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מִיעוּט, מִעוּטm. (מָעַט) 1) reduction of size, the space reduced. Erub.77a אם יש במִיעוּטוֹוכ׳ if the reduction of the height (by lowering the wall or raising the embankment) extends over four handbreadths; כנגד המ׳ only as far as the reduction extends. 2) minority. Y.Pes.VII, 34c bot. כרוב או כמ׳ (not כרוב׳ במ׳) do we treat the case as if it were a majority (of unclean persons), or as if it were a minority? Ib. אין תימר כמ׳ (not במ׳) if you will consider it a minority. Y.Kidd.I, 59b top. Yeb.119a מ׳ מפילות a minority of women miscarry; a. e. 3) the least of. R. Hash. 11a; Yeb.42a; Nidd.38b (ref. to 1 Sam. 1:20) מ׳ תקופותוכ׳ the least of tkufoth (plural number) is two (seasons, of three months each), the least of yamin is two days; a. e. 4) narrowing qualification, limitation. Yoma 43a; B. Kam.86b, a. fr. הוי מ׳ אחר מ׳ ואין מ׳ אחר מ׳ אלאוכ׳ this is a limitation following a limitation, and a double limitation serves to widen the scope (because the repetition indicates that no limitation is meant, but only an exemplification); Y.Peah V, end, 19d (corr. acc.). Y.Hor.I, beg.45c מ׳ אחר מ׳ אחר מ׳ three successive limitations. Lev. R. s. 24, end ת״ל רק לשון מ׳ it says ‘only (Deut. 28:13) which intimates a limitation; a. fr.Pl. מִיעוּטִים, מִיעוּטִין, מִע׳. Tosef.Shebu.I, 7 הוה דורש ריבויין ומ׳ interpreted the Bible texts with a view to widening and narrowing the limits of the respective laws. Y.Sabb.VIII, 10b אך הוא הרי אלו מ׳וכ׳ akh and hu (Ex. 12:16, are limiting qualifications intimating that you must not cut, grind (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot., v. אַךְ I; a. fr.

מִיעוּט, מִעוּטm. (מָעַט) 1) reduction of size, the space reduced. Erub.77a אם יש במִיעוּטוֹוכ׳ if the reduction of the height (by lowering the wall or raising the embankment) extends over four handbreadths; כנגד המ׳ only as far as the reduction extends. 2) minority. Y.Pes.VII, 34c bot. כרוב או כמ׳ (not כרוב׳ במ׳) do we treat the case as if it were a majority (of unclean persons), or as if it were a minority? Ib. אין תימר כמ׳ (not במ׳) if you will consider it a minority. Y.Kidd.I, 59b top. Yeb.119a מ׳ מפילות a minority of women miscarry; a. e. 3) the least of. R. Hash. 11a; Yeb.42a; Nidd.38b (ref. to 1 Sam. 1:20) מ׳ תקופותוכ׳ the least of tkufoth (plural number) is two (seasons, of three months each), the least of yamin is two days; a. e. 4) narrowing qualification, limitation. Yoma 43a; B. Kam.86b, a. fr. הוי מ׳ אחר מ׳ ואין מ׳ אחר מ׳ אלאוכ׳ this is a limitation following a limitation, and a double limitation serves to widen the scope (because the repetition indicates that no limitation is meant, but only an exemplification); Y.Peah V, end, 19d (corr. acc.). Y.Hor.I, beg.45c מ׳ אחר מ׳ אחר מ׳ three successive limitations. Lev. R. s. 24, end ת״ל רק לשון מ׳ it says ‘only (Deut. 28:13) which intimates a limitation; a. fr.Pl. מִיעוּטִים, מִיעוּטִין, מִע׳. Tosef.Shebu.I, 7 הוה דורש ריבויין ומ׳ interpreted the Bible texts with a view to widening and narrowing the limits of the respective laws. Y.Sabb.VIII, 10b אך הוא הרי אלו מ׳וכ׳ akh and hu (Ex. 12:16, are limiting qualifications intimating that you must not cut, grind (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot., v. אַךְ I; a. fr.

