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תְּחוּםm. (cmp. חוֹמָה) (surrounded, marked place, dominion, area, district, border, limits. Tosef.Shebi.IV, 9, a. fr. בת׳ צור in the district of Tyre. Ib. 11 ת׳ ארץ ישראלוכ׳ the border lines of Palestine (with regard to agricultural laws) are ; (Y. ib. VI, 36c top תְּחוּמֵי pl.).Y.Ber.VIII, 12c top (ref. to Gen. 1:8) לאור … היום יהא תְחוּמְךָוכ׳ to the light he said, the day be thy dominion, to the darkness he said, the night be thy dominion; Gen. R. s. 3; Yalk. Job 924. Gen. R. s. 6 על ידי שנכנס בתְחוּמוֹוכ׳ because it (the moon) trespassed on its neighbors (the suns) dominion; Yalk. ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. ת׳ שבת, or ת׳ the ( marked off) area around a town or place within which it is permitted to move on the Sabbath (based on Ex. 16:29), Sabbath limits (two thousand cubits in every direction). Erub.IV, 3. Ib. III, 4. Ib. 51b ויצא עשיר חוץ לת׳וכ׳ and the rich man may go (on Friday) beyond the Sabbath district and say, this be my resting point (שְׁבִיתָה). Ḥag.15a עד כאן ת̇׳ שבת here the Sabbath limits end (you dare not go beyond). Ab. Zar.8b עיר … ות׳ שסומכיןוכ׳ the town in which an ordination takes place, shall be destroyed; and the Sabbath district (around it) in which an ordination is held, shall be laid waste; a. fr.Pl. תְּחוּמִים, תְּחוּמִין. Ib. הלך … בין שני תְחוּמֵי שבתוכ׳ he went and sat down (to ordain scholars) between two mountains, and between two large towns, between two Sabbath districts (in an area belonging to neither town), between Usha Erub. l. c. כגון שיש לו … ושני תחומי שבת ביניהן when he has two houses with two Sabbath distances between them. Ib. 44b אם היו ת׳ … נבלעיןוכ׳ if the limits which the scholars assigned to him (to travel on the Sabbath for public necessities) overlapped his own (ordinary) Sabbath limits. Ib., a. e. הבלעת ת׳ the overlapping of districts. Ib. 35b ת׳ דאורייתא נינהו the law concerning Sabbath limits is Biblical; ib. 36a ת׳ דרבנן is a rabbinical enactment.Y. Shebi. l. c., v. supra; a. v. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 9 תחומין, תחומן, v. תָּחוּב.

תְּחוּםm. (cmp. חוֹמָה) (surrounded, marked place, dominion, area, district, border, limits. Tosef.Shebi.IV, 9, a. fr. בת׳ צור in the district of Tyre. Ib. 11 ת׳ ארץ ישראלוכ׳ the border lines of Palestine (with regard to agricultural laws) are ; (Y. ib. VI, 36c top תְּחוּמֵי pl.).Y.Ber.VIII, 12c top (ref. to Gen. 1:8) לאור … היום יהא תְחוּמְךָוכ׳ to the light he said, the day be thy dominion, to the darkness he said, the night be thy dominion; Gen. R. s. 3; Yalk. Job 924. Gen. R. s. 6 על ידי שנכנס בתְחוּמוֹוכ׳ because it (the moon) trespassed on its neighbors (the suns) dominion; Yalk. ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. ת׳ שבת, or ת׳ the ( marked off) area around a town or place within which it is permitted to move on the Sabbath (based on Ex. 16:29), Sabbath limits (two thousand cubits in every direction). Erub.IV, 3. Ib. III, 4. Ib. 51b ויצא עשיר חוץ לת׳וכ׳ and the rich man may go (on Friday) beyond the Sabbath district and say, this be my resting point (שְׁבִיתָה). Ḥag.15a עד כאן ת̇׳ שבת here the Sabbath limits end (you dare not go beyond). Ab. Zar.8b עיר … ות׳ שסומכיןוכ׳ the town in which an ordination takes place, shall be destroyed; and the Sabbath district (around it) in which an ordination is held, shall be laid waste; a. fr.Pl. תְּחוּמִים, תְּחוּמִין. Ib. הלך … בין שני תְחוּמֵי שבתוכ׳ he went and sat down (to ordain scholars) between two mountains, and between two large towns, between two Sabbath districts (in an area belonging to neither town), between Usha Erub. l. c. כגון שיש לו … ושני תחומי שבת ביניהן when he has two houses with two Sabbath distances between them. Ib. 44b אם היו ת׳ … נבלעיןוכ׳ if the limits which the scholars assigned to him (to travel on the Sabbath for public necessities) overlapped his own (ordinary) Sabbath limits. Ib., a. e. הבלעת ת׳ the overlapping of districts. Ib. 35b ת׳ דאורייתא נינהו the law concerning Sabbath limits is Biblical; ib. 36a ת׳ דרבנן is a rabbinical enactment.Y. Shebi. l. c., v. supra; a. v. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 9 תחומין, תחומן, v. תָּחוּב.

