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סְקַרְתָּאf. (v. סָקַר II) red paint. Gitt.19a (expl. סיקרא) ס׳ שמה its name is sḳarta.Esp. marking with siḳra. Bekh.58a אי אפשר … משום ס׳ you cannot tithe sheep on the Holy Day on account of the required marking with paint; Ḥag.8a. Naz.39a תא שמע מס׳וכ׳ come, learn it (that the hair grows from the root) from the mark on sheep, where you can see that the wool beneath is loose (while that on top is matted).

סְקַרְתָּאf. (v. סָקַר II) red paint. Gitt.19a (expl. סיקרא) ס׳ שמה its name is sḳarta.Esp. marking with siḳra. Bekh.58a אי אפשר … משום ס׳ you cannot tithe sheep on the Holy Day on account of the required marking with paint; Ḥag.8a. Naz.39a תא שמע מס׳וכ׳ come, learn it (that the hair grows from the root) from the mark on sheep, where you can see that the wool beneath is loose (while that on top is matted).

עֲזִיבָהf. (עָזַב) 1) abandoning, giving up, renouncing (in favor of the poor, Lev. 19:10). Ḥull.131b וכולן …מ״ט ע׳ כתיב בהו and from all of them the owner must not derive the benefit of putting a person under obligation (v. טוֹבָה), because ‘abandoning (עזב) is written about them (Lev. l. c.). Y.Peah IV, end, 19a שהן בע׳ they must be abandoned. Ib. V, beg.19b (ref. to תעזב אתם, Lev. l. c.) יש לך ע׳ אחרת כזו (it intimates that) there is another abandonment like this (renouncing ones property in favor of the poor, v. הֶפְקֵר). Y.Ned.XI, 42c bot. מעשר עני ניתן בזכייה ואלו בע׳ the tithe of the poor is given to the poor by way of a transfer (to a certain person), bat these (gifts) are abandoned (the owner having no right of disposal). 2) forsaking. Lam. R. to V, 20 ארבעה דברים … מאיסה וגעילה ע׳ ושכיחה Jeremiah used four expressions: rejection, loathing, forsaking, and forgetting. Gen. R. s. 69 (ref. to Gen. 28:15) אין ע׳ אלא פרנסה forsaking refers to sustenance (with ref. to Ps. 37:25); Lev. R. s. 35; a. e. 3) shunning, unworthiness. Ned.22a (in Chald. Dict.) מלין דע׳ things which must be shunned (indecencies); (Ar. מלין דעֲזוּבָה things worthy of an abandoned woman).

עֲזִיבָהf. (עָזַב) 1) abandoning, giving up, renouncing (in favor of the poor, Lev. 19:10). Ḥull.131b וכולן …מ״ט ע׳ כתיב בהו and from all of them the owner must not derive the benefit of putting a person under obligation (v. טוֹבָה), because ‘abandoning (עזב) is written about them (Lev. l. c.). Y.Peah IV, end, 19a שהן בע׳ they must be abandoned. Ib. V, beg.19b (ref. to תעזב אתם, Lev. l. c.) יש לך ע׳ אחרת כזו (it intimates that) there is another abandonment like this (renouncing ones property in favor of the poor, v. הֶפְקֵר). Y.Ned.XI, 42c bot. מעשר עני ניתן בזכייה ואלו בע׳ the tithe of the poor is given to the poor by way of a transfer (to a certain person), bat these (gifts) are abandoned (the owner having no right of disposal). 2) forsaking. Lam. R. to V, 20 ארבעה דברים … מאיסה וגעילה ע׳ ושכיחה Jeremiah used four expressions: rejection, loathing, forsaking, and forgetting. Gen. R. s. 69 (ref. to Gen. 28:15) אין ע׳ אלא פרנסה forsaking refers to sustenance (with ref. to Ps. 37:25); Lev. R. s. 35; a. e. 3) shunning, unworthiness. Ned.22a (in Chald. Dict.) מלין דע׳ things which must be shunned (indecencies); (Ar. מלין דעֲזוּבָה things worthy of an abandoned woman).

עֲשַׂרII ch., Pa. עַשֵּׂר, עַסֵּר same, to tithe. Targ. Deut. 14:22. Ib. 26:12 (Y. II למַעַשְׂרָא Af.).Yeb.93a ע׳ מפירי דביתיה עילויהו he set aside as tithes from the produces in his house on behalf of those (that were to come in). Ib. לעַשּׂוּרֵי ומיכל as regards tithing and eating; a. e.