מִיעוּט, מִעוּטm. (מָעַט) 1) reduction of size, the space reduced. Erub.77a אם יש במִיעוּטוֹוכ׳ if the reduction of the height (by lowering the wall or raising the embankment) extends over four handbreadths; כנגד המ׳ only as far as the reduction extends. 2) minority. Y.Pes.VII, 34c bot. כרוב או כמ׳ (not כרוב׳ במ׳) do we treat the case as if it were a majority (of unclean persons), or as if it were a minority? Ib. אין תימר כמ׳ (not במ׳) if you will consider it a minority. Y.Kidd.I, 59b top. Yeb.119a מ׳ מפילות a minority of women miscarry; a. e. 3) the least of. R. Hash. 11a; Yeb.42a; Nidd.38b (ref. to 1 Sam. 1:20) מ׳ תקופותוכ׳ the least of tkufoth (plural number) is two (seasons, of three months each), the least of yamin is two days; a. e. 4) narrowing qualification, limitation. Yoma 43a; B. Kam.86b, a. fr. הוי מ׳ אחר מ׳ ואין מ׳ אחר מ׳ אלאוכ׳ this is a limitation following a limitation, and a double limitation serves to widen the scope (because the repetition indicates that no limitation is meant, but only an exemplification); Y.Peah V, end, 19d (corr. acc.). Y.Hor.I, beg.45c מ׳ אחר מ׳ אחר מ׳ three successive limitations. Lev. R. s. 24, end ת״ל רק לשון מ׳ it says ‘only (Deut. 28:13) which intimates a limitation; a. fr.Pl. מִיעוּטִים, מִיעוּטִין, מִע׳. Tosef.Shebu.I, 7 הוה דורש ריבויין ומ׳ interpreted the Bible texts with a view to widening and narrowing the limits of the respective laws. Y.Sabb.VIII, 10b אך הוא הרי אלו מ׳וכ׳ akh and hu (Ex. 12:16, are limiting qualifications intimating that you must not cut, grind (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot., v. אַךְ I; a. fr.

מִיעוּט, מִעוּטm. (מָעַט) 1) reduction of size, the space reduced. Erub.77a אם יש במִיעוּטוֹוכ׳ if the reduction of the height (by lowering the wall or raising the embankment) extends over four handbreadths; כנגד המ׳ only as far as the reduction extends. 2) minority. Y.Pes.VII, 34c bot. כרוב או כמ׳ (not כרוב׳ במ׳) do we treat the case as if it were a majority (of unclean persons), or as if it were a minority? Ib. אין תימר כמ׳ (not במ׳) if you will consider it a minority. Y.Kidd.I, 59b top. Yeb.119a מ׳ מפילות a minority of women miscarry; a. e. 3) the least of. R. Hash. 11a; Yeb.42a; Nidd.38b (ref. to 1 Sam. 1:20) מ׳ תקופותוכ׳ the least of tkufoth (plural number) is two (seasons, of three months each), the least of yamin is two days; a. e. 4) narrowing qualification, limitation. Yoma 43a; B. Kam.86b, a. fr. הוי מ׳ אחר מ׳ ואין מ׳ אחר מ׳ אלאוכ׳ this is a limitation following a limitation, and a double limitation serves to widen the scope (because the repetition indicates that no limitation is meant, but only an exemplification); Y.Peah V, end, 19d (corr. acc.). Y.Hor.I, beg.45c מ׳ אחר מ׳ אחר מ׳ three successive limitations. Lev. R. s. 24, end ת״ל רק לשון מ׳ it says ‘only (Deut. 28:13) which intimates a limitation; a. fr.Pl. מִיעוּטִים, מִיעוּטִין, מִע׳. Tosef.Shebu.I, 7 הוה דורש ריבויין ומ׳ interpreted the Bible texts with a view to widening and narrowing the limits of the respective laws. Y.Sabb.VIII, 10b אך הוא הרי אלו מ׳וכ׳ akh and hu (Ex. 12:16, are limiting qualifications intimating that you must not cut, grind (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot., v. אַךְ I; a. fr.

