the Treatise Sofrim

סוֹפֵרm. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) scribe, writer of documents, copyist of prayers Gitt.VIII, 8 כתב ס׳ גטוכ׳ if the scribe wrote the letter of divorce for the husband and a receipt for the wife Keth.51a, a. e. טעות ס׳, v. אַחֲרָיוּת. B. Bath.21b ס׳ מתא (Ms. M. ספר) town-scribe (libeliarius); B. Mets. 109b top ספר; B. Bath.21a ס׳ מתא (some ed. ספר), v. Tosaf. a. l.; (Rashi: principal of a town-school keeping assistants, v. infra); a. fr. 2) a scholarly man, opp. בּוֹר illiterate. Ber.45b אחד ס׳וכ׳ if one is a scholar (knowing the prayers) and the other illiterate. 3) school teacher, primary teacher. B. Bath. l. c. ס׳ יהודי a Jewish teacher; ס׳ ארמאי a teacher of secular branches (oth. opin.: a gentile teacher). Ib. ס׳ מתא, v. supra. Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 38 והס׳ מלמד כדרכו but the Bible teacher teaches (these passages) in his usual way; a. fr.Pl. סוֹפְרִים, סוֹפְרִין. Gitt.24b ס׳ העשוייןוכ׳, v. לָמַד. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e. ס׳ ומשנים, v. מִשְׁנִים. Ber. l. c. בששניהם ס׳ when both of them are scholarly men (knowing the prayers); a. fr.Kidd.IV, 13 לא יְלַמֵּד ס׳ must not be a teacher of primary schools.מסכת ס׳ the Treatise Sofrim, one of the small treatises attached to the Talmud, containing rules for writing Torah copies; (in Septem Libri, ed. Kirchheim: מסכת ספר תורה).Esp. Sofer, pl. Sofrim, title of the scholars of the ante-Tannaic period, beginning with Ezra (v. Ezra 7:11). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c. Kidd.30a לפיכך … ס׳ שהיו סופריםוכ׳ the early scholars were called Sofrim, because they counted all the letters in the Torah; a. fr.דברי ס׳ enactments or interpretations dating from the Soferic period. Yeb.II, 4 מד׳ ס׳ belonging to the prohibitions ascribed to the Sofrim. Snh.XI, 3 חומר בד׳ ס׳וכ׳ disregard of Soferic enactments is more strictly dealt with, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ib. 88b דבר שעיקרו … מד׳ ס׳ a law which is founded on the Torah, but the interpretation of which dates from the Soferic period. Tosef.Kidd.V, 21; a. fr.תקון ס׳, v. תִּיקּוּן.

סוֹפֵרm. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) scribe, writer of documents, copyist of prayers Gitt.VIII, 8 כתב ס׳ גטוכ׳ if the scribe wrote the letter of divorce for the husband and a receipt for the wife Keth.51a, a. e. טעות ס׳, v. אַחֲרָיוּת. B. Bath.21b ס׳ מתא (Ms. M. ספר) town-scribe (libeliarius); B. Mets. 109b top ספר; B. Bath.21a ס׳ מתא (some ed. ספר), v. Tosaf. a. l.; (Rashi: principal of a town-school keeping assistants, v. infra); a. fr. 2) a scholarly man, opp. בּוֹר illiterate. Ber.45b אחד ס׳וכ׳ if one is a scholar (knowing the prayers) and the other illiterate. 3) school teacher, primary teacher. B. Bath. l. c. ס׳ יהודי a Jewish teacher; ס׳ ארמאי a teacher of secular branches (oth. opin.: a gentile teacher). Ib. ס׳ מתא, v. supra. Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 38 והס׳ מלמד כדרכו but the Bible teacher teaches (these passages) in his usual way; a. fr.Pl. סוֹפְרִים, סוֹפְרִין. Gitt.24b ס׳ העשוייןוכ׳, v. לָמַד. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e. ס׳ ומשנים, v. מִשְׁנִים. Ber. l. c. בששניהם ס׳ when both of them are scholarly men (knowing the prayers); a. fr.Kidd.IV, 13 לא יְלַמֵּד ס׳ must not be a teacher of primary schools.מסכת ס׳ the Treatise Sofrim, one of the small treatises attached to the Talmud, containing rules for writing Torah copies; (in Septem Libri, ed. Kirchheim: מסכת ספר תורה).Esp. Sofer, pl. Sofrim, title of the scholars of the ante-Tannaic period, beginning with Ezra (v. Ezra 7:11). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c. Kidd.30a לפיכך … ס׳ שהיו סופריםוכ׳ the early scholars were called Sofrim, because they counted all the letters in the Torah; a. fr.דברי ס׳ enactments or interpretations dating from the Soferic period. Yeb.II, 4 מד׳ ס׳ belonging to the prohibitions ascribed to the Sofrim. Snh.XI, 3 חומר בד׳ ס׳וכ׳ disregard of Soferic enactments is more strictly dealt with, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ib. 88b דבר שעיקרו … מד׳ ס׳ a law which is founded on the Torah, but the interpretation of which dates from the Soferic period. Tosef.Kidd.V, 21; a. fr.תקון ס׳, v. תִּיקּוּן.

