to have compassion

רְחֵם, רְחֵיםch. sam(רחם to love), 1) to love (h. אהב). Targ. Gen. 22:2. Ib. 37:3. Targ. O. Deut. 6:5. Targ. Prov. 4:6 (ed. Wil. רָחֲמָהּ Pa.); a. fr.Midr. Till., to Ps. 18:2 (expl. ארחמך, ib.) רַחֲמִית יתךוכ׳ I love thee (ref. to Targ. Deut. l. c.); Yalk. ib. 671 רַחְמָאִי יתך. Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. (R. Akiba speaking to his pupils before his death) רְחִתֵּיה בכל לבי ורחמתיה וכ׳ I loved him with all my heart, and I loved him with all I possessed, but how to love him with all my soul (life) I could not understand, and now Sabb.23b דרָחֵים רבנןוכ׳ he who loves scholars shall have children that are scholars. Y. ib. XIV, 14d bot. חד בר נשר׳ אתתאוכ׳ a man fell in love with a woman … and grew dangerously ill; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d bot. Lev. R. s. 25 שמעית דמלכא רַחְמָאוכ׳ I heard that the king loves figs; Koh. R. to II, 20 רחים; ib. רחימא; ib. רחמיה (corr. acc.). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a bot. דהוות רַחְמָא מצוותא who loved to be charitable; Y.Ter.VIII, 45c bot. הוו רחמנאוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Keth.105b אם מִרְחַם כולהו רַחְמוּ ליוכ׳ if there is love (among them), they all love me, v. סְנֵי. Snh.89b תרוייהו רַחֲמִינִי להו I love both of them (Isaac und Ishmael); a. fr. 2) (with על) to have compassion on, pity. Targ. Ps. 103:13. Targ. Prov. 28:13; a. fr. Pa. רַחֵם 1) to love. Targ. Gen. 29:32 (O. ed. Vien. Pe.). Targ. Y. Deut. 6:5; a. e.Keth. l. c. האי … דמְרַחְמִין ליהוכ׳ if the people of a place love a teacher, it is not because he is a good man, but because he does not reprove them on heavenly matters (for neglect of religious duties). Y.Ter.VIII, 45c אילולי דאתון מרחמין שמועתאוכ׳ but for your loving traditions (you would not ask such questions); is it not a Mishnah?; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a רחמין; a. e.Trnsf. to give suck (v. preced.). Bekh.24a or shall we say, דידה מְרַחְמָא דלאוכ׳ a dam gives suck to her own young, but not to a stranger. Ib. דילמא רַחוּמֵי רחים perhaps this is a case when one gives suck to a stranger (although having a child of her own); v. שְׁבַק. 2) (with על) to compassionate, pity. Targ. Jer. 31:9. Targ. O. Num. 6:25 וירחם עלך ed. Lisb. (oth. ed. ויר׳ יתך; in ed. Berl. untranslated). Targ. Deut. 7:2; a. fr.Macc.23b מדהא מְרַחֵמְתָּא והא לא מרחמתא (Solomon found out which was the true mother of the living child,) because the one showed compassion, and the other did not. Y.Taan.II, 65b אמרין … מִתְרַחֵם עלינן לינן מְרַחְמִיןוכ׳ the men of Niniveh said, if thou wilt have no mercy on us, we shall have no mercy on them (the beasts and the children); a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְרחֵם, Ithpe. אִתְרְחֵם 1) to be loved, beloved. Targ. Prov. 15:9. 2) (with על) to be pitied, be shown mercy. Targ. Y. Ex. 33:19. Targ. Gen. 43:29. Targ. Hos. 14:4; a. e. 3) to be moved to mercy, have pity. Targ. Jer. 31:18 (19) מתרחם ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מתנחם; h. text נחמתי).Y. Taan. l. c., v. supra; a. e.

