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פָּרָשָׁהI f. (פָּרַש) 1) separation, branching off.פָּרָשַׁת דרכים, פרשת עיבור, cross-road. Ber.IV, 4, v. עִיבּוּר. Sot.21a הגיע לפ׳ דרכיםוכ׳ when the traveller reaches the cross-road (where there is a guide-post), he is saved from all dangers. Ib. מהו פ׳ ד׳וכ׳ what is meant by cross-road (in this parable)? A scholar on his dying day.Ḥull.46a פ׳ ראשונה the first branching off of the spinal column towards the legs, שניה the second branching off in the prolongation which forms the tail. Ib. פי פ׳ the starting point of the branching off; פ׳ עצמה the branch itself; a. e.Pl. פָּרָשוֹת. Ib. 45b עד היכך חוט השדרה … עד בין הפ׳ how far does the spinal cord go (the severance of which causes the animal to be trefah)?… To ‘between the ramifications; ליחוי לן מר בין הפ׳ show us the place called ‘between the ramifications; a. e. 2) crossing the ocean, sea-voyage. Lev R. s. 35, v. אַפְרָשָׁה. 3) (in writing) division, section, Parashah, the weekly Scripture lesson. Ber.9b אשרי … חדא פ׳ היא Ashré (Ps. 1) and Lammah ragshu (Ps. 2) are one section (psalm). Ib. 63a איזוהי פ׳ קטנה שכלוכ׳ which is the small section (verse) on which all essentials of the Law depend? (Answ. Prov. 3:6) ‘In all thy ways Ib. II, 2 (13a) למה קדמה פרשת שמעוכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. a. Y. ed. only שמע) why is the section Shmʿa (Deut. 6:4–9) recited before Vhayah (ib. 11:13–21)? B. Bath.14b פרשת בלעם the section treating of Balaam (Num. 22:2–24:25); a. v. fr.Pl. פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת (fr. פָּרָשוּת). Ber.9b י״ה פ׳ eighteen psalms. Gen. R. s. 90. Lev. R. s. 24. Tosef.Sabb.I, 12 תינוקות … פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתֵיהֶן children and teacher may prepare their verses by lamp-light ; (Y. ib. I, 3b bot. ראשי פסוקיהן). Ber.8b המשלים פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתָיו עם הצבור he who finishes the reading of the weekly lessons so as to keep up with the public reading in the synagogue. Meg.29b לסדר פ׳ הוא חוזר the interrupted order of Scriptural reading is taken up again; a. v. fr.

פָּרָשָׁהI f. (פָּרַש) 1) separation, branching off.פָּרָשַׁת דרכים, פרשת עיבור, cross-road. Ber.IV, 4, v. עִיבּוּר. Sot.21a הגיע לפ׳ דרכיםוכ׳ when the traveller reaches the cross-road (where there is a guide-post), he is saved from all dangers. Ib. מהו פ׳ ד׳וכ׳ what is meant by cross-road (in this parable)? A scholar on his dying day.Ḥull.46a פ׳ ראשונה the first branching off of the spinal column towards the legs, שניה the second branching off in the prolongation which forms the tail. Ib. פי פ׳ the starting point of the branching off; פ׳ עצמה the branch itself; a. e.Pl. פָּרָשוֹת. Ib. 45b עד היכך חוט השדרה … עד בין הפ׳ how far does the spinal cord go (the severance of which causes the animal to be trefah)?… To ‘between the ramifications; ליחוי לן מר בין הפ׳ show us the place called ‘between the ramifications; a. e. 2) crossing the ocean, sea-voyage. Lev R. s. 35, v. אַפְרָשָׁה. 3) (in writing) division, section, Parashah, the weekly Scripture lesson. Ber.9b אשרי … חדא פ׳ היא Ashré (Ps. 1) and Lammah ragshu (Ps. 2) are one section (psalm). Ib. 63a איזוהי פ׳ קטנה שכלוכ׳ which is the small section (verse) on which all essentials of the Law depend? (Answ. Prov. 3:6) ‘In all thy ways Ib. II, 2 (13a) למה קדמה פרשת שמעוכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. a. Y. ed. only שמע) why is the section Shmʿa (Deut. 6:4–9) recited before Vhayah (ib. 11:13–21)? B. Bath.14b פרשת בלעם the section treating of Balaam (Num. 22:2–24:25); a. v. fr.Pl. פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת (fr. פָּרָשוּת). Ber.9b י״ה פ׳ eighteen psalms. Gen. R. s. 90. Lev. R. s. 24. Tosef.Sabb.I, 12 תינוקות … פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתֵיהֶן children and teacher may prepare their verses by lamp-light ; (Y. ib. I, 3b bot. ראשי פסוקיהן). Ber.8b המשלים פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתָיו עם הצבור he who finishes the reading of the weekly lessons so as to keep up with the public reading in the synagogue. Meg.29b לסדר פ׳ הוא חוזר the interrupted order of Scriptural reading is taken up again; a. v. fr.