מִיעוּטָאch. sam( מִיעוּט, מִעוּט m. (מָעַט) reduction of size, the space reduced). Erub.77a אי אהני מ׳ if the reduction has any effect. Yeb.119a סמוך מ׳ דמפילותוכ׳ add the minority of miscarrying women to the half of female births, and the male births will be a minority. Ḥull.6a, a. fr. חייש למ׳ takes into consideration the minority (the possibility of the rarer cases). Yeb.119b, a. e. מ׳ דמ׳ לא חייִש a minority of a minority he does not take into consideration. Kidd.80a מ׳ כמאן דליתא דמי a minority is considered as non-existentPl. מִיעוּטֵי. Snh.45b, sq. דריש ריבויי ומ׳, v. preced.

מִיעוּטָאch. sam( מִיעוּט, מִעוּט m. (מָעַט) reduction of size, the space reduced). Erub.77a אי אהני מ׳ if the reduction has any effect. Yeb.119a סמוך מ׳ דמפילותוכ׳ add the minority of miscarrying women to the half of female births, and the male births will be a minority. Ḥull.6a, a. fr. חייש למ׳ takes into consideration the minority (the possibility of the rarer cases). Yeb.119b, a. e. מ׳ דמ׳ לא חייִש a minority of a minority he does not take into consideration. Kidd.80a מ׳ כמאן דליתא דמי a minority is considered as non-existentPl. מִיעוּטֵי. Snh.45b, sq. דריש ריבויי ומ׳, v. preced.