רְחֵם, רְחֵיםch. sam(רחם to love), 1) to love (h. אהב). Targ. Gen. 22:2. Ib. 37:3. Targ. O. Deut. 6:5. Targ. Prov. 4:6 (ed. Wil. רָחֲמָהּ Pa.); a. fr.Midr. Till., to Ps. 18:2 (expl. ארחמך, ib.) רַחֲמִית יתךוכ׳ I love thee (ref. to Targ. Deut. l. c.); Yalk. ib. 671 רַחְמָאִי יתך. Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. (R. Akiba speaking to his pupils before his death) רְחִתֵּיה בכל לבי ורחמתיה וכ׳ I loved him with all my heart, and I loved him with all I possessed, but how to love him with all my soul (life) I could not understand, and now Sabb.23b דרָחֵים רבנןוכ׳ he who loves scholars shall have children that are scholars. Y. ib. XIV, 14d bot. חד בר נשר׳ אתתאוכ׳ a man fell in love with a woman … and grew dangerously ill; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d bot. Lev. R. s. 25 שמעית דמלכא רַחְמָאוכ׳ I heard that the king loves figs; Koh. R. to II, 20 רחים; ib. רחימא; ib. רחמיה (corr. acc.). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a bot. דהוות רַחְמָא מצוותא who loved to be charitable; Y.Ter.VIII, 45c bot. הוו רחמנאוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Keth.105b אם מִרְחַם כולהו רַחְמוּ ליוכ׳ if there is love (among them), they all love me, v. סְנֵי. Snh.89b תרוייהו רַחֲמִינִי להו I love both of them (Isaac und Ishmael); a. fr. 2) (with על) to have compassion on, pity. Targ. Ps. 103:13. Targ. Prov. 28:13; a. fr. Pa. רַחֵם 1) to love. Targ. Gen. 29:32 (O. ed. Vien. Pe.). Targ. Y. Deut. 6:5; a. e.Keth. l. c. האי … דמְרַחְמִין ליהוכ׳ if the people of a place love a teacher, it is not because he is a good man, but because he does not reprove them on heavenly matters (for neglect of religious duties). Y.Ter.VIII, 45c אילולי דאתון מרחמין שמועתאוכ׳ but for your loving traditions (you would not ask such questions); is it not a Mishnah?; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a רחמין; a. e.Trnsf. to give suck (v. preced.). Bekh.24a or shall we say, דידה מְרַחְמָא דלאוכ׳ a dam gives suck to her own young, but not to a stranger. Ib. דילמא רַחוּמֵי רחים perhaps this is a case when one gives suck to a stranger (although having a child of her own); v. שְׁבַק. 2) (with על) to compassionate, pity. Targ. Jer. 31:9. Targ. O. Num. 6:25 וירחם עלך ed. Lisb. (oth. ed. ויר׳ יתך; in ed. Berl. untranslated). Targ. Deut. 7:2; a. fr.Macc.23b מדהא מְרַחֵמְתָּא והא לא מרחמתא (Solomon found out which was the true mother of the living child,) because the one showed compassion, and the other did not. Y.Taan.II, 65b אמרין … מִתְרַחֵם עלינן לינן מְרַחְמִיןוכ׳ the men of Niniveh said, if thou wilt have no mercy on us, we shall have no mercy on them (the beasts and the children); a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְרחֵם, Ithpe. אִתְרְחֵם 1) to be loved, beloved. Targ. Prov. 15:9. 2) (with על) to be pitied, be shown mercy. Targ. Y. Ex. 33:19. Targ. Gen. 43:29. Targ. Hos. 14:4; a. e. 3) to be moved to mercy, have pity. Targ. Jer. 31:18 (19) מתרחם ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מתנחם; h. text נחמתי).Y. Taan. l. c., v. supra; a. e.