מְגִלָּה, מְגִילָּהf. (b. h.; גָּלַל) roll, scroll, volume, part of a סֵפֶר. Treat. Sofrim V, 9 אין עושין שמע (או)הלל מ׳וכ׳ you must not prepare the section of Shma or of Hallel as a special volume for children; Gitt.60a מהו לכתוב מ׳וכ׳, v. לָמַד; Yoma 37b. Gitt. l. c. תזרה מ׳מ׳ ניתנה the Pentateuch was published in sections, opp. חתומה. Deut. R. s. 8 תחלה קורא במ׳ when beginning, the student reads (the Pentateuch) in a detached scroll, opp. בספר.Y.Shek.V, 49a; Yoma 38a; Cant. R. to III, 6 מְגִלַּת ס(מ)מנין a volume containing prescriptions for frankincense; a. fr.מ׳ יוחסין, מ׳ סתרים מגלת אסתר,, v. respect. determinants.Pl. מְגִלּוֹת, מְגִילּוֹת. Cant. R. l. c. היו מוסרין מְגִילּוֹתָםוכ׳ they handed over their rolls (containing the prescriptions) one to the other; (Y. Shek. l. c. את המגלה הזאת).Esp. (הַ)מְּגִלָּה = מגלת אסתר, a. אֶסְתֵּר. Meg.I, 1. Ib. 19a מ׳ נקראת ספר the book of Esther is called a book and also a letter. Ib., sq. הקורא במ׳ הכתובה ביןוכ׳ he who recites from a Book of Esther as written among the Hagiographa (instead of using a special scroll); a. v. fr. Mgillah, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, treating chiefly of the Festival of Purim. Mgilloth, the five books: Esther, Ruth, Canticum, Lamentations and Koheleth.

מְגִלָּה, מְגִילָּהf. (b. h.; גָּלַל) roll, scroll, volume, part of a סֵפֶר. Treat. Sofrim V, 9 אין עושין שמע (או)הלל מ׳וכ׳ you must not prepare the section of Shma or of Hallel as a special volume for children; Gitt.60a מהו לכתוב מ׳וכ׳, v. לָמַד; Yoma 37b. Gitt. l. c. תזרה מ׳מ׳ ניתנה the Pentateuch was published in sections, opp. חתומה. Deut. R. s. 8 תחלה קורא במ׳ when beginning, the student reads (the Pentateuch) in a detached scroll, opp. בספר.Y.Shek.V, 49a; Yoma 38a; Cant. R. to III, 6 מְגִלַּת ס(מ)מנין a volume containing prescriptions for frankincense; a. fr.מ׳ יוחסין, מ׳ סתרים מגלת אסתר,, v. respect. determinants.Pl. מְגִלּוֹת, מְגִילּוֹת. Cant. R. l. c. היו מוסרין מְגִילּוֹתָםוכ׳ they handed over their rolls (containing the prescriptions) one to the other; (Y. Shek. l. c. את המגלה הזאת).Esp. (הַ)מְּגִלָּה = מגלת אסתר, a. אֶסְתֵּר. Meg.I, 1. Ib. 19a מ׳ נקראת ספר the book of Esther is called a book and also a letter. Ib., sq. הקורא במ׳ הכתובה ביןוכ׳ he who recites from a Book of Esther as written among the Hagiographa (instead of using a special scroll); a. v. fr. Mgillah, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, treating chiefly of the Festival of Purim. Mgilloth, the five books: Esther, Ruth, Canticum, Lamentations and Koheleth.