כָּנַס(b. h.; v. כּוֹס I) 1) to collect, gather; to cover, shelter, bring home. B. Kam.VI, 1 הכּוֹנס צאן לדיר he who takes the flock into the stall; a. fr.כ׳ משקה to absorb liquids through pores, opp. to הוציא to let liquids escape through pores. Nidd.49a יביא … אם כָּנְסָהוכ׳ get a tub full of water and put the pot in, if it draws water Kel. X, 8 היו בכוֹנֵס משקח (sub. נקובין) if the vessels were so porous as to be called absorbers of liquids. Nidd. l. c. כיצד … לידע אם ניקב בכונס משקה how do we examine to find out whether a vessel is porous to the extent of absorbing liquids? (v. supra); a. fr.Esp. to take a woman home, to consummate a marriage by conducting a woman to ones house, to wed, v. אֵירוּסִין a. נִישּׂוּאִין. Keth.3b וברביעי כּוֹנְסָהּ and on the fourth day of the week he weds her. Ib. ומסכנה ואילך נהגו … לִכְנוֹסוכ׳ and from the days of persecution … the people adopted the custom to wed on the third day; … ובשני לא יִכְנוֹס but on the second day one must not marry. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b כְּנָסָהּ ולאוכ׳ he took her to his home but did not touch her ; a. fr.Part. pass. כְּנוּסָה. Y.Sot.II, 18b top שומרת יבםוכ׳ neither while waiting for the yabam nor after having been taken to his house. 2) (of a sore) ( to gather, to grow smaller, to contract, opp. פשה. Neg. IV, 7; Tosef. ib. II, 6; Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 2, ch. 2; a. e. 3) (archit.) to recede, to form a settle or recess in a wall. Midd. III, 1 עלה אמהוכ׳ אמה (the altar) rose one cubit and then receded one cubit; Men.97b.Y.Erub.VII, 24b bot. (of an inclined plane) עולה אמה וכוֹנֵס שלש it rises vertically one cubit, while the incline measures three cubits, v. כִּיבּוּש.Part. pass. כָּנוּס, f. כְּנוּסָה. Tosef.Erub.I, 10 כותל שצידו אחד כ׳ מחבירווכ׳ a wall which is more receding on one side than on the other, either the inner wall being even ; Erub.9b; 15a; (Y. ib. 19b top כותל הנכנס). Y.Succ.I, 52a אפי׳ כנוסה כמה even if the reduction be ever so large. Nif. נִכְנַס 1) to be brought in, to enter, opp. יצא; to assemble, meet. Erub. 65a, v. סוֹד. Ib. 15b נ׳ ויוצא is easily passed in and out. Kel. IX, 7 מלא … נ׳ when a piece of the size … can be passed, לא נ׳ when it cannot pass (exactly fitting in). Y.Erub.I, 18c bot. אין … לִיכָּנֵסוכ׳ it is not the habit of man to enter through one door and leave through another.Ḥull.3a, a. fr. יוצא ונ׳ superintending by going in and out. Sabb.137b כשםשנ׳ … יִכָּנסוכ׳ as he (the child) has been entered into the covenant, so may he be introduced to the study of the Law Snh.101a נִכְנְסוּ תלמידיווכ׳ his pupils came together to visit him. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 19, a. e. לא יִכָּנֵס אדם להרוכ׳ one must not enter the Temple mount Meg.I, 3 מקום שנִכְנָסִיןוכ׳ a place where the country people are in the habit of assembling on Mondays ; a. fr. 2) to form a recess or settle. Y.Erub.I, 19b top, v. supra. 3) to be married, v. supra. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b הִיכָּנְסִיוכ׳ be my wife and raise thy sisters children; Koh. R. to IX, 9; a. fr. Pi. כִּינֵּס to gather, collect. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 24 בשעת המְכַנְּסִין … כַּנֵּס when people collect (learning), scatter, when they scatter (are indifferent), gather in (withdraw); v. בְּדַר; Ber.63a המכניסים (read: המְכַנְּ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9). Ex. R. s. 17, beg. שכִּינְּסָן מעל הארץ which (waters) he gathered from upon the land. Deut. R. s. 3 כִּינְּסָה את בניה she assembled her children; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּנָּס, f. מְכוּנֶּסֶת; pl. מְכוּנָּסִין, מְכוּנָּסוֹת. Erub.21a (מים) מ׳ collected water, opp. מים חיים. Midr. Till. to Ps. 70 הרי הצאן מכ׳ the flock is gathered again. Neg. IV, 3 במ׳ when the hairs on the leprous spot are close together, opp. מפוזר; a. fr. Hif. הִכְנִיס to bring in, to lay in, store up; to introduce, pass; to initiate. Lev. R. s. 9 הִכְנִיסוֹ לביתו he invited him to his house. Ex. R. s. 20 אם אני מַכְנִיסָןוכ׳ if I lead them now into the land. Ib. ה׳ יינווכ׳ he stored his wine in the cellar. Men.97a ומכניס קנהוכ׳ and passes a tube under it. Sabb.118b ה׳ ידווכ׳ put his hand under his belt. Ib. מַכְנִיסֵי שבת who usher the Sabbath in (with prayer). Ib. 137b להַכְנִיסוֹ בבריתווכ׳ to initiate him into the covenant (v. supra). Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot. הרי אתם מַכְנִיסִין ראשיוכ׳ you want me to put my head between two great mountains. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6 לא מוציא ולא מַכְנִיס neither lets escape nor receives, v. נוֹד; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּנֵּס, Nithpa. נִתְכַּנֵּס 1) to assemble, meet, be reunited. Taan.27b מִתְכַּנְּסִין לבה״כ meet at the synagogue. Gen. R. s. 39, a. e. אם מתכנסין כלוכ׳ if all human beings were to join for creating ; Cant. R. to I, 3 מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין. Mekh. Bshall.s.6 אין הגליות מִתְכַּנְּסוֹתוכ׳ the diaspora will be reunited only as a reward for faith; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 12, beg. מתכנסין ויוצאין; (Koh. R. to II, 12 נכנסין) they go in and out. 2) to gather, become closer (v. supra). Neg. I, 6 נִתְכַּנְּסָה the sore gathered.