עֲשַׂרII ch., Pa. עַשֵּׂר, עַסֵּר same, to tithe. Targ. Deut. 14:22. Ib. 26:12 (Y. II למַעַשְׂרָא Af.).Yeb.93a ע׳ מפירי דביתיה עילויהו he set aside as tithes from the produces in his house on behalf of those (that were to come in). Ib. לעַשּׂוּרֵי ומיכל as regards tithing and eating; a. e.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

קוֹרI m. (נָקַר I; cmp. מוֹקְרָא II) (marrow,) the white heart or terminal bud of a palm ( cabbage tree) used as food. Ukts. III, 7 הק׳ הרי הוא כעץוכ׳ ḳor is like wood in every respect (not susceptible of levitical uncleanness), but may be bought for tithe-money (being considered as food); Tosef. ib. III, 10; Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c; Erub.28b. Tosef.Shebi.III, 21; a. e.

קוֹרI m. (נָקַר I; cmp. מוֹקְרָא II) (marrow,) the white heart or terminal bud of a palm ( cabbage tree) used as food. Ukts. III, 7 הק׳ הרי הוא כעץוכ׳ ḳor is like wood in every respect (not susceptible of levitical uncleanness), but may be bought for tithe-money (being considered as food); Tosef. ib. III, 10; Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c; Erub.28b. Tosef.Shebi.III, 21; a. e.

קִישוּתI f. (cmp. כָּשוּת) ( tufted fruit, cucumber ( sing, a. pl.). Tosef.Dem.V.10 נוטל מכל ק׳ וק׳ he takes tithe from each bunch of cucumbers. Ter. III, 1 התורם ק׳ ונמצאתוכ׳ if one separates a cucumber for Trumah, and it is found to be bitter. Tosef. ib. IV, 5 אין לך מר בק׳וכ׳ there is nothing bitter in the cucumber except the central part (the central cucumber in the bunch (?)); a. e.Pl. (v. supra). Ib. V, 14. Sabb.109a Ar. s. v. טרז; v. כָּשוּת.V. קִשּׁוּאִים.

קִישוּתI f. (cmp. כָּשוּת) ( tufted fruit, cucumber ( sing, a. pl.). Tosef.Dem.V.10 נוטל מכל ק׳ וק׳ he takes tithe from each bunch of cucumbers. Ter. III, 1 התורם ק׳ ונמצאתוכ׳ if one separates a cucumber for Trumah, and it is found to be bitter. Tosef. ib. IV, 5 אין לך מר בק׳וכ׳ there is nothing bitter in the cucumber except the central part (the central cucumber in the bunch (?)); a. e.Pl. (v. supra). Ib. V, 14. Sabb.109a Ar. s. v. טרז; v. כָּשוּת.V. קִשּׁוּאִים.

תִּיקּוּן, תִּקּוּןm. (תִּקַן) 1) preparation, esp. making fruits available by separating the tithes, the priests share Y.Dem.III, beg.23b נותן לו כדי תִיקּוּנוֹ (not תיקולו) we give a quantity large enough for him to separate the tithe, i. e. we give him a larger quantity, so that after deducting the gifts he should have as much as is due to him; a. e. 2) establishment, institution; amendment, making right. Gitt. IV, 2, a. fr. מפני ת׳ העולם for the sake of the social order. Succ.V, 2 ומתקנין שם ת׳ גדול and they introduced a great improvement there; ib. מאי ת׳ גדולוכ׳ what was that great improvement?… The womans compartment was open, and they put a railing around it Tosef.Naz.V, 2 ת׳ הדברוכ׳ the way to set the thing right, the proper way is ; Y. ib. II, end, 52b תִּקָּןוכ׳. Pesik. shimʿu, p. 118a> על שם שלא … כתִיקּוּנָהּבא״י because I did not separate one Ḥallah in Palestine as was proper; Cant. R. to I, 6 כתִקָּנָהּ; ib. על שלא … כתִקּוּנוֹוכ׳ because I did not keep one Holy Day in Palestine as I ought to have Pesik. R. s. 28 שאין עושים … כתִיקָּנָםוכ׳ my children do not observe the festivals according to their institution, as they were commanded Meg.2a בזמן שהשנים כתִיקָּנָןוכ׳ when the seasons of the year were as they ought to be (when the calendar was regulated by the court), and Israel dwelt in their land; a. fr.ת׳ סופרים the emendations of Biblical phrases introduced by the Sofrim (v. סוֹפֵר) to obviate apparently irreverent expressions. Tanḥ. Bshall. 16 (where the text is largely interpolated). Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. 18:22) ת׳ ס׳ הוא זה שהשכינהוכ׳ this is a Soferic emendation (for, ‘and the Lord stood yet before Abraham), for the Shechinah waited for Abraham; Midr. Till. to Ps. 8; (Lev. R. s. 11 תַּקָּנַת ס׳); a. fr.(A list of these emendations is to be found in Tanḥ. l. c.; Sifré Num. 84; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; Yalk. Ex. 247; v. esp. Frensdorff, Ochlah Wochlah, p. 113.