רְחֵם, רְחֵיםch. sam(רחם to love), 1) to love (h. אהב). Targ. Gen. 22:2. Ib. 37:3. Targ. O. Deut. 6:5. Targ. Prov. 4:6 (ed. Wil. רָחֲמָהּ Pa.); a. fr.Midr. Till., to Ps. 18:2 (expl. ארחמך, ib.) רַחֲמִית יתךוכ׳ I love thee (ref. to Targ. Deut. l. c.); Yalk. ib. 671 רַחְמָאִי יתך. Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. (R. Akiba speaking to his pupils before his death) רְחִתֵּיה בכל לבי ורחמתיה וכ׳ I loved him with all my heart, and I loved him with all I possessed, but how to love him with all my soul (life) I could not understand, and now Sabb.23b דרָחֵים רבנןוכ׳ he who loves scholars shall have children that are scholars. Y. ib. XIV, 14d bot. חד בר נשר׳ אתתאוכ׳ a man fell in love with a woman … and grew dangerously ill; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d bot. Lev. R. s. 25 שמעית דמלכא רַחְמָאוכ׳ I heard that the king loves figs; Koh. R. to II, 20 רחים; ib. רחימא; ib. רחמיה (corr. acc.). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a bot. דהוות רַחְמָא מצוותא who loved to be charitable; Y.Ter.VIII, 45c bot. הוו רחמנאוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Keth.105b אם מִרְחַם כולהו רַחְמוּ ליוכ׳ if there is love (among them), they all love me, v. סְנֵי. Snh.89b תרוייהו רַחֲמִינִי להו I love both of them (Isaac und Ishmael); a. fr. 2) (with על) to have compassion on, pity. Targ. Ps. 103:13. Targ. Prov. 28:13; a. fr. Pa. רַחֵם 1) to love. Targ. Gen. 29:32 (O. ed. Vien. Pe.). Targ. Y. Deut. 6:5; a. e.Keth. l. c. האי … דמְרַחְמִין ליהוכ׳ if the people of a place love a teacher, it is not because he is a good man, but because he does not reprove them on heavenly matters (for neglect of religious duties). Y.Ter.VIII, 45c אילולי דאתון מרחמין שמועתאוכ׳ but for your loving traditions (you would not ask such questions); is it not a Mishnah?; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a רחמין; a. e.Trnsf. to give suck (v. preced.). Bekh.24a or shall we say, דידה מְרַחְמָא דלאוכ׳ a dam gives suck to her own young, but not to a stranger. Ib. דילמא רַחוּמֵי רחים perhaps this is a case when one gives suck to a stranger (although having a child of her own); v. שְׁבַק. 2) (with על) to compassionate, pity. Targ. Jer. 31:9. Targ. O. Num. 6:25 וירחם עלך ed. Lisb. (oth. ed. ויר׳ יתך; in ed. Berl. untranslated). Targ. Deut. 7:2; a. fr.Macc.23b מדהא מְרַחֵמְתָּא והא לא מרחמתא (Solomon found out which was the true mother of the living child,) because the one showed compassion, and the other did not. Y.Taan.II, 65b אמרין … מִתְרַחֵם עלינן לינן מְרַחְמִיןוכ׳ the men of Niniveh said, if thou wilt have no mercy on us, we shall have no mercy on them (the beasts and the children); a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְרחֵם, Ithpe. אִתְרְחֵם 1) to be loved, beloved. Targ. Prov. 15:9. 2) (with על) to be pitied, be shown mercy. Targ. Y. Ex. 33:19. Targ. Gen. 43:29. Targ. Hos. 14:4; a. e. 3) to be moved to mercy, have pity. Targ. Jer. 31:18 (19) מתרחם ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מתנחם; h. text נחמתי).Y. Taan. l. c., v. supra; a. e.

רְחֵם, רְחֵיםch. sam(רחם to love), 1) to love (h. אהב). Targ. Gen. 22:2. Ib. 37:3. Targ. O. Deut. 6:5. Targ. Prov. 4:6 (ed. Wil. רָחֲמָהּ Pa.); a. fr.Midr. Till., to Ps. 18:2 (expl. ארחמך, ib.) רַחֲמִית יתךוכ׳ I love thee (ref. to Targ. Deut. l. c.); Yalk. ib. 671 רַחְמָאִי יתך. Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. (R. Akiba speaking to his pupils before his death) רְחִתֵּיה בכל לבי ורחמתיה וכ׳ I loved him with all my heart, and I loved him with all I possessed, but how to love him with all my soul (life) I could not understand, and now Sabb.23b דרָחֵים רבנןוכ׳ he who loves scholars shall have children that are scholars. Y. ib. XIV, 14d bot. חד בר נשר׳ אתתאוכ׳ a man fell in love with a woman … and grew dangerously ill; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d bot. Lev. R. s. 25 שמעית דמלכא רַחְמָאוכ׳ I heard that the king loves figs; Koh. R. to II, 20 רחים; ib. רחימא; ib. רחמיה (corr. acc.). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a bot. דהוות רַחְמָא מצוותא who loved to be charitable; Y.Ter.VIII, 45c bot. הוו רחמנאוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Keth.105b אם מִרְחַם כולהו רַחְמוּ ליוכ׳ if there is love (among them), they all love me, v. סְנֵי. Snh.89b תרוייהו רַחֲמִינִי להו I love both of them (Isaac und Ishmael); a. fr. 2) (with על) to have compassion on, pity. Targ. Ps. 103:13. Targ. Prov. 28:13; a. fr. Pa. רַחֵם 1) to love. Targ. Gen. 29:32 (O. ed. Vien. Pe.). Targ. Y. Deut. 6:5; a. e.Keth. l. c. האי … דמְרַחְמִין ליהוכ׳ if the people of a place love a teacher, it is not because he is a good man, but because he does not reprove them on heavenly matters (for neglect of religious duties). Y.Ter.VIII, 45c אילולי דאתון מרחמין שמועתאוכ׳ but for your loving traditions (you would not ask such questions); is it not a Mishnah?; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a רחמין; a. e.Trnsf. to give suck (v. preced.). Bekh.24a or shall we say, דידה מְרַחְמָא דלאוכ׳ a dam gives suck to her own young, but not to a stranger. Ib. דילמא רַחוּמֵי רחים perhaps this is a case when one gives suck to a stranger (although having a child of her own); v. שְׁבַק. 2) (with על) to compassionate, pity. Targ. Jer. 31:9. Targ. O. Num. 6:25 וירחם עלך ed. Lisb. (oth. ed. ויר׳ יתך; in ed. Berl. untranslated). Targ. Deut. 7:2; a. fr.Macc.23b מדהא מְרַחֵמְתָּא והא לא מרחמתא (Solomon found out which was the true mother of the living child,) because the one showed compassion, and the other did not. Y.Taan.II, 65b אמרין … מִתְרַחֵם עלינן לינן מְרַחְמִיןוכ׳ the men of Niniveh said, if thou wilt have no mercy on us, we shall have no mercy on them (the beasts and the children); a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְרחֵם, Ithpe. אִתְרְחֵם 1) to be loved, beloved. Targ. Prov. 15:9. 2) (with על) to be pitied, be shown mercy. Targ. Y. Ex. 33:19. Targ. Gen. 43:29. Targ. Hos. 14:4; a. e. 3) to be moved to mercy, have pity. Targ. Jer. 31:18 (19) מתרחם ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מתנחם; h. text נחמתי).Y. Taan. l. c., v. supra; a. e.