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

סִיקוֹסִים, סִיקוֹסִין, סִקֹ׳I m. pl. (also used as sing.) (σηκός, corresp. to Lat. saeptum, saepta) (pen, enclosure, 1) flood-gate. Lam. R. to II, 11 ס׳ ניתן לעין a flood-gate has been made for (the tears of) the eye. 2) limitation. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to Ps. 119:96) לכל יש ס׳וכ׳ everything has its limitations … except one thing which has none, that is the Law (ref. to Job 11:9); Yalk. Ps. 878. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. 28:14) ס׳ נתן הקב׳׳הוכ׳ the Lord has set limits (to his words) to Jacob, thy seed shall become (as low) as the dust of the earth, but when thy children have reached that condition, then shalt thou spread Lev. R. s. 12 לקרבנות נתתי ס׳ ולך איני ניתן ס׳ for the offerings (to me) I have set limits (ref. to Num. 28:14), but for thee I set no limits (Gods gifts to man are unlimited).

קַרְפִּיף, קַרְפִּףm. (Parel of קפף, cmp. נָקַף II Hif.) 1) enclosure, esp. an enclosed space outside of a settlement, for storage of wood Erub.II, 3 לא אמרו … לגנה ולק׳ they limited the area to two Sahs only for a garden and a storehouse. Ib. 5 הגינה והק׳ שהןוכ׳ a garden or a ḳarpif of seventy (cubits) and a fraction by seventy and a fraction, surrounded by a fence ten handbreadths high Bets.IV, 2 מביאין … ומן הק׳וכ׳ you may bring in (on the Holy Day for immediate use) wood from the field, taking from what is piled up, and from the k. even from what lies around scattered; איזהו ק׳ כלוכ׳ what is understood by k.? An enclosed space near the town. B. Bath.24b ק׳ … שהיקף לדירה a ḳ … which has been enclosed for living purposes; a. fr. 2) an area (of seventy square cubits) outside of a town, added to the city limits for the purposes of Sabbath distances Erub.V, 2 נותנין ק׳ לעיר for measuring Sabbath limits we allow a ḳ. to each town; וחכמים … ק׳ אלא ביןוכ׳ but the scholars say, a ḳ. as an extension to city limits is allowed only in the case of two neighboring towns; אם יש לזו … עושה ק׳ לשתיהן להיותן כאחת (Y. ed. קִרְפּוּף) if there is a space of seventy cubits for one and an equal space for the other, this forms a ḳ. for both, so that they may be considered as one town. Ib. 57a מאי ק׳ תורת ק׳ by ḳ. the scholars mean the application of the law of ḳ. (as an extension to the town); a. fr.Pl. קַרְפִּיפוֹת. Ib. IX, 1 אחד גגות … ק׳ רשותוכ׳ joint roofs, courts, and enclosures are each considered as one area (for Sabbath movements). Ib. 89a; a. fr.

