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כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

לָבַש(b. h.) ( to join closely; denom. לְבוּש garment, whence) לָבֵש, לָבַש to be dressed; to put on (an undergarment), contrad. to עטף, כסה. Y.R. Hash. I, 57b top אדם … לוֹבֵש שחורים ומתעטףוכ׳ a defendant before a human court puts on dark clothes and wraps himself in dark clothes, …; אבל ישראל אינו כן אלא לוֹבְשִׁיםוכ׳ but not so the Israelites (on the New Year), but they put on white (festive) clothes M. Kat. 17a יִלְבַּש שחורים ויתעטףוכ׳ let him put on dark clothes ; Kidd.40a; Ḥag.16a.Gen. R. s. 75 לוֹבְשֵׁי ברזל; Yalk. ib. 130 לְבוּשֵׁי, v. בַּרְזֶל. Ex. R. s. 15 בריאים כדי לִלְבּוֹשוכ׳ strong enough to wear helmets ; a. fr.Part. pass. לָבוּש, pl. לְבוּשִׁים. Ib. אחד ערום ואחד ל׳ one (the depth) was naked, the other (the earth) was covered (with water). Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 177b> ל׳ לבניםוכ׳ clad in white and wrapped in white. Yalk. Gen. 130, v. supra; a. fr. Pi. לִבֵּש to invest; part. pass. מְלוּבָּש. B. Bath. 122a מל׳ אוריםוכ׳ invested with the Urim and Tummim. Tosef.Ohol.XIII, 5 (read with R. S. to Ohol. XII, 4) מלבין שהוא מלובש בפיקות a bed frame upholstered with tufts. Hif. הִלְבִּיש to clothe, invest. Ex. R. l. c. הפשיט … והִלְבִּישָׁחּ לחבירו he caused one slave to take off his garment and the other to put it on. Sot.14a מה הוא מַלְבִּיש … אף אתה הַלְבֵּשוכ׳ as He clothes the naked …, so do thou Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 ומַלְבִּישָׁן כלי זייןוכ׳ (not ומלביש) and clothes them in armor Ib. (ref. to Ps. 104:1) זה העוז שהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיךָ בים that is the strength with which I invested thee at the Red Sea. Ib. מהודך והדרך הִלְבַּשְׁתָּ לראשווכ׳ part of thy glory and majesty hast thou put on Abrahams head by granting him the dignity of old age. Yoma 5b כיצד הִלְבִּישָׁן in what order did Moses clothe them?Y.Shek.V, 49a (expl. פנחס המַלְבִּיש, ib. V, 1, Mish. ed. על המלבוש) שהיה מַלְבִּיש בגדיוכ׳ he invested (the appointed person) with (had in charge) the high priests garments; a. fr.

לָבַש(b. h.) ( to join closely; denom. לְבוּש garment, whence) לָבֵש, לָבַש to be dressed; to put on (an undergarment), contrad. to עטף, כסה. Y.R. Hash. I, 57b top אדם … לוֹבֵש שחורים ומתעטףוכ׳ a defendant before a human court puts on dark clothes and wraps himself in dark clothes, …; אבל ישראל אינו כן אלא לוֹבְשִׁיםוכ׳ but not so the Israelites (on the New Year), but they put on white (festive) clothes M. Kat. 17a יִלְבַּש שחורים ויתעטףוכ׳ let him put on dark clothes ; Kidd.40a; Ḥag.16a.Gen. R. s. 75 לוֹבְשֵׁי ברזל; Yalk. ib. 130 לְבוּשֵׁי, v. בַּרְזֶל. Ex. R. s. 15 בריאים כדי לִלְבּוֹשוכ׳ strong enough to wear helmets ; a. fr.Part. pass. לָבוּש, pl. לְבוּשִׁים. Ib. אחד ערום ואחד ל׳ one (the depth) was naked, the other (the earth) was covered (with water). Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 177b> ל׳ לבניםוכ׳ clad in white and wrapped in white. Yalk. Gen. 130, v. supra; a. fr. Pi. לִבֵּש to invest; part. pass. מְלוּבָּש. B. Bath. 122a מל׳ אוריםוכ׳ invested with the Urim and Tummim. Tosef.Ohol.XIII, 5 (read with R. S. to Ohol. XII, 4) מלבין שהוא מלובש בפיקות a bed frame upholstered with tufts. Hif. הִלְבִּיש to clothe, invest. Ex. R. l. c. הפשיט … והִלְבִּישָׁחּ לחבירו he caused one slave to take off his garment and the other to put it on. Sot.14a מה הוא מַלְבִּיש … אף אתה הַלְבֵּשוכ׳ as He clothes the naked …, so do thou Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 ומַלְבִּישָׁן כלי זייןוכ׳ (not ומלביש) and clothes them in armor Ib. (ref. to Ps. 104:1) זה העוז שהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיךָ בים that is the strength with which I invested thee at the Red Sea. Ib. מהודך והדרך הִלְבַּשְׁתָּ לראשווכ׳ part of thy glory and majesty hast thou put on Abrahams head by granting him the dignity of old age. Yoma 5b כיצד הִלְבִּישָׁן in what order did Moses clothe them?Y.Shek.V, 49a (expl. פנחס המַלְבִּיש, ib. V, 1, Mish. ed. על המלבוש) שהיה מַלְבִּיש בגדיוכ׳ he invested (the appointed person) with (had in charge) the high priests garments; a. fr.