רָחַם(b. h.) to love. Pi. רִיחֵם 1) (with על) to have compassion on, pity; to befriend. Ber.33a כל מי … אסור לרַחֵם עליו you must not befriend him who has no sense (ref. to Is. 27:11). Sabb.151b כל המְרַחֵם … מְרַחֲמִין עליווכ׳ he who shows mercy to creatures (men), will be shown mercy in heaven (ref. to Deut. 13:18), v. רַחֲמָן. Ab. Zar.18a מן השמים יְרַחֵמוּ heaven will have mercy (protect me); Nidd.45a. Sot.VIII, 1 יְרַחֲמוּ עליכם they will have mercy on you (spare your lives); a. fr.Trnsf. to give suck to a strange animal. Bekh.24a אינה מְרַחֶמֶת אלאוכ׳ no dam gives suck to a stranger, unless she has had a child of her own. Ib. מרחמתאע״פוכ׳ she may give suck, even if she has never given birth. 2) to stimulate the maternal instinct (v. רֶחֶם) of an animal after confinement by inserting a lump of salt into the womb. Tosef.Sabb.XV (XVI), 2 מְרַחֲמִין היינו בהמה טהורה ביו״ט ed. Zuck. (Var. על בהמה) we (in my fathers house) used to stimulate on a Holy Day; Sabb.128b על בהמה; Y. ib. XVIII, end, 16c על הבהמה. Hithpa. הִתְרַחֵם to have pity. Num. R. s. 924> אם נופלים אנו … מִתְרַחֵם עלינו אין אנו מִתְרַחֲמִים עליו if we fall into Davids hands, he will have pity on us, but if David fall into our hands, we shall have no pity on him; Y.Sot.I, 17b bot. הוא מרחם … אנו מרחמין).