פֶּרֶקm. (b. h.; preced.) (division, section; (b. h.) cross-road, 1) period ( of time), period of maturity, season. Keth.59b סמוך לפִירְקָהּ near her period of puberty. Y.Yeb.XIII, 13d bot. עד שתגדיל ותגיע לפ׳וכ׳ until she be grown up and arrive at a marriageable age and be married. Taan.16a ופִרְקוֹ נאה whose youth is becoming, expl. ib. b שלא יצאוכ׳ whose youth is of unblemished repute; Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9 ופרקו טוב Var. (ed. Zuck. ופרק). Pes.117a על כל פ׳ ופ׳ at every important epoch. Ib. 43a top שהגיעו לפִרְקָןוכ׳ who have reached puberty but not the legal age (prematurely developed). Tosef.R. Hash. I, 12 פ׳ שעורים the season of the barley crop; פ׳ גשמים the rainy season. Deut. R. s. 9 הגיע פרקו ליטולוכ׳ his (the childs) time has come to be taken away (he is destined to die) at the age of thirty days. Ib. הראה לי את פִּרְקִי show me my time (when I am to die); a. fr.Pl. פְּרָקִים; constr. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 35a ברכית … ושל פ׳ prayers for the New Year, the Day of Atonement and periodical prayers (for feasts, fasts). Ib. כיון … כפ׳ רמי as he prayed only once in thirty days, it was to him like a periodical prayer. Shek. III, 1 בשלשה פ׳ at three periods of the year. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a שני פ׳ הראשונים the two beginning periods (shortly before the beginning of the Sabbatical year, and before the beginning of the new Sabbatical period); ib. III, end, 34d. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b פירקי לידה the seasons when animals give birth. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e. נשיקה של פ׳ the kiss on meeting after a period of separation; a. fr. 2) (of writings) section, chapter. R. Hash. 30b מפני שחוזר וכיפל את הפ׳ because in that case he would have to recite the same psalm again on the same day. Ber.14a בין פ׳ לפ׳ פוסקוכ׳ between one section (of the Hallel) and another he may interrupt himself, but in the middle of a section he must not do so. Ab.VI הלומד … פ׳ אחדוכ׳ he that learns from his neighbor one chapter or one halakhah. Erub.54b ושנה לו משה פִּירְקוֹ Moses taught him (Aaron) his lesson; ושנה להם … פִּירְקָן taught them their lesson; a. v. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.II, 1 בפ׳ שואלוכ׳. between the sections (of the Shmʿa) one may interrupt ones self to extend a greeting Ib. 2 אלו הן בין הפ׳ these are the pauses between the sections: between the first and the second benediction (preceding the Shmʿa) Ḥag.13a ראשי פ׳ the headings of chapters (or subjects, leading words). R. Hash. 31a מה ראהר״ע לחלק בין הפ׳ הללו Ms. M. (ed. ראו חכמים) what reason had R. ʿA. to make a distinction between these psalms (by referring six of them to past events and the seventh to the hereafter)?; a. fr. 3) link, limb, joint. Ḥull.106a sq. נטילת ידים לחולין עד הפ׳וכ׳ washing of hands for secular food must be done up to the (second) joint (of the fingers), for Trumah to the (third) joint; קידוש … עד הפ׳ sanctification of hands (and feet) up to the joint (of the hand); Arakh.19b; Tosef.Yad.II, 1; Yad.II, 3; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a. Ḥull.X, 4 מן הפ׳ של ארכובהוכ׳ from the joint of the knee to the shoulder-blade of the forefoot. Ib. הפ׳ של לחי the joint of the jawbone. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 פ׳ האמצעי the middle joint (of the thumb); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2, v. מִסְפֶּרֶת. Deut. R. s. 3 beg. מנורה שעשויה פ׳ פ׳ a candlestick made of separable links (v. חוּלְיָא I). Ab. Zar.43a בין פְּרָקָיו, expl. בין פִּרְקֵי ציאר between the joints of its neck. Y. Ber. l. c. bot. (שולחן) של פ׳ a table that can be taken apart; a. fr. 4) load. Pl. as ab. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ושני פ׳ יש עליווכ׳ and the camel has two loads (hanging down on its sides), one of wine, and one of vinegar (Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי ( חד מתינס 6) טעניה תרין זיקין). פרק אונסין, Esth. R. to I, 6, v. אינסין.