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.

מֶכֶסm. (b. h.; כָּסַס) (marking off, counting,) toll, tax. Succ.30a בית המ׳ the custom-house. Sabb.33b; Ab. Zar.2b תקנתם גשרים ליטול בהם מ׳ you put up bridges in order to raise toll on them. Ib. 13a יניח לו את המ׳ to him shall the toll be remitted. Tanḥ. Lekh 5 טלו מ׳ של חטין collect the duty as if it were wheat; a. fr.Pl. מִכְסָאוֹת. Ab. dR. N. ch. 28.

מֶכֶסm. (b. h.; כָּסַס) (marking off, counting,) toll, tax. Succ.30a בית המ׳ the custom-house. Sabb.33b; Ab. Zar.2b תקנתם גשרים ליטול בהם מ׳ you put up bridges in order to raise toll on them. Ib. 13a יניח לו את המ׳ to him shall the toll be remitted. Tanḥ. Lekh 5 טלו מ׳ של חטין collect the duty as if it were wheat; a. fr.Pl. מִכְסָאוֹת. Ab. dR. N. ch. 28.

נקי, נָקָה(b. h.) (to be rubbed off, be white, to be clean, clear (cmp. זָכָה). Pi. נִיקָּה 1) to cleanse. Ex. R. s. 1 ומְנַקֶּה אותם and cleansed them (the new-born); Yalk. ib. 164; Yalk. Ez. 354; (Sot.11b מנקיר). B. Kam.93b פשתן ונִיקָּהוּ if he stole flax and cleansed (bleached) it; Tosef. ib. X, 2; a. e. 2) to clear, let go unpunished. Yoma 86a (ref. to Ex. 34:7) מנקה הואוכ׳ he clears the repentant sinners Tem.3b. Pesik. R. s. 42 כדי לנַקּוֹת את שרה in order to clear Sarah (from suspicion); a. fr.Part. pass. מְנוּקֶּה, pl. מְנוּקִּין clear, clean, bare. Snh.49a מנ׳ נגזל innocent of robbery. Sot.28a. Snh.36b, a. e. כשם שב״ד מנ׳ בצדק … מנ׳ מכל מום as the judges must be clear (from suspicion) as to righteousness, so must they be clear of every blemish (of descent). Gitt.86a מ׳ מכל מום free from all objectionable qualities; a. e. Nif. נִקָּה, נִיקָּה, Hithpa. הִתְנַקֶּה to be cleared, vindicated. Tosef.Sot.II, 3 שנ׳ ונקתה נִקְּתָה מכל פורעניותוכ׳ (v. ed. Zuck. note) the text says (Num. 5:28) ‘and she shall be cleared, she shall be cleared (released) from all the evils which might come upon her deservedly (because she gave rise to suspicion through her conduct). Ib. שניקללה ניוולה (Var. שניקל) read: שניקתה בניוולה she is released from further visitation (being sufficiently punished) by her exposure to disgrace. Pesik. R. l. c. היאך … מִתְנַקֵּת by what severe means has Sarah been vindicated! Hif. הִנְקָה to clear, remove. Kidd.62a (ref. to הִנָּקִי, Num. 5:19) הַנְקִי כתיב it may be read hanḳi, clear thy life out of thy body (die, if thou art guilty); v. חָנַק.