תִּיקּוּן, תִּקּוּןm. (תִּקַן) 1) preparation, esp. making fruits available by separating the tithes, the priests share Y.Dem.III, beg.23b נותן לו כדי תִיקּוּנוֹ (not תיקולו) we give a quantity large enough for him to separate the tithe, i. e. we give him a larger quantity, so that after deducting the gifts he should have as much as is due to him; a. e. 2) establishment, institution; amendment, making right. Gitt. IV, 2, a. fr. מפני ת׳ העולם for the sake of the social order. Succ.V, 2 ומתקנין שם ת׳ גדול and they introduced a great improvement there; ib. מאי ת׳ גדולוכ׳ what was that great improvement?… The womans compartment was open, and they put a railing around it Tosef.Naz.V, 2 ת׳ הדברוכ׳ the way to set the thing right, the proper way is ; Y. ib. II, end, 52b תִּקָּןוכ׳. Pesik. shimʿu, p. 118a> על שם שלא … כתִיקּוּנָהּבא״י because I did not separate one Ḥallah in Palestine as was proper; Cant. R. to I, 6 כתִקָּנָהּ; ib. על שלא … כתִקּוּנוֹוכ׳ because I did not keep one Holy Day in Palestine as I ought to have Pesik. R. s. 28 שאין עושים … כתִיקָּנָםוכ׳ my children do not observe the festivals according to their institution, as they were commanded Meg.2a בזמן שהשנים כתִיקָּנָןוכ׳ when the seasons of the year were as they ought to be (when the calendar was regulated by the court), and Israel dwelt in their land; a. fr.ת׳ סופרים the emendations of Biblical phrases introduced by the Sofrim (v. סוֹפֵר) to obviate apparently irreverent expressions. Tanḥ. Bshall. 16 (where the text is largely interpolated). Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. 18:22) ת׳ ס׳ הוא זה שהשכינהוכ׳ this is a Soferic emendation (for, ‘and the Lord stood yet before Abraham), for the Shechinah waited for Abraham; Midr. Till. to Ps. 8; (Lev. R. s. 11 תַּקָּנַת ס׳); a. fr.(A list of these emendations is to be found in Tanḥ. l. c.; Sifré Num. 84; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; Yalk. Ex. 247; v. esp. Frensdorff, Ochlah Wochlah, p. 113.

תִּיקּוּן, תִּקּוּןm. (תִּקַן) 1) preparation, esp. making fruits available by separating the tithes, the priests share Y.Dem.III, beg.23b נותן לו כדי תִיקּוּנוֹ (not תיקולו) we give a quantity large enough for him to separate the tithe, i. e. we give him a larger quantity, so that after deducting the gifts he should have as much as is due to him; a. e. 2) establishment, institution; amendment, making right. Gitt. IV, 2, a. fr. מפני ת׳ העולם for the sake of the social order. Succ.V, 2 ומתקנין שם ת׳ גדול and they introduced a great improvement there; ib. מאי ת׳ גדולוכ׳ what was that great improvement?… The womans compartment was open, and they put a railing around it Tosef.Naz.V, 2 ת׳ הדברוכ׳ the way to set the thing right, the proper way is ; Y. ib. II, end, 52b תִּקָּןוכ׳. Pesik. shimʿu, p. 118a> על שם שלא … כתִיקּוּנָהּבא״י because I did not separate one Ḥallah in Palestine as was proper; Cant. R. to I, 6 כתִקָּנָהּ; ib. על שלא … כתִקּוּנוֹוכ׳ because I did not keep one Holy Day in Palestine as I ought to have Pesik. R. s. 28 שאין עושים … כתִיקָּנָםוכ׳ my children do not observe the festivals according to their institution, as they were commanded Meg.2a בזמן שהשנים כתִיקָּנָןוכ׳ when the seasons of the year were as they ought to be (when the calendar was regulated by the court), and Israel dwelt in their land; a. fr.ת׳ סופרים the emendations of Biblical phrases introduced by the Sofrim (v. סוֹפֵר) to obviate apparently irreverent expressions. Tanḥ. Bshall. 16 (where the text is largely interpolated). Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. 18:22) ת׳ ס׳ הוא זה שהשכינהוכ׳ this is a Soferic emendation (for, ‘and the Lord stood yet before Abraham), for the Shechinah waited for Abraham; Midr. Till. to Ps. 8; (Lev. R. s. 11 תַּקָּנַת ס׳); a. fr.(A list of these emendations is to be found in Tanḥ. l. c.; Sifré Num. 84; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; Yalk. Ex. 247; v. esp. Frensdorff, Ochlah Wochlah, p. 113.

