ‘Erub. Ib. 3 אין ערובו ע׳ his Erub is not legal. Ib. 5 מתנה אדם על ערובו … עֵרוּבִיוכ׳ a person may make his Sabbath centre conditional (by laying two ‘Erubs on two opposite points) and say, if gentile troops should invade from the east, my Sabbath centre shall be on the western side Ib. VI, 10 נתנו עֵרוּבָן במקוםוכ׳ if the inmates of a court placed their ‘Erub (common dish) at a certain place, but one, of the inner or of the outer court, had forgotten to contribute his share. Ib. VII, 9 בתחלת ע׳ when the common dish is in its original state; בשירי ע׳ when there are merely remnants left over. Bets.15b מי שהיה לו להניח ערובווכ׳ he who had the means to prepare and leave a dish on Thursday and does not do it; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Erub.21b בשעה שהתקין שלמה ע׳ when Solomon introduced the ‘Erub. Ib. VII, 11 עֵרוּבֵי תחומין ‘Erubs for the purpose of regulating Sabbath limits; ע׳ חצירות for the purpose of regulating the Sabbath movements of inmates of common courts. Yoma 28b קיים …אפי׳ עירובי תבשילין Abraham observed even the regulations concerning preparations for the Sabbath on a Holy Day preceding it. Bets. l. c. מי שלא היה לו להניח ע׳ תבשילין he who had not the means to prepare a dish on Thursday (v. supra). Gen. R. s. 49 אפי׳ הילכות עירובי חצירותוכ׳ Abraham knew even the laws regulating Sabbath movements among inmates of a court by means of ‘Erub; a. fr.‘Erubin, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.

עֵירוּב, עֵר׳m. (עָרַב I) 1) interweaving, mixture, conjunction. Kinn. I, 4 שתי נשים שלקחו … בע׳ two women that bought their birds for sacrifices in common (not designating which of them belonged to the one and which to the other). Mikv. VI, 7 ע׳ מקואות in the case of two bathing reservoirs joined (a connection having formed between them); Ḥag.21b; Yeb.15a. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d על עֵירוּבוֹ for eating leavened matter in a mixture, opp. חמץ ברור; Bab. ib. 43a; a. e.Pl. עֶירוּבִין, עֵר׳. Y.Orl.II, 61d bot. Y.Bicc.II, 65a top אין הביכורין … עֵירוּבֵיהֶןוכ׳ first-fruits have no prohibitive effect on mixtures or on what has grown of them as to eating them in Jerusalem. Ib. עֵירוּבֵי בכורים mixtures of first-fruits with common ones; ע׳ מעשר mixtures of tithes with secular fruit. עירוב פרשיות an interweaving of biblical sections, clauses of one section taken over, for interpretative purposes, to a succeeding section; misplacement. B. Kam. 107a (ref. to the clause אשר יאמר … שניהם, Ex. 22:8) ע׳ פ׳ כתוב כאןוכ׳ here is a misplacement, and the words Ki hu zeh (which intimate that an oath can be administered only when the defendant admits a part of the claim) refer to the subject of loans (Ex. l. c. 24 sq.). Snh.2b אי קסבר ע׳ פ׳ … ליבעי נמי מומחין if he adopts the opinion that here is a misplaced clause (and ki hu zeh refers to loans), let him also require authorized, learned judges (אלהים)! 2) ‘Erub, a symbolical act by which the legal fiction of community or continuity is established, e. g. a) with ref. to Sabbath limits (תחומין): a person deposits, before the Sabbath (or the Holy Day), certain eatables to remain in their place over the next day, by which act he transfers his abode to that place, and his movements on the Sabbath are measured from it as the centre; b) with ref. to buildings with a common court (חצירות): the inmates contribute their share towards a dish which is deposited in one of the dwellings, by which act all the dwellings are considered as common to all (one רָשוּת), and the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from one to the other and across the court is permitted; c) with ref. to preparing meals (תבשילין) for the Sabbath on a Holy Day occurring on a Friday: a person prepares a dish on Thursday and lets it lie over until the end of the Sabbath, by which fiction all the cooking for the Sabbath which he does on the Holy Day (Friday) is merely a continuation of the preparation begun on Thursday. Erub.III, 2 השולח עֵרוּבוֹ … ביד מי שאינו מודה בע׳ if a person sends his ‘Erub (the eatables to be deposited) through a deaf mute or through one who does not believe in the Erub (e. g. a Samaritan), אינו ע׳ it is not a legal ‘Erub. Ib. 3 אין ערובו ע׳ his Erub is not legal. Ib. 5 מתנה אדם על ערובו … עֵרוּבִיוכ׳ a person may make his Sabbath centre conditional (by laying two ‘Erubs on two opposite points) and say, if gentile troops should invade from the east, my Sabbath centre shall be on the western side Ib. VI, 10 נתנו עֵרוּבָן במקוםוכ׳ if the inmates of a court placed their ‘Erub (common dish) at a certain place, but one, of the inner or of the outer court, had forgotten to contribute his share. Ib. VII, 9 בתחלת ע׳ when the common dish is in its original state; בשירי ע׳ when there are merely remnants left over. Bets.15b מי שהיה לו להניח ערובווכ׳ he who had the means to prepare and leave a dish on Thursday and does not do it; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Erub.21b בשעה שהתקין שלמה ע׳ when Solomon introduced the ‘Erub. Ib. VII, 11 עֵרוּבֵי תחומין ‘Erubs for the purpose of regulating Sabbath limits; ע׳ חצירות for the purpose of regulating the Sabbath movements of inmates of common courts. Yoma 28b קיים …אפי׳ עירובי תבשילין Abraham observed even the regulations concerning preparations for the Sabbath on a Holy Day preceding it. Bets. l. c. מי שלא היה לו להניח ע׳ תבשילין he who had not the means to prepare a dish on Thursday (v. supra). Gen. R. s. 49 אפי׳ הילכות עירובי חצירותוכ׳ Abraham knew even the laws regulating Sabbath movements among inmates of a court by means of ‘Erub; a. fr.‘Erubin, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Yrushalmi.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.