כָּנַס(b. h.; v. כּוֹס I) 1) to collect, gather; to cover, shelter, bring home. B. Kam.VI, 1 הכּוֹנס צאן לדיר he who takes the flock into the stall; a. fr.כ׳ משקה to absorb liquids through pores, opp. to הוציא to let liquids escape through pores. Nidd.49a יביא … אם כָּנְסָהוכ׳ get a tub full of water and put the pot in, if it draws water Kel. X, 8 היו בכוֹנֵס משקח (sub. נקובין) if the vessels were so porous as to be called absorbers of liquids. Nidd. l. c. כיצד … לידע אם ניקב בכונס משקה how do we examine to find out whether a vessel is porous to the extent of absorbing liquids? (v. supra); a. fr.Esp. to take a woman home, to consummate a marriage by conducting a woman to ones house, to wed, v. אֵירוּסִין a. נִישּׂוּאִין. Keth.3b וברביעי כּוֹנְסָהּ and on the fourth day of the week he weds her. Ib. ומסכנה ואילך נהגו … לִכְנוֹסוכ׳ and from the days of persecution … the people adopted the custom to wed on the third day; … ובשני לא יִכְנוֹס but on the second day one must not marry. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b כְּנָסָהּ ולאוכ׳ he took her to his home but did not touch her ; a. fr.Part. pass. כְּנוּסָה. Y.Sot.II, 18b top שומרת יבםוכ׳ neither while waiting for the yabam nor after having been taken to his house. 2) (of a sore) ( to gather, to grow smaller, to contract, opp. פשה. Neg. IV, 7; Tosef. ib. II, 6; Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 2, ch. 2; a. e. 3) (archit.) to recede, to form a settle or recess in a wall. Midd. III, 1 עלה אמהוכ׳ אמה (the altar) rose one cubit and then receded one cubit; Men.97b.Y.Erub.VII, 24b bot. (of an inclined plane) עולה אמה וכוֹנֵס שלש it rises vertically one cubit, while the incline measures three cubits, v. כִּיבּוּש.Part. pass. כָּנוּס, f. כְּנוּסָה. Tosef.Erub.I, 10 כותל שצידו אחד כ׳ מחבירווכ׳ a wall which is more receding on one side than on the other, either the inner wall being even ; Erub.9b; 15a; (Y. ib. 19b top כותל הנכנס). Y.Succ.I, 52a אפי׳ כנוסה כמה even if the reduction be ever so large. Nif. נִכְנַס 1) to be brought in, to enter, opp. יצא; to assemble, meet. Erub. 65a, v. סוֹד. Ib. 15b נ׳ ויוצא is easily passed in and out. Kel. IX, 7 מלא … נ׳ when a piece of the size … can be passed, לא נ׳ when it cannot pass (exactly fitting in). Y.Erub.I, 18c bot. אין … לִיכָּנֵסוכ׳ it is not the habit of man to enter through one door and leave through another.Ḥull.3a, a. fr. יוצא ונ׳ superintending by going in and out. Sabb.137b כשםשנ׳ … יִכָּנסוכ׳ as he (the child) has been entered into the covenant, so may he be introduced to the study of the Law Snh.101a נִכְנְסוּ תלמידיווכ׳ his pupils came together to visit him. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 19, a. e. לא יִכָּנֵס אדם להרוכ׳ one must not enter the Temple mount Meg.I, 3 מקום שנִכְנָסִיןוכ׳ a place where the country people are in the habit of assembling on Mondays ; a. fr. 2) to form a recess or settle. Y.Erub.I, 19b top, v. supra. 3) to be married, v. supra. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b הִיכָּנְסִיוכ׳ be my wife and raise thy sisters children; Koh. R. to IX, 9; a. fr. Pi. כִּינֵּס to gather, collect. Tosef.Ber.VII (VI), 24 בשעת המְכַנְּסִין … כַּנֵּס when people collect (learning), scatter, when they scatter (are indifferent), gather in (withdraw); v. בְּדַר; Ber.63a המכניסים (read: המְכַנְּ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9). Ex. R. s. 17, beg. שכִּינְּסָן מעל הארץ which (waters) he gathered from upon the land. Deut. R. s. 3 כִּינְּסָה את בניה she assembled her children; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּנָּס, f. מְכוּנֶּסֶת; pl. מְכוּנָּסִין, מְכוּנָּסוֹת. Erub.21a (מים) מ׳ collected water, opp. מים חיים. Midr. Till. to Ps. 70 הרי הצאן מכ׳ the flock is gathered again. Neg. IV, 3 במ׳ when the hairs on the leprous spot are close together, opp. מפוזר; a. fr. Hif. הִכְנִיס to bring in, to lay in, store up; to introduce, pass; to initiate. Lev. R. s. 9 הִכְנִיסוֹ לביתו he invited him to his house. Ex. R. s. 20 אם אני מַכְנִיסָןוכ׳ if I lead them now into the land. Ib. ה׳ יינווכ׳ he stored his wine in the cellar. Men.97a ומכניס קנהוכ׳ and passes a tube under it. Sabb.118b ה׳ ידווכ׳ put his hand under his belt. Ib. מַכְנִיסֵי שבת who usher the Sabbath in (with prayer). Ib. 137b להַכְנִיסוֹ בבריתווכ׳ to initiate him into the covenant (v. supra). Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot. הרי אתם מַכְנִיסִין ראשיוכ׳ you want me to put my head between two great mountains. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6 לא מוציא ולא מַכְנִיס neither lets escape nor receives, v. נוֹד; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּנֵּס, Nithpa. נִתְכַּנֵּס 1) to assemble, meet, be reunited. Taan.27b מִתְכַּנְּסִין לבה״כ meet at the synagogue. Gen. R. s. 39, a. e. אם מתכנסין כלוכ׳ if all human beings were to join for creating ; Cant. R. to I, 3 מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין. Mekh. Bshall.s.6 אין הגליות מִתְכַּנְּסוֹתוכ׳ the diaspora will be reunited only as a reward for faith; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 12, beg. מתכנסין ויוצאין; (Koh. R. to II, 12 נכנסין) they go in and out. 2) to gather, become closer (v. supra). Neg. I, 6 נִתְכַּנְּסָה the sore gathered.

מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

פַּחַתc. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) cavity, pit.Pl. פְּחָתִים, פְּחָתִין. Sot.21a מתיירא מן הקוצין ומן הפ׳וכ׳ is afraid of the thorns, the pits and the thistles (on the road); a. e. 2) defective spot, breach. Bets.IV, 3 נוטל ממקום הפ׳ he may take out the fruits where they burst through the partition. 3) broken vessel, fragment.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.VII, 15 שולי הפ׳ the sides of fragments of vessels (v. מַחַץ). 4) diminution, depreciation, loss. Y.Ter.IV, 42d bot. שאין הפ׳ והתוספת שוין for the reduction and the addition are not of like proportions, i. e. the difference between 1/40 and 1/50 is not the same as that between 1/50 and 1/60 (v. פָּחַת Pi.). B. Kam.10b לפ׳ נבלה for the eventual depreciation of the carcass during the time intervening between the accident and the decision of the court. Ib. פ׳ נבלה תנאי היא there is a difference of opinion among Tannaim as regards the liability for the depreciation of the carcass. Y. ib. I, 2b bot. ישלם פַּחֲתָהּ he must indemnify the owner for its depreciation, i. e. he must pay the difference between the value of the living and that of the dead animal. Esth. R. to III, 8 שהן מכניסין פ׳ בממונו של עולם they (through their idleness) cause a diminution of the wealth of the world; a. e.