תִּיקּוּן, תִּקּוּןm. (תִּקַן) 1) preparation, esp. making fruits available by separating the tithes, the priests share Y.Dem.III, beg.23b נותן לו כדי תִיקּוּנוֹ (not תיקולו) we give a quantity large enough for him to separate the tithe, i. e. we give him a larger quantity, so that after deducting the gifts he should have as much as is due to him; a. e. 2) establishment, institution; amendment, making right. Gitt. IV, 2, a. fr. מפני ת׳ העולם for the sake of the social order. Succ.V, 2 ומתקנין שם ת׳ גדול and they introduced a great improvement there; ib. מאי ת׳ גדולוכ׳ what was that great improvement?… The womans compartment was open, and they put a railing around it Tosef.Naz.V, 2 ת׳ הדברוכ׳ the way to set the thing right, the proper way is ; Y. ib. II, end, 52b תִּקָּןוכ׳. Pesik. shimʿu, p. 118a> על שם שלא … כתִיקּוּנָהּבא״י because I did not separate one Ḥallah in Palestine as was proper; Cant. R. to I, 6 כתִקָּנָהּ; ib. על שלא … כתִקּוּנוֹוכ׳ because I did not keep one Holy Day in Palestine as I ought to have Pesik. R. s. 28 שאין עושים … כתִיקָּנָםוכ׳ my children do not observe the festivals according to their institution, as they were commanded Meg.2a בזמן שהשנים כתִיקָּנָןוכ׳ when the seasons of the year were as they ought to be (when the calendar was regulated by the court), and Israel dwelt in their land; a. fr.ת׳ סופרים the emendations of Biblical phrases introduced by the Sofrim (v. סוֹפֵר) to obviate apparently irreverent expressions. Tanḥ. Bshall. 16 (where the text is largely interpolated). Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. 18:22) ת׳ ס׳ הוא זה שהשכינהוכ׳ this is a Soferic emendation (for, ‘and the Lord stood yet before Abraham), for the Shechinah waited for Abraham; Midr. Till. to Ps. 8; (Lev. R. s. 11 תַּקָּנַת ס׳); a. fr.(A list of these emendations is to be found in Tanḥ. l. c.; Sifré Num. 84; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; Yalk. Ex. 247; v. esp. Frensdorff, Ochlah Wochlah, p. 113.

תִּישּׁוּעַm. (תּשַׁע) 1) nine-tenths; 2) one-ninth. Y.Dem.VII, 26c top נוטל שני תישועין ות׳ של ת׳וכ׳ he takes twice nine-tenths (of ten), and one-ninth of nine-tenths, which makes ten for the first tithe, and nine for the second. But why not say ‘nineteen? Said R. Z., ‘the words of the wise and their riddles. Ib. (read:) הרוצה להכניס … נוטל על כל תאינה ותאינה שני תישועין ות׳ של ת׳ שהן עשרים ושלש וארבעה תישועין של תאינה he who wishes to bring into his house one hundred figs available for use, must count for each fig (an addition of) two-ninths and one-ninth of one-ninth, which makes (an addition of) twenty-three figs and four-ninths of a fig (23, and 4/9 as nearest to 37/8 1).Pl. תִּישּׁוּעִין. Ib. Y.Erub.II, 20b צא מהן ארבעה ת׳ … נשתייר שם תשעה עשר תלתותין חסר תשוע (not תלתולין) deduct therefrom (from 6 2/ 3) four-ninths for the four sides, and there remain nineteen thirds less one-ninth (= 6 2/9).

תִּישּׁוּעַm. (תּשַׁע) 1) nine-tenths; 2) one-ninth. Y.Dem.VII, 26c top נוטל שני תישועין ות׳ של ת׳וכ׳ he takes twice nine-tenths (of ten), and one-ninth of nine-tenths, which makes ten for the first tithe, and nine for the second. But why not say ‘nineteen? Said R. Z., ‘the words of the wise and their riddles. Ib. (read:) הרוצה להכניס … נוטל על כל תאינה ותאינה שני תישועין ות׳ של ת׳ שהן עשרים ושלש וארבעה תישועין של תאינה he who wishes to bring into his house one hundred figs available for use, must count for each fig (an addition of) two-ninths and one-ninth of one-ninth, which makes (an addition of) twenty-three figs and four-ninths of a fig (23, and 4/9 as nearest to 37/8 1).Pl. תִּישּׁוּעִין. Ib. Y.Erub.II, 20b צא מהן ארבעה ת׳ … נשתייר שם תשעה עשר תלתותין חסר תשוע (not תלתולין) deduct therefrom (from 6 2/ 3) four-ninths for the four sides, and there remain nineteen thirds less one-ninth (= 6 2/9).