מְגִלָּה, מְגִילָּהf. (b. h.; גָּלַל) roll, scroll, volume, part of a סֵפֶר. Treat. Sofrim V, 9 אין עושין שמע (או)הלל מ׳וכ׳ you must not prepare the section of Shma or of Hallel as a special volume for children; Gitt.60a מהו לכתוב מ׳וכ׳, v. לָמַד; Yoma 37b. Gitt. l. c. תזרה מ׳מ׳ ניתנה the Pentateuch was published in sections, opp. חתומה. Deut. R. s. 8 תחלה קורא במ׳ when beginning, the student reads (the Pentateuch) in a detached scroll, opp. בספר.Y.Shek.V, 49a; Yoma 38a; Cant. R. to III, 6 מְגִלַּת ס(מ)מנין a volume containing prescriptions for frankincense; a. fr.מ׳ יוחסין, מ׳ סתרים מגלת אסתר,, v. respect. determinants.Pl. מְגִלּוֹת, מְגִילּוֹת. Cant. R. l. c. היו מוסרין מְגִילּוֹתָםוכ׳ they handed over their rolls (containing the prescriptions) one to the other; (Y. Shek. l. c. את המגלה הזאת).Esp. (הַ)מְּגִלָּה = מגלת אסתר, a. אֶסְתֵּר. Meg.I, 1. Ib. 19a מ׳ נקראת ספר the book of Esther is called a book and also a letter. Ib., sq. הקורא במ׳ הכתובה ביןוכ׳ he who recites from a Book of Esther as written among the Hagiographa (instead of using a special scroll); a. v. fr. Mgillah, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, treating chiefly of the Festival of Purim. Mgilloth, the five books: Esther, Ruth, Canticum, Lamentations and Koheleth.

מְגִלָּה, מְגִילָּהf. (b. h.; גָּלַל) roll, scroll, volume, part of a סֵפֶר. Treat. Sofrim V, 9 אין עושין שמע (או)הלל מ׳וכ׳ you must not prepare the section of Shma or of Hallel as a special volume for children; Gitt.60a מהו לכתוב מ׳וכ׳, v. לָמַד; Yoma 37b. Gitt. l. c. תזרה מ׳מ׳ ניתנה the Pentateuch was published in sections, opp. חתומה. Deut. R. s. 8 תחלה קורא במ׳ when beginning, the student reads (the Pentateuch) in a detached scroll, opp. בספר.Y.Shek.V, 49a; Yoma 38a; Cant. R. to III, 6 מְגִלַּת ס(מ)מנין a volume containing prescriptions for frankincense; a. fr.מ׳ יוחסין, מ׳ סתרים מגלת אסתר,, v. respect. determinants.Pl. מְגִלּוֹת, מְגִילּוֹת. Cant. R. l. c. היו מוסרין מְגִילּוֹתָםוכ׳ they handed over their rolls (containing the prescriptions) one to the other; (Y. Shek. l. c. את המגלה הזאת).Esp. (הַ)מְּגִלָּה = מגלת אסתר, a. אֶסְתֵּר. Meg.I, 1. Ib. 19a מ׳ נקראת ספר the book of Esther is called a book and also a letter. Ib., sq. הקורא במ׳ הכתובה ביןוכ׳ he who recites from a Book of Esther as written among the Hagiographa (instead of using a special scroll); a. v. fr. Mgillah, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, treating chiefly of the Festival of Purim. Mgilloth, the five books: Esther, Ruth, Canticum, Lamentations and Koheleth.