פַּחַתc. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) cavity, pit.Pl. פְּחָתִים, פְּחָתִין. Sot.21a מתיירא מן הקוצין ומן הפ׳וכ׳ is afraid of the thorns, the pits and the thistles (on the road); a. e. 2) defective spot, breach. Bets.IV, 3 נוטל ממקום הפ׳ he may take out the fruits where they burst through the partition. 3) broken vessel, fragment.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.VII, 15 שולי הפ׳ the sides of fragments of vessels (v. מַחַץ). 4) diminution, depreciation, loss. Y.Ter.IV, 42d bot. שאין הפ׳ והתוספת שוין for the reduction and the addition are not of like proportions, i. e. the difference between 1/40 and 1/50 is not the same as that between 1/50 and 1/60 (v. פָּחַת Pi.). B. Kam.10b לפ׳ נבלה for the eventual depreciation of the carcass during the time intervening between the accident and the decision of the court. Ib. פ׳ נבלה תנאי היא there is a difference of opinion among Tannaim as regards the liability for the depreciation of the carcass. Y. ib. I, 2b bot. ישלם פַּחֲתָהּ he must indemnify the owner for its depreciation, i. e. he must pay the difference between the value of the living and that of the dead animal. Esth. R. to III, 8 שהן מכניסין פ׳ בממונו של עולם they (through their idleness) cause a diminution of the wealth of the world; a. e.

גְּמָרָאf. (v. גְּמַר II, 5) memorizing of verbal teachings, tradition. Ab. Zar.19a bot. הנ״מ סברא אבל ג׳ מחד רבאוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) this refers to reasoning (dialectics), but as to traditional laws (rules), it is better to study only with one teacher, in order not to be confused by varying wording; Yalk. Ps. 614.Gitt.6b הא ג׳ היא וג׳ לא שמיע ליה this is merely a tradition (not to be arrived at by way of reasoning) and one may not have heard that tradition (and yet be an able man). B. Mets. 33ab ג׳ verbal study (opp. to משנה which had been put to writing). Arakh.29a רב גַּמְרֵיה גמיר (not גמור) Rab had his own tradition about it (had it from his teacher that the Mishnah was corrupt). Erub.60a ג׳ גמור זמורתא תהא if it is a tradition, learn it by heart, let it be like a song (the wording of which you dare not change); Sabb.106b; Ab. Zar.32b; Bets.24a (variously interpreted in comment.).Yoma 14b, a. fr. משמיה דג׳ as a tradition (without knowing the reasoning process, cmp. ib. 33a bot. ג׳ גמירנאוכ׳); a. fr. Gmara, that part of the Talmud containing those discussions, decisions which, after the reduction to writing of the Mishnah, were the materials of verbal studies until they, too, were put to writing.Abbrev. גמ׳, a clerical mark in the Talmnd Babli editions, to indicate where the Mishnah ends, and the Gmara begins.

גְּמָרָאf. (v. גְּמַר II, 5) memorizing of verbal teachings, tradition. Ab. Zar.19a bot. הנ״מ סברא אבל ג׳ מחד רבאוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) this refers to reasoning (dialectics), but as to traditional laws (rules), it is better to study only with one teacher, in order not to be confused by varying wording; Yalk. Ps. 614.Gitt.6b הא ג׳ היא וג׳ לא שמיע ליה this is merely a tradition (not to be arrived at by way of reasoning) and one may not have heard that tradition (and yet be an able man). B. Mets. 33ab ג׳ verbal study (opp. to משנה which had been put to writing). Arakh.29a רב גַּמְרֵיה גמיר (not גמור) Rab had his own tradition about it (had it from his teacher that the Mishnah was corrupt). Erub.60a ג׳ גמור זמורתא תהא if it is a tradition, learn it by heart, let it be like a song (the wording of which you dare not change); Sabb.106b; Ab. Zar.32b; Bets.24a (variously interpreted in comment.).Yoma 14b, a. fr. משמיה דג׳ as a tradition (without knowing the reasoning process, cmp. ib. 33a bot. ג׳ גמירנאוכ׳); a. fr. Gmara, that part of the Talmud containing those discussions, decisions which, after the reduction to writing of the Mishnah, were the materials of verbal studies until they, too, were put to writing.Abbrev. גמ׳, a clerical mark in the Talmnd Babli editions, to indicate where the Mishnah ends, and the Gmara begins.