נקי, נָקָה(b. h.) (to be rubbed off, be white, to be clean, clear (cmp. זָכָה). Pi. נִיקָּה 1) to cleanse. Ex. R. s. 1 ומְנַקֶּה אותם and cleansed them (the new-born); Yalk. ib. 164; Yalk. Ez. 354; (Sot.11b מנקיר). B. Kam.93b פשתן ונִיקָּהוּ if he stole flax and cleansed (bleached) it; Tosef. ib. X, 2; a. e. 2) to clear, let go unpunished. Yoma 86a (ref. to Ex. 34:7) מנקה הואוכ׳ he clears the repentant sinners Tem.3b. Pesik. R. s. 42 כדי לנַקּוֹת את שרה in order to clear Sarah (from suspicion); a. fr.Part. pass. מְנוּקֶּה, pl. מְנוּקִּין clear, clean, bare. Snh.49a מנ׳ נגזל innocent of robbery. Sot.28a. Snh.36b, a. e. כשם שב״ד מנ׳ בצדק … מנ׳ מכל מום as the judges must be clear (from suspicion) as to righteousness, so must they be clear of every blemish (of descent). Gitt.86a מ׳ מכל מום free from all objectionable qualities; a. e. Nif. נִקָּה, נִיקָּה, Hithpa. הִתְנַקֶּה to be cleared, vindicated. Tosef.Sot.II, 3 שנ׳ ונקתה נִקְּתָה מכל פורעניותוכ׳ (v. ed. Zuck. note) the text says (Num. 5:28) ‘and she shall be cleared, she shall be cleared (released) from all the evils which might come upon her deservedly (because she gave rise to suspicion through her conduct). Ib. שניקללה ניוולה (Var. שניקל) read: שניקתה בניוולה she is released from further visitation (being sufficiently punished) by her exposure to disgrace. Pesik. R. l. c. היאך … מִתְנַקֵּת by what severe means has Sarah been vindicated! Hif. הִנְקָה to clear, remove. Kidd.62a (ref. to הִנָּקִי, Num. 5:19) הַנְקִי כתיב it may be read hanḳi, clear thy life out of thy body (die, if thou art guilty); v. חָנַק.

נקי, נָקָה(b. h.) (to be rubbed off, be white, to be clean, clear (cmp. זָכָה). Pi. נִיקָּה 1) to cleanse. Ex. R. s. 1 ומְנַקֶּה אותם and cleansed them (the new-born); Yalk. ib. 164; Yalk. Ez. 354; (Sot.11b מנקיר). B. Kam.93b פשתן ונִיקָּהוּ if he stole flax and cleansed (bleached) it; Tosef. ib. X, 2; a. e. 2) to clear, let go unpunished. Yoma 86a (ref. to Ex. 34:7) מנקה הואוכ׳ he clears the repentant sinners Tem.3b. Pesik. R. s. 42 כדי לנַקּוֹת את שרה in order to clear Sarah (from suspicion); a. fr.Part. pass. מְנוּקֶּה, pl. מְנוּקִּין clear, clean, bare. Snh.49a מנ׳ נגזל innocent of robbery. Sot.28a. Snh.36b, a. e. כשם שב״ד מנ׳ בצדק … מנ׳ מכל מום as the judges must be clear (from suspicion) as to righteousness, so must they be clear of every blemish (of descent). Gitt.86a מ׳ מכל מום free from all objectionable qualities; a. e. Nif. נִקָּה, נִיקָּה, Hithpa. הִתְנַקֶּה to be cleared, vindicated. Tosef.Sot.II, 3 שנ׳ ונקתה נִקְּתָה מכל פורעניותוכ׳ (v. ed. Zuck. note) the text says (Num. 5:28) ‘and she shall be cleared, she shall be cleared (released) from all the evils which might come upon her deservedly (because she gave rise to suspicion through her conduct). Ib. שניקללה ניוולה (Var. שניקל) read: שניקתה בניוולה she is released from further visitation (being sufficiently punished) by her exposure to disgrace. Pesik. R. l. c. היאך … מִתְנַקֵּת by what severe means has Sarah been vindicated! Hif. הִנְקָה to clear, remove. Kidd.62a (ref. to הִנָּקִי, Num. 5:19) הַנְקִי כתיב it may be read hanḳi, clear thy life out of thy body (die, if thou art guilty); v. חָנַק.

עוֹלm. (b. h. עֹל; עָלַל) yoke; also pole of a wagon. Kil. II, 6 מלא הע׳ השרוני the width of the yoke (the team) used in the plain of Sharon. Kel. XIV, 4 הע׳ של מתכות a metal pole (v. Maim. a. l.); ib. 5 הע׳ המצופה the metal-tipped pole. Sifré Num. 123 בע׳ שלא לעבודהוכ׳ the text speaks of a yoke not put on for working. Sot.46a ע׳ פוסל בין בשעתוכ׳ the bearing of a yoke disqualifies the animal for the ceremony, whether it was put on at working time ; a. fr.Trnsf. obligation, dependence. Ab. III, 5 כל המקבל עליו ע׳ תורה … ע׳מלכית וע׳ דרך ארץ whosoever takes upon himself the yoke (obligations) of the Law, from him shall be removed the yoke of government (oppression) and the yoke of worldly affairs; וכל הפורק ממנו ע׳ תורהוכ׳ but he who throws off the yoke of the Law, will be made to feel the yoke of Ber.II, 2 כדי שיקבל עליו ע׳ מלכות שמים … ע׳ מצות in order that he may acknowledge his dependence on divine government first (by reciting Deut. 6:4 sq., v. שְׁמַע) and then his subjection to religious duties (by reciting Deut. 11:13 sq.); a. fr.Pl.) עוּלִּין. Tanḥ. Vzoth 5 שני ע׳וכ׳ thou puttest two yokes upon thy children; Yalk. Deut. 952.