פֶּרֶקm. (b. h.; preced.) (division, section; (b. h.) cross-road, 1) period ( of time), period of maturity, season. Keth.59b סמוך לפִירְקָהּ near her period of puberty. Y.Yeb.XIII, 13d bot. עד שתגדיל ותגיע לפ׳וכ׳ until she be grown up and arrive at a marriageable age and be married. Taan.16a ופִרְקוֹ נאה whose youth is becoming, expl. ib. b שלא יצאוכ׳ whose youth is of unblemished repute; Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9 ופרקו טוב Var. (ed. Zuck. ופרק). Pes.117a על כל פ׳ ופ׳ at every important epoch. Ib. 43a top שהגיעו לפִרְקָןוכ׳ who have reached puberty but not the legal age (prematurely developed). Tosef.R. Hash. I, 12 פ׳ שעורים the season of the barley crop; פ׳ גשמים the rainy season. Deut. R. s. 9 הגיע פרקו ליטולוכ׳ his (the childs) time has come to be taken away (he is destined to die) at the age of thirty days. Ib. הראה לי את פִּרְקִי show me my time (when I am to die); a. fr.Pl. פְּרָקִים; constr. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 35a ברכית … ושל פ׳ prayers for the New Year, the Day of Atonement and periodical prayers (for feasts, fasts). Ib. כיון … כפ׳ רמי as he prayed only once in thirty days, it was to him like a periodical prayer. Shek. III, 1 בשלשה פ׳ at three periods of the year. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a שני פ׳ הראשונים the two beginning periods (shortly before the beginning of the Sabbatical year, and before the beginning of the new Sabbatical period); ib. III, end, 34d. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b פירקי לידה the seasons when animals give birth. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e. נשיקה של פ׳ the kiss on meeting after a period of separation; a. fr. 2) (of writings) section, chapter. R. Hash. 30b מפני שחוזר וכיפל את הפ׳ because in that case he would have to recite the same psalm again on the same day. Ber.14a בין פ׳ לפ׳ פוסקוכ׳ between one section (of the Hallel) and another he may interrupt himself, but in the middle of a section he must not do so. Ab.VI הלומד … פ׳ אחדוכ׳ he that learns from his neighbor one chapter or one halakhah. Erub.54b ושנה לו משה פִּירְקוֹ Moses taught him (Aaron) his lesson; ושנה להם … פִּירְקָן taught them their lesson; a. v. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.II, 1 בפ׳ שואלוכ׳. between the sections (of the Shmʿa) one may interrupt ones self to extend a greeting Ib. 2 אלו הן בין הפ׳ these are the pauses between the sections: between the first and the second benediction (preceding the Shmʿa) Ḥag.13a ראשי פ׳ the headings of chapters (or subjects, leading words). R. Hash. 31a מה ראהר״ע לחלק בין הפ׳ הללו Ms. M. (ed. ראו חכמים) what reason had R. ʿA. to make a distinction between these psalms (by referring six of them to past events and the seventh to the hereafter)?; a. fr. 3) link, limb, joint. Ḥull.106a sq. נטילת ידים לחולין עד הפ׳וכ׳ washing of hands for secular food must be done up to the (second) joint (of the fingers), for Trumah to the (third) joint; קידוש … עד הפ׳ sanctification of hands (and feet) up to the joint (of the hand); Arakh.19b; Tosef.Yad.II, 1; Yad.II, 3; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a. Ḥull.X, 4 מן הפ׳ של ארכובהוכ׳ from the joint of the knee to the shoulder-blade of the forefoot. Ib. הפ׳ של לחי the joint of the jawbone. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 פ׳ האמצעי the middle joint (of the thumb); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2, v. מִסְפֶּרֶת. Deut. R. s. 3 beg. מנורה שעשויה פ׳ פ׳ a candlestick made of separable links (v. חוּלְיָא I). Ab. Zar.43a בין פְּרָקָיו, expl. בין פִּרְקֵי ציאר between the joints of its neck. Y. Ber. l. c. bot. (שולחן) של פ׳ a table that can be taken apart; a. fr. 4) load. Pl. as ab. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ושני פ׳ יש עליווכ׳ and the camel has two loads (hanging down on its sides), one of wine, and one of vinegar (Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי ( חד מתינס 6) טעניה תרין זיקין). פרק אונסין, Esth. R. to I, 6, v. אינסין.