כְּלָיָיהf. (כָּלָה) destruction, diminution, extinction. Ab. V, 8 רעב של כ׳ a destructive famine (general miscrop). Y.Ber.II, 5c bot. Snh.63a נתחייבו שונאיהם … כ׳ the enemies of Israel (censorial change רשעיהם, euphem. for Israel) would have been condemned to destruction. Gen. R. s. 10 אין ויכלו … לשון כ׳ vaykhullu (Gen. 2:1) has the meaning of affliction, of diminution (ref. to the reduction of the planetary courses after Adams sin). Ib. s. 49 (expl. כלה, Gen. 18:21) כ׳ הן חייבין they deserve extinction; (Targ. Y. II Gen. l. c. כַּלַּיָּיה עבדו גמירא, read: עבדו כְּלָיָיה גמירא). Mekh. Bshall., Shirah, s.5 גמרת … כ׳ thou hast passed the verdict of destruction ; a. fr.

כְּלָיָיהf. (כָּלָה) destruction, diminution, extinction. Ab. V, 8 רעב של כ׳ a destructive famine (general miscrop). Y.Ber.II, 5c bot. Snh.63a נתחייבו שונאיהם … כ׳ the enemies of Israel (censorial change רשעיהם, euphem. for Israel) would have been condemned to destruction. Gen. R. s. 10 אין ויכלו … לשון כ׳ vaykhullu (Gen. 2:1) has the meaning of affliction, of diminution (ref. to the reduction of the planetary courses after Adams sin). Ib. s. 49 (expl. כלה, Gen. 18:21) כ׳ הן חייבין they deserve extinction; (Targ. Y. II Gen. l. c. כַּלַּיָּיה עבדו גמירא, read: עבדו כְּלָיָיה גמירא). Mekh. Bshall., Shirah, s.5 גמרת … כ׳ thou hast passed the verdict of destruction ; a. fr.

קָלָנְיָאf. (colonia) a Roman colony (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Colonia). Ab. Zar.10a ותתעביד טבריא ק׳ and that Tiberias be declared a Roman colony. Succ.45a, v. מוֹצָא II; Y. ib. IV, beg.54b קָלוֹנְיָיא. Deut. R. s. 10 לאיסטרטיגין ששימש … פרס וקלאונה (read רומי for פרס, a corr. acc.) a general that held offices in two provinces, one a Roman province, the other a colony; (Yalk. ib. 942 פרס וק׳, omitted). B. Bath.4a את הורודוס עבדא בישא מתעביד ק׳ Ms. R. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) thou, Herod, being a bad servant (of Rome), (thy country) be declared a colony (an anachronistic allusion to the reduction of Judæa to a Roman province on the banishment of Archelaus).Yeb.115b בצד קלוניא מתא by the side of the town of Colonia (?).

קָלָנְיָאf. (colonia) a Roman colony (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Colonia). Ab. Zar.10a ותתעביד טבריא ק׳ and that Tiberias be declared a Roman colony. Succ.45a, v. מוֹצָא II; Y. ib. IV, beg.54b קָלוֹנְיָיא. Deut. R. s. 10 לאיסטרטיגין ששימש … פרס וקלאונה (read רומי for פרס, a corr. acc.) a general that held offices in two provinces, one a Roman province, the other a colony; (Yalk. ib. 942 פרס וק׳, omitted). B. Bath.4a את הורודוס עבדא בישא מתעביד ק׳ Ms. R. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) thou, Herod, being a bad servant (of Rome), (thy country) be declared a colony (an anachronistic allusion to the reduction of Judæa to a Roman province on the banishment of Archelaus).Yeb.115b בצד קלוניא מתא by the side of the town of Colonia (?).