רָחַם(b. h.) to love. Pi. רִיחֵם 1) (with על) to have compassion on, pity; to befriend. Ber.33a כל מי … אסור לרַחֵם עליו you must not befriend him who has no sense (ref. to Is. 27:11). Sabb.151b כל המְרַחֵם … מְרַחֲמִין עליווכ׳ he who shows mercy to creatures (men), will be shown mercy in heaven (ref. to Deut. 13:18), v. רַחֲמָן. Ab. Zar.18a מן השמים יְרַחֵמוּ heaven will have mercy (protect me); Nidd.45a. Sot.VIII, 1 יְרַחֲמוּ עליכם they will have mercy on you (spare your lives); a. fr.Trnsf. to give suck to a strange animal. Bekh.24a אינה מְרַחֶמֶת אלאוכ׳ no dam gives suck to a stranger, unless she has had a child of her own. Ib. מרחמתאע״פוכ׳ she may give suck, even if she has never given birth. 2) to stimulate the maternal instinct (v. רֶחֶם) of an animal after confinement by inserting a lump of salt into the womb. Tosef.Sabb.XV (XVI), 2 מְרַחֲמִין היינו בהמה טהורה ביו״ט ed. Zuck. (Var. על בהמה) we (in my fathers house) used to stimulate on a Holy Day; Sabb.128b על בהמה; Y. ib. XVIII, end, 16c על הבהמה. Hithpa. הִתְרַחֵם to have pity. Num. R. s. 924> אם נופלים אנו … מִתְרַחֵם עלינו אין אנו מִתְרַחֲמִים עליו if we fall into Davids hands, he will have pity on us, but if David fall into our hands, we shall have no pity on him; Y.Sot.I, 17b bot. הוא מרחם … אנו מרחמין).

רַחֲמָןm. (preced.) merciful, compassionate, sympathetic; הר׳ the Merciful, God. Tosef.B. Kam. IX, 30 (ref. to Deut. 13:18) כל זמן שאתהר׳ הר׳וכ׳ if thou art merciful, the Merciful will have mercy on thee. Kidd.81b הר׳ יצילנווכ׳ the Lord save us from evil inclinations. Midr. Till. to Ps. 103:13 כר׳ שבאבות like the most merciful of the patriarchs (Abraham). B. Bath. 145b (ref. to Prov. 15:15) זהר׳ this means the sympathetic man. Snh.39a אםר׳ הוא … אםר׳ מלא רחמים הואוכ׳ if he (the human king) is merciful, he puts half of them (the rebels) to death; if he is most merciful, he chastises the prominent ; a. fr.Pl. רַחֲמָנִים, רַחֲמָנִין. Yeb.79a שלשה … הר׳וכ׳ this nation (Israel) is known by three characteristic features, they are merciful, chaste, charitable; Y.Kidd.IV, 65c; Midr. Till., to Ps. 17. Pes.113b שלשה חייהן … הר׳וכ׳ there are three persons whose lives are no lives, the sympathetic, the hot-tempered, and the delicate. M. Kat. 27b (to those mourning to excess) אמרהקב״ה אי אתםר׳ בו יותר ממני (Ms. M. omits בו) the Lord says, you do not bear him more love than I do?; a. e.Fem. (b. h.) רַחֲמָנִית. Tanḥ. Vayetsé 8 אמר לההקב״ה אתר׳וכ׳ the Lord said to her (Leah), thou art compassionate, I will also have compassion on her (Rachel).Pl. רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת. Meg.14b מפני שהנשיםר׳ הן because women are compassionate. Ex. R. s. 2, beg. מדותיו …ר׳ הן the dealings and dispositions of the Lord are full of love; a. e.

רַחֲמָןm. (preced.) merciful, compassionate, sympathetic; הר׳ the Merciful, God. Tosef.B. Kam. IX, 30 (ref. to Deut. 13:18) כל זמן שאתהר׳ הר׳וכ׳ if thou art merciful, the Merciful will have mercy on thee. Kidd.81b הר׳ יצילנווכ׳ the Lord save us from evil inclinations. Midr. Till. to Ps. 103:13 כר׳ שבאבות like the most merciful of the patriarchs (Abraham). B. Bath. 145b (ref. to Prov. 15:15) זהר׳ this means the sympathetic man. Snh.39a אםר׳ הוא … אםר׳ מלא רחמים הואוכ׳ if he (the human king) is merciful, he puts half of them (the rebels) to death; if he is most merciful, he chastises the prominent ; a. fr.Pl. רַחֲמָנִים, רַחֲמָנִין. Yeb.79a שלשה … הר׳וכ׳ this nation (Israel) is known by three characteristic features, they are merciful, chaste, charitable; Y.Kidd.IV, 65c; Midr. Till., to Ps. 17. Pes.113b שלשה חייהן … הר׳וכ׳ there are three persons whose lives are no lives, the sympathetic, the hot-tempered, and the delicate. M. Kat. 27b (to those mourning to excess) אמרהקב״ה אי אתםר׳ בו יותר ממני (Ms. M. omits בו) the Lord says, you do not bear him more love than I do?; a. e.Fem. (b. h.) רַחֲמָנִית. Tanḥ. Vayetsé 8 אמר לההקב״ה אתר׳וכ׳ the Lord said to her (Leah), thou art compassionate, I will also have compassion on her (Rachel).Pl. רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת. Meg.14b מפני שהנשיםר׳ הן because women are compassionate. Ex. R. s. 2, beg. מדותיו …ר׳ הן the dealings and dispositions of the Lord are full of love; a. e.