קַרְפִּיף, קַרְפִּףm. (Parel of קפף, cmp. נָקַף II Hif.) 1) enclosure, esp. an enclosed space outside of a settlement, for storage of wood Erub.II, 3 לא אמרו … לגנה ולק׳ they limited the area to two Sahs only for a garden and a storehouse. Ib. 5 הגינה והק׳ שהןוכ׳ a garden or a ḳarpif of seventy (cubits) and a fraction by seventy and a fraction, surrounded by a fence ten handbreadths high Bets.IV, 2 מביאין … ומן הק׳וכ׳ you may bring in (on the Holy Day for immediate use) wood from the field, taking from what is piled up, and from the k. even from what lies around scattered; איזהו ק׳ כלוכ׳ what is understood by k.? An enclosed space near the town. B. Bath.24b ק׳ … שהיקף לדירה a ḳ … which has been enclosed for living purposes; a. fr. 2) an area (of seventy square cubits) outside of a town, added to the city limits for the purposes of Sabbath distances Erub.V, 2 נותנין ק׳ לעיר for measuring Sabbath limits we allow a ḳ. to each town; וחכמים … ק׳ אלא ביןוכ׳ but the scholars say, a ḳ. as an extension to city limits is allowed only in the case of two neighboring towns; אם יש לזו … עושה ק׳ לשתיהן להיותן כאחת (Y. ed. קִרְפּוּף) if there is a space of seventy cubits for one and an equal space for the other, this forms a ḳ. for both, so that they may be considered as one town. Ib. 57a מאי ק׳ תורת ק׳ by ḳ. the scholars mean the application of the law of ḳ. (as an extension to the town); a. fr.Pl. קַרְפִּיפוֹת. Ib. IX, 1 אחד גגות … ק׳ רשותוכ׳ joint roofs, courts, and enclosures are each considered as one area (for Sabbath movements). Ib. 89a; a. fr.

קַרְפִּיף, קַרְפִּףm. (Parel of קפף, cmp. נָקַף II Hif.) 1) enclosure, esp. an enclosed space outside of a settlement, for storage of wood Erub.II, 3 לא אמרו … לגנה ולק׳ they limited the area to two Sahs only for a garden and a storehouse. Ib. 5 הגינה והק׳ שהןוכ׳ a garden or a ḳarpif of seventy (cubits) and a fraction by seventy and a fraction, surrounded by a fence ten handbreadths high Bets.IV, 2 מביאין … ומן הק׳וכ׳ you may bring in (on the Holy Day for immediate use) wood from the field, taking from what is piled up, and from the k. even from what lies around scattered; איזהו ק׳ כלוכ׳ what is understood by k.? An enclosed space near the town. B. Bath.24b ק׳ … שהיקף לדירה a ḳ … which has been enclosed for living purposes; a. fr. 2) an area (of seventy square cubits) outside of a town, added to the city limits for the purposes of Sabbath distances Erub.V, 2 נותנין ק׳ לעיר for measuring Sabbath limits we allow a ḳ. to each town; וחכמים … ק׳ אלא ביןוכ׳ but the scholars say, a ḳ. as an extension to city limits is allowed only in the case of two neighboring towns; אם יש לזו … עושה ק׳ לשתיהן להיותן כאחת (Y. ed. קִרְפּוּף) if there is a space of seventy cubits for one and an equal space for the other, this forms a ḳ. for both, so that they may be considered as one town. Ib. 57a מאי ק׳ תורת ק׳ by ḳ. the scholars mean the application of the law of ḳ. (as an extension to the town); a. fr.Pl. קַרְפִּיפוֹת. Ib. IX, 1 אחד גגות … ק׳ רשותוכ׳ joint roofs, courts, and enclosures are each considered as one area (for Sabbath movements). Ib. 89a; a. fr.