עוֹלm. (b. h. עֹל; עָלַל) yoke; also pole of a wagon. Kil. II, 6 מלא הע׳ השרוני the width of the yoke (the team) used in the plain of Sharon. Kel. XIV, 4 הע׳ של מתכות a metal pole (v. Maim. a. l.); ib. 5 הע׳ המצופה the metal-tipped pole. Sifré Num. 123 בע׳ שלא לעבודהוכ׳ the text speaks of a yoke not put on for working. Sot.46a ע׳ פוסל בין בשעתוכ׳ the bearing of a yoke disqualifies the animal for the ceremony, whether it was put on at working time ; a. fr.Trnsf. obligation, dependence. Ab. III, 5 כל המקבל עליו ע׳ תורה … ע׳מלכית וע׳ דרך ארץ whosoever takes upon himself the yoke (obligations) of the Law, from him shall be removed the yoke of government (oppression) and the yoke of worldly affairs; וכל הפורק ממנו ע׳ תורהוכ׳ but he who throws off the yoke of the Law, will be made to feel the yoke of Ber.II, 2 כדי שיקבל עליו ע׳ מלכות שמים … ע׳ מצות in order that he may acknowledge his dependence on divine government first (by reciting Deut. 6:4 sq., v. שְׁמַע) and then his subjection to religious duties (by reciting Deut. 11:13 sq.); a. fr.Pl.) עוּלִּין. Tanḥ. Vzoth 5 שני ע׳וכ׳ thou puttest two yokes upon thy children; Yalk. Deut. 952.

עָכַב(cmp. עָקַב) to be curved; hooked. Pi. עִיכֵּב 1) to detain, prevent. Mekh. Bshall. s. 1 ואל תְּעַכֵּב את גאולתנו and delay not our redemption. Ber.7a ומי מְעַכֵּב, v. עִיסָה; a. fr.Esp. to invalidate an act by an omission; to be indispensable (v. עִיכּוּב). Zeb.V, 1 מתנה אחת מהן מְעַכֶּבֶת the omission of one of these manipulations (v. מַתָּנָה) makes the whole act illegal. Ib. אם לא נתן לא ע׳ if he did not pour the blood into the ysod (יְסוֹד), it does not invalidate the act. Ib. 48a לעַכֵּב מנין whence do we prove that it is indispensable? (opp. למצוה). Men.IV, 1 התכלת אינה מעכבת את הלבן the absence of the blue thread in the show fringes does not hinder the white thread, i. e. in the absence of the one, the other may do for the ceremony. Ib. הסולת והשמן אינם מְעַכְּבִין … ולא היין מְעַכְּבָן the flour and oil (of the Minḥah) are no hinderance to offering the wine, nor does the wine form a hinderance to them, i. e. the order in which they are offered is immaterial. Ib. המתנות … אינן מְעַכְּבוֹת זו את זו the sprinklings upon the outer altar are no hinderance to one another, i. e. one of them is enough to make the ceremony legal. Ber.2a ביאת שמשו מְעַכַּבְתּוֹ מלאכולוכ׳ the sunset of his last day of levitical uncleanness is indispensable for allowing him to eat Trumah, but the offering of his sacrifice is not; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְעוּכָּב; f. מְעוּכֶּבֶת; pl. מְעוּכָּבִים, מְעוּכָּבִין; מְעוּכָּבוֹת. Y.Sot.II, beg.17d ומכיון שהוא מע׳ מלשמוחוכ׳ since he is prevented from rejoicing with her (at the sacrifice), it is as if he prevented her from partaking of the sacrifice (by failing to provide for her offering of sanctification). Ib. והוא מעכב מלשמוח (read מְעוּכָּב). Mekh. l. c. כי בגללך אנו מע׳ for we are detained on thy account; a. e. 2) to detain ones self; to tarry; to wait for. Ex. R. s. 3 סבור אתה שהיה משה מעכבוכ׳ do you think that Moses hesitated (was unwilling) to go? Gen. R. s. 55 על מנת שנאמר לך … ולא תְעַכֵּב even if I tell thee to sacrifice thy son to me, thou wilt not hesitate. Ib. ולא יְעַכֵּב he will not hesitate. Ib. הלואי … ולא אֲעַכֵּב O! that the Lord would appear to me and tell me that I should cut off one of my limbs! I would not hesitate. Tanḥ. Eḳeb 6 השכינה מעכבת ישראל וענני כבוד מְעַכְּבִין לך the Divine Presence is waiting, Israel and the clouds of glory are waiting for thee; ib. Bshall. 2; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְעַכֵּב, Nithpa. נִתְעַכִּב to be prevented; to be delayed. Y.Pes.VI, 33b bot. מִתְעַכֵּב מן המצות he is precluded from religious acts. Koh. R. to II, 2 מה טיבו שבני מתעכב what is the cause of my sons tarrying? Num. R. s. 14 נ׳ לה הענן the cloud of glory tarried for her (Miriams) sake; Sot.I, 9 נִתְעַכְּבוּ לה ישראלוכ׳ Israel tarried for her sake seven days; a. fr.