שְׁאֵלָה, שְׁאִי׳f. (b. h.; שָׁאַל) 1) request, esp. shelah, prayer for rain, inserted in the ninth section of the Prayer of Benedictions. Ber.V, 2 (33a), v. שָׁאַל. Ib. 26b; 29a טעה … ש׳ בברכת השנים (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l.) if by mistake … he omitted the prayer for rain in the ninth section; (Tosef. ib. III, 9 ולא שאל את הגשמים). Taan.4b ש׳ לחוד והזכרה לחוד prayer for rain is one thing, and reference to rain (in the second section) is another thing, v. הַזְכָּרָה. Ib. 2b משעה שמפסיק לש׳וכ׳ when you cease to insert the prayer for rain, you must also cease to insert the reference to rain; a. fr. 2) question, problem. B. Kam. 116a זו ש׳ היא Ms. H. (ed. וזו שאילה) this is indeed a question (worth asking); Zeb.30b; 92b. Sabb.31a ש׳ גדולה שאלת thou hast asked a great question; a. fr. 3) (v. שָׁאַל, Nif.) ritual question, esp. case of absolution from a vow brought before a scholar. Nam. R. s. 113> אם באת … על הדין ועל הש׳וכ׳ when a woman comes to thee at college to ask concerning a law or a vow, consider her as if she were thy own daughter. Ned.60a צריך ש׳ לחכם this requires absolution by a scholar. Ib. 69a יש ש׳ בהקם can absolution from confirmation be applied for? Ib. 78a; B. Bath. 120b יש ש׳ בהקדש absolution from consecration of an object may eventually be had; אין ש׳וכ׳ is not admissible; a. fr.Pl. שְׁאֵלוֹת, שְׁאֵי׳. Gen. R. s. 82; Yalk. ib. 136 שלש ש׳ אניוכ׳ I shall ask yon three questions; if you answer them, it is right Gen. R. s. 49, v. עִרְבּוּב; a. e. 4) שְׁאֵלָה or שַׁאֲלָה, loan, v. שְׁאֵילָה.

שְׁאֵלָה, שְׁאִי׳f. (b. h.; שָׁאַל) 1) request, esp. shelah, prayer for rain, inserted in the ninth section of the Prayer of Benedictions. Ber.V, 2 (33a), v. שָׁאַל. Ib. 26b; 29a טעה … ש׳ בברכת השנים (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l.) if by mistake … he omitted the prayer for rain in the ninth section; (Tosef. ib. III, 9 ולא שאל את הגשמים). Taan.4b ש׳ לחוד והזכרה לחוד prayer for rain is one thing, and reference to rain (in the second section) is another thing, v. הַזְכָּרָה. Ib. 2b משעה שמפסיק לש׳וכ׳ when you cease to insert the prayer for rain, you must also cease to insert the reference to rain; a. fr. 2) question, problem. B. Kam. 116a זו ש׳ היא Ms. H. (ed. וזו שאילה) this is indeed a question (worth asking); Zeb.30b; 92b. Sabb.31a ש׳ גדולה שאלת thou hast asked a great question; a. fr. 3) (v. שָׁאַל, Nif.) ritual question, esp. case of absolution from a vow brought before a scholar. Nam. R. s. 113> אם באת … על הדין ועל הש׳וכ׳ when a woman comes to thee at college to ask concerning a law or a vow, consider her as if she were thy own daughter. Ned.60a צריך ש׳ לחכם this requires absolution by a scholar. Ib. 69a יש ש׳ בהקם can absolution from confirmation be applied for? Ib. 78a; B. Bath. 120b יש ש׳ בהקדש absolution from consecration of an object may eventually be had; אין ש׳וכ׳ is not admissible; a. fr.Pl. שְׁאֵלוֹת, שְׁאֵי׳. Gen. R. s. 82; Yalk. ib. 136 שלש ש׳ אניוכ׳ I shall ask yon three questions; if you answer them, it is right Gen. R. s. 49, v. עִרְבּוּב; a. e. 4) שְׁאֵלָה or שַׁאֲלָה, loan, v. שְׁאֵילָה.