קַרְפִּיף, קַרְפִּףm. (Parel of קפף, cmp. נָקַף II Hif.) 1) enclosure, esp. an enclosed space outside of a settlement, for storage of wood Erub.II, 3 לא אמרו … לגנה ולק׳ they limited the area to two Sahs only for a garden and a storehouse. Ib. 5 הגינה והק׳ שהןוכ׳ a garden or a ḳarpif of seventy (cubits) and a fraction by seventy and a fraction, surrounded by a fence ten handbreadths high Bets.IV, 2 מביאין … ומן הק׳וכ׳ you may bring in (on the Holy Day for immediate use) wood from the field, taking from what is piled up, and from the k. even from what lies around scattered; איזהו ק׳ כלוכ׳ what is understood by k.? An enclosed space near the town. B. Bath.24b ק׳ … שהיקף לדירה a ḳ … which has been enclosed for living purposes; a. fr. 2) an area (of seventy square cubits) outside of a town, added to the city limits for the purposes of Sabbath distances Erub.V, 2 נותנין ק׳ לעיר for measuring Sabbath limits we allow a ḳ. to each town; וחכמים … ק׳ אלא ביןוכ׳ but the scholars say, a ḳ. as an extension to city limits is allowed only in the case of two neighboring towns; אם יש לזו … עושה ק׳ לשתיהן להיותן כאחת (Y. ed. קִרְפּוּף) if there is a space of seventy cubits for one and an equal space for the other, this forms a ḳ. for both, so that they may be considered as one town. Ib. 57a מאי ק׳ תורת ק׳ by ḳ. the scholars mean the application of the law of ḳ. (as an extension to the town); a. fr.Pl. קַרְפִּיפוֹת. Ib. IX, 1 אחד גגות … ק׳ רשותוכ׳ joint roofs, courts, and enclosures are each considered as one area (for Sabbath movements). Ib. 89a; a. fr.

בני, בָּנָה(b. h.; sec. r. of בין) ( to combine, to build. Sabb.XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on-the Sabbath). Ib. 102b משים בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building; a. fr.Metaph. to educate, train. Ber.64a (ref. to Is. 54:13) א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.Ex. R. s. 23 (play on bnoth, Cant. 1:5) בּוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.Ḥull.78b זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. Tosef.Par.VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן. Nif. נִבְנֶה 1) to be built up. Y.B. Bath.III, 14b, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת. 2) (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71. Nithpa. נִתְבַּנֶּה (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopt denaturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens. Pi. בִּינָּה to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh.I, 5.Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth.112a; Sot.34b היתה מְבוּנָּה עלוכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42b (play on benayim, 1 Sam. 17:4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish.

בני, בָּנָה(b. h.; sec. r. of בין) ( to combine, to build. Sabb.XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on-the Sabbath). Ib. 102b משים בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building; a. fr.Metaph. to educate, train. Ber.64a (ref. to Is. 54:13) א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.Ex. R. s. 23 (play on bnoth, Cant. 1:5) בּוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.Ḥull.78b זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. Tosef.Par.VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן. Nif. נִבְנֶה 1) to be built up. Y.B. Bath.III, 14b, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת. 2) (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71. Nithpa. נִתְבַּנֶּה (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopt denaturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens. Pi. בִּינָּה to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh.I, 5.Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth.112a; Sot.34b היתה מְבוּנָּה עלוכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42b (play on benayim, 1 Sam. 17:4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish.

בני, בָּנָה(b. h.; sec. r. of בין) ( to combine, to build. Sabb.XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on-the Sabbath). Ib. 102b משים בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building; a. fr.Metaph. to educate, train. Ber.64a (ref. to Is. 54:13) א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.Ex. R. s. 23 (play on bnoth, Cant. 1:5) בּוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.Ḥull.78b זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. Tosef.Par.VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן. Nif. נִבְנֶה 1) to be built up. Y.B. Bath.III, 14b, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת. 2) (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71. Nithpa. נִתְבַּנֶּה (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopt denaturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens. Pi. בִּינָּה to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh.I, 5.Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth.112a; Sot.34b היתה מְבוּנָּה עלוכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42b (play on benayim, 1 Sam. 17:4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish.

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.

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.