עָכַב(cmp. עָקַב) to be curved; hooked. Pi. עִיכֵּב 1) to detain, prevent. Mekh. Bshall. s. 1 ואל תְּעַכֵּב את גאולתנו and delay not our redemption. Ber.7a ומי מְעַכֵּב, v. עִיסָה; a. fr.Esp. to invalidate an act by an omission; to be indispensable (v. עִיכּוּב). Zeb.V, 1 מתנה אחת מהן מְעַכֶּבֶת the omission of one of these manipulations (v. מַתָּנָה) makes the whole act illegal. Ib. אם לא נתן לא ע׳ if he did not pour the blood into the ysod (יְסוֹד), it does not invalidate the act. Ib. 48a לעַכֵּב מנין whence do we prove that it is indispensable? (opp. למצוה). Men.IV, 1 התכלת אינה מעכבת את הלבן the absence of the blue thread in the show fringes does not hinder the white thread, i. e. in the absence of the one, the other may do for the ceremony. Ib. הסולת והשמן אינם מְעַכְּבִין … ולא היין מְעַכְּבָן the flour and oil (of the Minḥah) are no hinderance to offering the wine, nor does the wine form a hinderance to them, i. e. the order in which they are offered is immaterial. Ib. המתנות … אינן מְעַכְּבוֹת זו את זו the sprinklings upon the outer altar are no hinderance to one another, i. e. one of them is enough to make the ceremony legal. Ber.2a ביאת שמשו מְעַכַּבְתּוֹ מלאכולוכ׳ the sunset of his last day of levitical uncleanness is indispensable for allowing him to eat Trumah, but the offering of his sacrifice is not; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְעוּכָּב; f. מְעוּכֶּבֶת; pl. מְעוּכָּבִים, מְעוּכָּבִין; מְעוּכָּבוֹת. Y.Sot.II, beg.17d ומכיון שהוא מע׳ מלשמוחוכ׳ since he is prevented from rejoicing with her (at the sacrifice), it is as if he prevented her from partaking of the sacrifice (by failing to provide for her offering of sanctification). Ib. והוא מעכב מלשמוח (read מְעוּכָּב). Mekh. l. c. כי בגללך אנו מע׳ for we are detained on thy account; a. e. 2) to detain ones self; to tarry; to wait for. Ex. R. s. 3 סבור אתה שהיה משה מעכבוכ׳ do you think that Moses hesitated (was unwilling) to go? Gen. R. s. 55 על מנת שנאמר לך … ולא תְעַכֵּב even if I tell thee to sacrifice thy son to me, thou wilt not hesitate. Ib. ולא יְעַכֵּב he will not hesitate. Ib. הלואי … ולא אֲעַכֵּב O! that the Lord would appear to me and tell me that I should cut off one of my limbs! I would not hesitate. Tanḥ. Eḳeb 6 השכינה מעכבת ישראל וענני כבוד מְעַכְּבִין לך the Divine Presence is waiting, Israel and the clouds of glory are waiting for thee; ib. Bshall. 2; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְעַכֵּב, Nithpa. נִתְעַכִּב to be prevented; to be delayed. Y.Pes.VI, 33b bot. מִתְעַכֵּב מן המצות he is precluded from religious acts. Koh. R. to II, 2 מה טיבו שבני מתעכב what is the cause of my sons tarrying? Num. R. s. 14 נ׳ לה הענן the cloud of glory tarried for her (Miriams) sake; Sot.I, 9 נִתְעַכְּבוּ לה ישראלוכ׳ Israel tarried for her sake seven days; a. fr.