שְׁאֵלָה, שְׁאִי׳f. (b. h.; שָׁאַל) 1) request, esp. shelah, prayer for rain, inserted in the ninth section of the Prayer of Benedictions. Ber.V, 2 (33a), v. שָׁאַל. Ib. 26b; 29a טעה … ש׳ בברכת השנים (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l.) if by mistake … he omitted the prayer for rain in the ninth section; (Tosef. ib. III, 9 ולא שאל את הגשמים). Taan.4b ש׳ לחוד והזכרה לחוד prayer for rain is one thing, and reference to rain (in the second section) is another thing, v. הַזְכָּרָה. Ib. 2b משעה שמפסיק לש׳וכ׳ when you cease to insert the prayer for rain, you must also cease to insert the reference to rain; a. fr. 2) question, problem. B. Kam. 116a זו ש׳ היא Ms. H. (ed. וזו שאילה) this is indeed a question (worth asking); Zeb.30b; 92b. Sabb.31a ש׳ גדולה שאלת thou hast asked a great question; a. fr. 3) (v. שָׁאַל, Nif.) ritual question, esp. case of absolution from a vow brought before a scholar. Nam. R. s. 113> אם באת … על הדין ועל הש׳וכ׳ when a woman comes to thee at college to ask concerning a law or a vow, consider her as if she were thy own daughter. Ned.60a צריך ש׳ לחכם this requires absolution by a scholar. Ib. 69a יש ש׳ בהקם can absolution from confirmation be applied for? Ib. 78a; B. Bath. 120b יש ש׳ בהקדש absolution from consecration of an object may eventually be had; אין ש׳וכ׳ is not admissible; a. fr.Pl. שְׁאֵלוֹת, שְׁאֵי׳. Gen. R. s. 82; Yalk. ib. 136 שלש ש׳ אניוכ׳ I shall ask yon three questions; if you answer them, it is right Gen. R. s. 49, v. עִרְבּוּב; a. e. 4) שְׁאֵלָה or שַׁאֲלָה, loan, v. שְׁאֵילָה.

שְׁאֵלָה, שְׁאִי׳f. (b. h.; שָׁאַל) 1) request, esp. shelah, prayer for rain, inserted in the ninth section of the Prayer of Benedictions. Ber.V, 2 (33a), v. שָׁאַל. Ib. 26b; 29a טעה … ש׳ בברכת השנים (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l.) if by mistake … he omitted the prayer for rain in the ninth section; (Tosef. ib. III, 9 ולא שאל את הגשמים). Taan.4b ש׳ לחוד והזכרה לחוד prayer for rain is one thing, and reference to rain (in the second section) is another thing, v. הַזְכָּרָה. Ib. 2b משעה שמפסיק לש׳וכ׳ when you cease to insert the prayer for rain, you must also cease to insert the reference to rain; a. fr. 2) question, problem. B. Kam. 116a זו ש׳ היא Ms. H. (ed. וזו שאילה) this is indeed a question (worth asking); Zeb.30b; 92b. Sabb.31a ש׳ גדולה שאלת thou hast asked a great question; a. fr. 3) (v. שָׁאַל, Nif.) ritual question, esp. case of absolution from a vow brought before a scholar. Nam. R. s. 113> אם באת … על הדין ועל הש׳וכ׳ when a woman comes to thee at college to ask concerning a law or a vow, consider her as if she were thy own daughter. Ned.60a צריך ש׳ לחכם this requires absolution by a scholar. Ib. 69a יש ש׳ בהקם can absolution from confirmation be applied for? Ib. 78a; B. Bath. 120b יש ש׳ בהקדש absolution from consecration of an object may eventually be had; אין ש׳וכ׳ is not admissible; a. fr.Pl. שְׁאֵלוֹת, שְׁאֵי׳. Gen. R. s. 82; Yalk. ib. 136 שלש ש׳ אניוכ׳ I shall ask yon three questions; if you answer them, it is right Gen. R. s. 49, v. עִרְבּוּב; a. e. 4) שְׁאֵלָה or שַׁאֲלָה, loan, v. שְׁאֵילָה.