מצי, מָצָה(מָצָא) (b. h.) to squeeze, wring, esp. to wring out the blood of the bird sacrifice. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 הזא מוֹצֶה he wrings it; a. fr. Pi. מִיצָּה, מִצָּה 1) same. Zeb.VI, 5, sq.; a. fr. 2) to pour out to the last drop, to drain. Ib. 64b מי כתיב יְמַצֶּה יִמָּצֵהוכ׳ (ed. punctuate יַמְצֶה, Hif.) it does not say (Lev. 5:9), ‘he shall pour out (the remainder) at the bottom, but ‘it shall be wrung out, which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הִרְכִּינָהּ ומִיצָּה (Y. ed. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. M. ומִצֵּת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath.87b (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87a) הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומִיצֵּית, Ms. M. ומִוצֵּת; Ms. R. ומִיצְּתָהּ). Gen. R. s. 85; s. 92 (play on מצא, Gen. 44:16) כזה שהוא מְמַצֶּהוכ׳ as one drains a vessel and leaves nothing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. 59 (play on מצא, Prov. 18:22) כשהאשה רעה היא מְמַצָּה (כל) הטובות כולן מביתווכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממַצֶּאֶת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read: מְמַצֵּית); a. fr. 3) (cmp. מָצַע) מ׳ מידות to measure exactly. Erub.IV, 11 (52b) אין המשוחות מְמַצִּיןוכ׳ the surveyors (in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the limits), in order to allow for mistakes.Trnsf. to sound ones learning. Men.18a למַצֹּות מידותי to have my own learning examined; למ׳ מידותיווכ׳ to sound the learning of Hithpa. מִתְמַצֶּה to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., Par. 10, ch. XVIII; Zeb.64b שהשירין מִתְמְצִּים ליסוד where the remainder is poured out towards the bottom of the altar; a. fr. (Ib. VI, 4 (64b) היה מתמצה, read מְמַצֶּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50.Y.R. Hash. I, 56d top; Y.Shek.III, beg.47b עד כאן הן מִתְמַצּוֹת לילדוכ׳ up to that time (the first of Elul) the latest births of the old year (of those conceived before the first of Nisan) take place Trnsf. (with חשבון) to be exactly counted, to be finally settled. Y.Sot.I, 17a (he suffers a loss by the death of his ox) והחשבון מִתְמַצֶּה and the account (of his sins) is settled; ib.; Num. R. s. 9 אחת מתארעאוכ׳, v. אָרַע I; Koh. R. to VII, 27.

מצי, מָצָה(מָצָא) (b. h.) to squeeze, wring, esp. to wring out the blood of the bird sacrifice. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 הזא מוֹצֶה he wrings it; a. fr. Pi. מִיצָּה, מִצָּה 1) same. Zeb.VI, 5, sq.; a. fr. 2) to pour out to the last drop, to drain. Ib. 64b מי כתיב יְמַצֶּה יִמָּצֵהוכ׳ (ed. punctuate יַמְצֶה, Hif.) it does not say (Lev. 5:9), ‘he shall pour out (the remainder) at the bottom, but ‘it shall be wrung out, which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הִרְכִּינָהּ ומִיצָּה (Y. ed. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. M. ומִצֵּת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath.87b (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87a) הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומִיצֵּית, Ms. M. ומִוצֵּת; Ms. R. ומִיצְּתָהּ). Gen. R. s. 85; s. 92 (play on מצא, Gen. 44:16) כזה שהוא מְמַצֶּהוכ׳ as one drains a vessel and leaves nothing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. 59 (play on מצא, Prov. 18:22) כשהאשה רעה היא מְמַצָּה (כל) הטובות כולן מביתווכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממַצֶּאֶת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read: מְמַצֵּית); a. fr. 3) (cmp. מָצַע) מ׳ מידות to measure exactly. Erub.IV, 11 (52b) אין המשוחות מְמַצִּיןוכ׳ the surveyors (in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the limits), in order to allow for mistakes.Trnsf. to sound ones learning. Men.18a למַצֹּות מידותי to have my own learning examined; למ׳ מידותיווכ׳ to sound the learning of Hithpa. מִתְמַצֶּה to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., Par. 10, ch. XVIII; Zeb.64b שהשירין מִתְמְצִּים ליסוד where the remainder is poured out towards the bottom of the altar; a. fr. (Ib. VI, 4 (64b) היה מתמצה, read מְמַצֶּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50.Y.R. Hash. I, 56d top; Y.Shek.III, beg.47b עד כאן הן מִתְמַצּוֹת לילדוכ׳ up to that time (the first of Elul) the latest births of the old year (of those conceived before the first of Nisan) take place Trnsf. (with חשבון) to be exactly counted, to be finally settled. Y.Sot.I, 17a (he suffers a loss by the death of his ox) והחשבון מִתְמַצֶּה and the account (of his sins) is settled; ib.; Num. R. s. 9 אחת מתארעאוכ׳, v. אָרַע I; Koh. R. to VII, 27.