פָּטַר(b. h.) 1) to break through, open. Bekh.VIII, 1 (46a) (ref. to Ex. 13:2) עד שיִפְטְרוּ רחם מישראל (not שיפטרוה) provided they open the womb when the mother is an Israelite (although she conceived before her conversion); ib. 47a. 2) to send off, discharge, dismiss. Keth.XIII, 5, a. fr. או כנוס או פְּטוֹר (the betrothed has a right to say) either marry or release (me by divorce). Gitt.VI, 5 פִּטְרוּהָ … לא אמר כלום if one says to friends, ‘release her … he has said nothing (they are not authorized to write a letter of divorce, as it might mean, release her of her debts); ib. 65b ר׳ נתן אומר פַּטְּרוּהָ דבריו קיימין פִּיטָרוּהָ לא אמר כלום R. N. says, if he said paṭṭruha (Pi.), his words stand (a divorce is meant), but if he says piṭruha ( Kal) Ib. ר׳ נתן דבבלאה … בין פיטרוה לפטרוהוכ׳ R. N. who is a Babylonian, draws a distinction between piṭruha and paṭṭruha; our Tannai (in the Mishnah) being a Palestinian does not Ib. VIII, 4. פּוֹטֵר … בגט ישן a man may divorce his wife with an old letter of divorce (having been closeted with her after he had written it); Tosef. ib. VIII (VI), 3 אינו פוטרוכ׳ he must not divorce with an old letter, in order that the letter of divorce may not date farther back than (the conception of) her child; a. fr. 3) to dismiss, give leave, let go. Sot.IX, 6 ופְטַרְנוּהוּ בלא מזון and we let him (the stranger) go without provision. Midr. Till. to Ps. 91 מי גרול הפּוֹטֵר או הנִפְטָר which is the superior of the two? he who gives leave, or he who takes leave? Ib. (ref. to Gen. 32:27) הרי יעקב פוטר למלאך behold, Jacob gives leave to the angel; a. fr. 4) (law) to discharge, acquit; (ritual) to exempt from obligation, to declare free from punishment, eventually from sacrificial atonement, opp. חִיֵּיב. Erub.65a יכול אני לִפְטוֹרוכ׳ I can (by my plea) release from judgment the whole world (all Israelites) from the destruction of the Temple to the present time, for we read (Is. 51:21), Hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken (a drunken person is irresponsible); ib. מאי יכולני לפטור נמי מדין תפלה this ‘I can release means also from responsibility for neglect of prayer (the drunken not being permitted to pray). Succ.45b. Sabb.II, 5 ר׳ יוסי פוטר בכלןוכ׳ R. J. declares (him that did it) free from punishment or eventual sacrifice in all those cases, except Ker.IV, 2 ר׳ יהושע פוטר R. J. absolves him from bringing a sin-offering, opp. מחייב חטאת. Snh.V, 5 אם מצאו לו זכות פְּטָרוּהוּ if they found evidence in his favor, they (the court) acquitted him; a. v. fr.Trnsf. to cause exemption; to cover, include. Ber.VI, 5 ברך על היין … פ׳ את הייןוכ׳ if he recited the blessing over wine before the meal, he has therewith exempted the wine offered after the meal (from an additional blessing). Ib. 7 מברך על העיקר ופוטר את הטפלה he says the blessing over the chief dish, and with this he covers that which goes with it (v. טְפֵלָה). Yeb.I, 1 חמש … פּוֹטְרוֹת צרותיהן fifteen women (of various kinship with the yabam, by which he is prevented from marrying any of them) cover their rivals (making them free from dependence on the yabam for marriage or discharge); a. fr.Part. pass. פָּטוּר; f. פְּטוּרָה; pl. פְּטוּרִים, פְּטוּרִין; פְּטוּרוֹת (is, are) exempt, free, opp. חַיָּיב. Peah I, 6 ופ׳ מן המעשרותוכ׳ and he need not give the tithes, until B. Mets.VIII, 1 פ׳ (sub. מלשלם) he is free from indemnity. Ib. VII, 10 מתנה … להיות פ׳ משבועה may have an agreement to be eventually exempt from making oath; להיות פ׳ מלשלם to be exempt from responsibility. Kidd.I, 7 כל מצות הבן על האב … ונשים פ׳ to all paternal duties men are bound, but women (mothers) are exempt from them. Yeb.I, 2 כשם שבתו פ׳ כך צרתה פ׳ as well as his (the yabams) daughter is exempt (from the law of levirate marriage, because the yabam cannot marry her), so her rival is exempt; a. v. fr. Pi. פִּיטֵּר to dismiss; to divorce. Gitt.65b, v. supra. Kidd.31b פַּטְּרוּנִי dismiss (escort) me; a. e. Nif. נִפְטָר, Hithpa. הִתְפַטֵּר 1) to be exempted, freed. Bekh.II, 1 לא