אָבII m. (b. h.; אבה, cmp. אֵם), const. אֲבִי, אַב (embracer), father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief, leader; author, originator. Ex. R. s. 46 end המגדל אב the educator is the real father. Lev. R. s. 1 אבי החכמהוכ׳, the father of all wisdom,. the father of prophets. Y.Ned.V, 39b; a. fr.אַב בית דין (abbr. אב״ד) president of the Court (Great Sanhedrin), next in dignity to the Nassi. Taan.II, 1; a. fr.Metaph. origin, cause. Num. R. s. 10 (play on אֲבוֹי, Prov. 23:29) א׳ אוי the cause of woe (sin). אב מלאכה (for which also עיקר) one of the chief labors forbidden on the Sabbath, opp. תולדה a labor the prohibition of which is based on the ground of its being a species of the former, or derived from the former. Sabb.VII, 1 sq.; a. fr.Y.Sabb.II, 5a, אב שלה, sub. מלאכה. אב הטומאה one of the original or direct causes of levitical uncleanness, opp. ולד (child) secondary cause. Toh. I, 5; a. fr.א׳ הנזק v. Pl.בנין א׳ creation of a class, i. e. a conclusion, by analogy, from a case explicitly stated in the bibl. law on all similar cases not specified in detail. Sifra introd.Ib. Kdoshim, end, ch. 11 (ref. to Lev. 20:27) זה ב׳ א׳ לכל דמיהם בם this forms the rule for all cases in which the Bible uses the word dmēhem bam (that the penalty is stoning to death); a. fr.; v. also בֵּית אב.Pl. אָבוֹת־, const. אֲבוֹת, 1) fathers, ancestors, patriarchs Ber.26b prayers א׳ תקנום have been instituted by the Patriarchs; a. fr. אבות בתי דינין, v. supra. Hag. 2:2,בת א׳ a woman of noble descent. Num. R. s. 1; a. e.Metaph. principal, chief א׳ מלאכות, v. supra. א׳ חטומא׳ Kel. I, 1; v. supra.א׳ מזיקין (sing. אב הנזק) the chief actionable injuries or damages, from which the subordinate are deduced ( תולדות). B. Kam.I, 1; a. e. 2) Aboth, the first section of the Prayer of Benedictions (v. תְּפִלָּה), so called because it alludes to the Patriarchs. R. Hash. IV, 5; a. fr. 3) Aboth, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, containing sayings of Talmudic authorities and belonging to the fourth section, נזיקין, of the Mishnah collection ( משניות); also styled פִּרְקֵי א׳ a. מְסֶכֶת א׳. A similar collection of a later date is contained in Talmud Babli editions, named א׳ דרבי נתן Aboth dRabbi Nathan. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d top אב בית נפש v. אֲבֵידָה.