נִפְטְרוּ מבכורוכ׳ they (the Levites) have not been exempted from consecrating the firstborn of clean animals, but only from redeeming their firstborn sons and the firstborn of asses; a. e. 2) to be dismissed, take leave, depart. Yoma I, 5 נפטרו והלכו להם they took leave and went. Sot.IX, 5. Ber.64a הנ׳ מחבירווכ׳ he who leaves his friend (after escorting him a distance) must not say, ‘go in peace, but, ‘go to peace; הנ׳ מן המתוכ׳ he who takes leave of the dead (after burial) Ib. 31a; Erub.64a לא יִפָּטֵר אדםוכ׳ one must not leave a friend otherwise than with a word of tradition (on legal or religious subjects), by which he may remember him; a. fr.Esp. to depart this world, to die. Ber.17a גדל בשם טוב ונ׳ בשם טוב מן העולם who grew (lived) with a good name, and left the world with a good name. Tem.16a בשעהשנ׳ משה רבינו לגן עדן when Moses our teacher was to depart for paradise. Gen. R. s. 96; a. fr.Yalk. Koh. 989 בשעה … מִתְפַּטְּרִיםוכ׳ when the children are dismissed from school. Hif. הִפְטִיר 1) to discard; ה׳ בשפה to discard with the lip, to spurn. Pesik. R. s. 37 מחרקין … ומַפְטִירִים בשפתותיהם gnashed their teeth … and spurned with their lips (ref. to Ps. 22:8). Treat. Der. Er. ch. 2 מפְטִירֵי שפה (= מפטירין בשפה). 2) to dismiss, adjourn a meeting. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top הַפְטֵר את העם dismiss the people (adjourn the meeting). M. Kat. 5b, v. בָּכָה. Ḥull.51a מַפְטִיר כנסיות one who dismisses the assemblies, janitor, v. כְּנֶסֶת.Pes.X, 8, v. אֶפִּיקוֹמָן; a. e. 3) ( to recite before dismissal, to conclude the reading from the Law by reading a portion of the Prophets, to read the Hafṭarah (v. הַפְטָרָה). Meg.IV, 1 בשני … ואין מַפְטִירִין בנביא on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday afternoons three persons read from the Law …, and we do not close with a lesson from the Prophets. Ib. 5 המפטיר בנביא הואוכ׳ he who concludes with the prophetic lesson (being the last of those called up) has the privilege of, v. פָּרַס; a. fr.

פָּטַר(b. h.) 1) to break through, open. Bekh.VIII, 1 (46a) (ref. to Ex. 13:2) עד שיִפְטְרוּ רחם מישראל (not שיפטרוה) provided they open the womb when the mother is an Israelite (although she conceived before her conversion); ib. 47a. 2) to send off, discharge, dismiss. Keth.XIII, 5, a. fr. או כנוס או פְּטוֹר (the betrothed has a right to say) either marry or release (me by divorce). Gitt.VI, 5 פִּטְרוּהָ … לא אמר כלום if one says to friends, ‘release her … he has said nothing (they are not authorized to write a letter of divorce, as it might mean, release her of her debts); ib. 65b ר׳ נתן אומר פַּטְּרוּהָ דבריו קיימין פִּיטָרוּהָ לא אמר כלום R. N. says, if he said paṭṭruha (Pi.), his words stand (a divorce is meant), but if he says piṭruha ( Kal) Ib. ר׳ נתן דבבלאה … בין פיטרוה לפטרוהוכ׳ R. N. who is a Babylonian, draws a distinction between piṭruha and paṭṭruha; our Tannai (in the Mishnah) being a Palestinian does not Ib. VIII, 4. פּוֹטֵר … בגט ישן a man may divorce his wife with an old letter of divorce (having been closeted with her after he had written it); Tosef. ib. VIII (VI), 3 אינו פוטרוכ׳ he must not divorce with an old letter, in order that the letter of divorce may not date farther back than (the conception of) her child; a. fr. 3) to dismiss, give leave, let go. Sot.IX, 6 ופְטַרְנוּהוּ בלא מזון and we let him (the stranger) go without provision. Midr. Till. to Ps. 91 מי גרול הפּוֹטֵר או הנִפְטָר which is the superior of the two? he who gives leave, or he who takes leave? Ib. (ref. to Gen. 32:27) הרי יעקב פוטר למלאך behold, Jacob gives leave to the angel; a. fr. 4) (law) to discharge, acquit; (ritual) to exempt from obligation, to declare free from punishment, eventually from sacrificial atonement, opp. חִיֵּיב. Erub.65a יכול אני לִפְטוֹרוכ׳ I can (by my plea) release from judgment the whole world (all Israelites) from the destruction of the Temple to the present time, for we read (Is. 51:21), Hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken (a drunken