אָבII m. (b. h.; אבה, cmp. אֵם), const. אֲבִי, אַב (embracer), father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief, leader; author, originator. Ex. R. s. 46 end המגדל אב the educator is the real father. Lev. R. s. 1 אבי החכמהוכ׳, the father of all wisdom,. the father of prophets. Y.Ned.V, 39b; a. fr.אַב בית דין (abbr. אב״ד) president of the Court (Great Sanhedrin), next in dignity to the Nassi. Taan.II, 1; a. fr.Metaph. origin, cause. Num. R. s. 10 (play on אֲבוֹי, Prov. 23:29) א׳ אוי the cause of woe (sin). אב מלאכה (for which also עיקר) one of the chief labors forbidden on the Sabbath, opp. תולדה a labor the prohibition of which is based on the ground of its being a species of the former, or derived from the former. Sabb.VII, 1 sq.; a. fr.Y.Sabb.II, 5a, אב שלה, sub. מלאכה. אב הטומאה one of the original or direct causes of levitical uncleanness, opp. ולד (child) secondary cause. Toh. I, 5; a. fr.א׳ הנזק v. Pl.בנין א׳ creation of a class, i. e. a conclusion, by analogy, from a case explicitly stated in the bibl. law on all similar cases not specified in detail. Sifra introd.Ib. Kdoshim, end, ch. 11 (ref. to Lev. 20:27) זה ב׳ א׳ לכל דמיהם בם this forms the rule for all cases in which the Bible uses the word dmēhem bam (that the penalty is stoning to death); a. fr.; v. also בֵּית אב.Pl. אָבוֹת־, const. אֲבוֹת, 1) fathers, ancestors, patriarchs Ber.26b prayers א׳ תקנום have been instituted by the Patriarchs; a. fr. אבות בתי דינין, v. supra. Hag. 2:2,בת א׳ a woman of noble descent. Num. R. s. 1; a. e.Metaph. principal, chief א׳ מלאכות, v. supra. א׳ חטומא׳ Kel. I, 1; v. supra.א׳ מזיקין (sing. אב הנזק) the chief actionable injuries or damages, from which the subordinate are deduced ( תולדות). B. Kam.I, 1; a. e. 2) Aboth, the first section of the Prayer of Benedictions (v. תְּפִלָּה), so called because it alludes to the Patriarchs. R. Hash. IV, 5; a. fr. 3) Aboth, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, containing sayings of Talmudic authorities and belonging to the fourth section, נזיקין, of the Mishnah collection ( משניות); also styled פִּרְקֵי א׳ a. מְסֶכֶת א׳. A similar collection of a later date is contained in Talmud Babli editions, named א׳ דרבי נתן Aboth dRabbi Nathan. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d top אב בית נפש v. אֲבֵידָה.

בָּב, בָּאב, בָּבָאI m. (reduplic. of בא, v. בּוֹא; cmp. b. h. בִּאָה a. מָבוֹא) entrance, door, gate. Targ. Esth. 5:14.Sabb.32a, v. חוּטְרָא a. בִּזְיוּנָא I. Ib. 156b קרי אכ׳ called at the door (begging). Erub.11b; a. fr.Pl. בָּבֵי. Ber.58b; a. fr. Men.34a בָּאבֵי.Trnsf. (of writings) section, clause. ב׳ דרישא the clause of the first proposition. Sabb.3a top; a. fr.Hence ב׳ קמא (abbr. ב״ק), (ב״מ) ב׳ מציעא, (ב״ב) ב׳ בתרא Baba Kamma, Baba Metsia, Baba Bathra (first, middle, last section), names of three Talmudic treatises of the order of Nzikin (civil law); v. נֶזֶק. (Tosefta Kelim is likewise divided into three Babas with the same names..Pl. as above. R. Hash. 33b תקיעה דכולי ב׳ the tune Tkiah in all the three sections.

בָּב, בָּאב, בָּבָאI m. (reduplic. of בא, v. בּוֹא; cmp. b. h. בִּאָה a. מָבוֹא) entrance, door, gate. Targ. Esth. 5:14.Sabb.32a, v. חוּטְרָא a. בִּזְיוּנָא I. Ib. 156b קרי אכ׳ called at the door (begging). Erub.11b; a. fr.Pl. בָּבֵי. Ber.58b; a. fr. Men.34a בָּאבֵי.Trnsf. (of writings) section, clause. ב׳ דרישא the clause of the first proposition. Sabb.3a top; a. fr.Hence ב׳ קמא (abbr. ב״ק), (ב״מ) ב׳ מציעא, (ב״ב) ב׳ בתרא Baba Kamma, Baba Metsia, Baba Bathra (first, middle, last section), names of three Talmudic treatises of the order of Nzikin (civil law); v. נֶזֶק. (Tosefta Kelim is likewise divided into three Babas with the same names..Pl. as above. R. Hash. 33b תקיעה דכולי ב׳ the tune Tkiah in all the three sections.