person is irresponsible); ib. מאי יכולני לפטור נמי מדין תפלה this ‘I can release means also from responsibility for neglect of prayer (the drunken not being permitted to pray). Succ.45b. Sabb.II, 5 ר׳ יוסי פוטר בכלןוכ׳ R. J. declares (him that did it) free from punishment or eventual sacrifice in all those cases, except Ker.IV, 2 ר׳ יהושע פוטר R. J. absolves him from bringing a sin-offering, opp. מחייב חטאת. Snh.V, 5 אם מצאו לו זכות פְּטָרוּהוּ if they found evidence in his favor, they (the court) acquitted him; a. v. fr.Trnsf. to cause exemption; to cover, include. Ber.VI, 5 ברך על היין … פ׳ את הייןוכ׳ if he recited the blessing over wine before the meal, he has therewith exempted the wine offered after the meal (from an additional blessing). Ib. 7 מברך על העיקר ופוטר את הטפלה he says the blessing over the chief dish, and with this he covers that which goes with it (v. טְפֵלָה). Yeb.I, 1 חמש … פּוֹטְרוֹת צרותיהן fifteen women (of various kinship with the yabam, by which he is prevented from marrying any of them) cover their rivals (making them free from dependence on the yabam for marriage or discharge); a. fr.Part. pass. פָּטוּר; f. פְּטוּרָה; pl. פְּטוּרִים, פְּטוּרִין; פְּטוּרוֹת (is, are) exempt, free, opp. חַיָּיב. Peah I, 6 ופ׳ מן המעשרותוכ׳ and he need not give the tithes, until B. Mets.VIII, 1 פ׳ (sub. מלשלם) he is free from indemnity. Ib. VII, 10 מתנה … להיות פ׳ משבועה may have an agreement to be eventually exempt from making oath; להיות פ׳ מלשלם to be exempt from responsibility. Kidd.I, 7 כל מצות הבן על האב … ונשים פ׳ to all paternal duties men are bound, but women (mothers) are exempt from them. Yeb.I, 2 כשם שבתו פ׳ כך צרתה פ׳ as well as his (the yabams) daughter is exempt (from the law of levirate marriage, because the yabam cannot marry her), so her rival is exempt; a. v. fr. Pi. פִּיטֵּר to dismiss; to divorce. Gitt.65b, v. supra. Kidd.31b פַּטְּרוּנִי dismiss (escort) me; a. e. Nif. נִפְטָר, Hithpa. הִתְפַטֵּר 1) to be exempted, freed. Bekh.II, 1 לא נִפְטְרוּ מבכורוכ׳ they (the Levites) have not been exempted from consecrating the firstborn of clean animals, but only from redeeming their firstborn sons and the firstborn of asses; a. e. 2) to be dismissed, take leave, depart. Yoma I, 5 נפטרו והלכו להם they took leave and went. Sot.IX, 5. Ber.64a הנ׳ מחבירווכ׳ he who leaves his friend (after escorting him a distance) must not say, ‘go in peace, but, ‘go to peace; הנ׳ מן המתוכ׳ he who takes leave of the dead (after burial) Ib. 31a; Erub.64a לא יִפָּטֵר אדםוכ׳ one must not leave a friend otherwise than with a word of tradition (on legal or religious subjects), by which he may remember him; a. fr.Esp. to depart this world, to die. Ber.17a גדל בשם טוב ונ׳ בשם טוב מן העולם who grew (lived) with a good name, and left the world with a good name. Tem.16a בשעהשנ׳ משה רבינו לגן עדן when Moses our teacher was to depart for paradise. Gen. R. s. 96; a. fr.Yalk. Koh. 989 בשעה … מִתְפַּטְּרִיםוכ׳ when the children are dismissed from school. Hif. הִפְטִיר 1) to discard; ה׳ בשפה to discard with the lip, to spurn. Pesik. R. s. 37 מחרקין … ומַפְטִירִים בשפתותיהם gnashed their teeth … and spurned with their lips (ref. to Ps. 22:8). Treat. Der. Er. ch. 2 מפְטִירֵי שפה (= מפטירין בשפה). 2) to dismiss, adjourn a meeting. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top הַפְטֵר את העם dismiss the people (adjourn the meeting). M. Kat. 5b, v. בָּכָה. Ḥull.51a מַפְטִיר כנסיות one who dismisses the assemblies, janitor, v. כְּנֶסֶת.Pes.X, 8, v. אֶפִּיקוֹמָן; a. e. 3) ( to recite before dismissal, to conclude the reading from the Law by reading a portion of the Prophets, to read the Hafṭarah (v. הַפְטָרָה). Meg.IV, 1 בשני … ואין מַפְטִירִין בנביא on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday afternoons three persons read from the Law …, and we do not close with a lesson from the Prophets. Ib. 5 המפטיר בנביא הואוכ׳ he who concludes with the prophetic lesson (being the last of those called up) has the privilege of, v. פָּרַס; a. fr.