חָמַל(b. h.) ( to be warm, to have compassion. Men.53b (play on המולה, Jer. 11:16) חָמַלְתִּי עליהם I had mercy on them.

חָמַל(b. h.) ( to be warm, to have compassion. Men.53b (play on המולה, Jer. 11:16) חָמַלְתִּי עליהם I had mercy on them.

רָגַש(b. h.) to tremble, shake; to rage. Hif. הִרְגִּיש 1) to stir up, gather in a crowd. Midr. Till. to Ps. 118:10 שהוא עתיד להַרְגִּישוכ׳ he shall stir up all nations and bring them to Jerusalem; a. e. 2) to be affected, feel, perceive. Ex. R. s. 14 היו ניטלין … ולא היינו מַרְגִּישִׁין they might have taken all our belongings in the days of darkness, and we should not have noticed it. Ib. s. 15 הביא … ולאה׳ פרעה God brought plagues upon the Egyptians, but Pharaoh did not care; כיון … התחיל מַרְגִּישוכ׳ when the plague touched his own body, he began to feel it and cry Meg.15b אולי יַרְגִּיש המקוםוכ׳ (Esther, in inviting Haman, thought,) perhaps God will feel (compassion at my self-humiliation), and do a miracle for us. Sabb.13b אין בשר המת מרגיש באיזמל dead flesh feels not the knife (we have grown indolent through the frequency of persecutions); אין … שבחי מרגישוכ׳ the dead flesh in a living body feels not ; Y.Taan.III, 66d bot. Y.Ber.V, 9a bot. לא הִרְגַּשְׁתָּ didst thou not feel (the lizards bite)? יבא עלי … אם הִרְגַּשְׁתִּי may evil befall me, if, in my devotion …, I felt it. Y.Erub.I, 19b שאילו ישמט הוא מרגיש if it should slip off, he would find it out. Gen. R. s. 47 ה׳ ונצטער he felt (the pain of circumcision) and suffered. Pesik. R. s. 11 כל הפירות … מַרְגִּישִׁים … וכילם … ומרגישים of all fruits in a bag, you take some, and the others are not affected, but in the case of nuts … all are in heavy commotion; כך ישראל … וכולם מרגישום so is it with Israel: one man sins, and all feel the effect of it; Yalk. Cant. 992; a. fr. Pi. רִגֵּש to create excitement. Lam. R. to II, 7 קול צרות מְרַגְּשוֹת the noise of exciting troubles. Hithpa. הִתְרַגֵּש to come in crowds, rush forth, storm. Tanḥ. Lekh 9 עתידין … להִתְרַגֵּש עליהם all kings shall come in a rage against them. Y.Ber.V, 8d bot. those hard times (v. חָצַף) היוצאות המִתְרַגְּשות לבא לעולם which go forth, which rush to enter the world. B. Kam.80b ושאר פורעניות המתרגשות ובאותוכ׳ and other calamities which break forth and visit a community; Taan.14a; a. e.

רָגַש(b. h.) to tremble, shake; to rage. Hif. הִרְגִּיש 1) to stir up, gather in a crowd. Midr. Till. to Ps. 118:10 שהוא עתיד להַרְגִּישוכ׳ he shall stir up all nations and bring them to Jerusalem; a. e. 2) to be affected, feel, perceive. Ex. R. s. 14 היו ניטלין … ולא היינו מַרְגִּישִׁין they might have taken all our belongings in the days of darkness, and we should not have noticed it. Ib. s. 15 הביא … ולאה׳ פרעה God brought plagues upon the Egyptians, but Pharaoh did not care; כיון … התחיל מַרְגִּישוכ׳ when the plague touched his own body, he began to feel it and cry Meg.15b אולי יַרְגִּיש המקוםוכ׳ (Esther, in inviting Haman, thought,) perhaps God will feel (compassion at my self-humiliation), and do a miracle for us. Sabb.13b אין בשר המת מרגיש באיזמל dead flesh feels not the knife (we have grown indolent through the frequency of persecutions); אין … שבחי מרגישוכ׳ the dead flesh in a living body feels not ; Y.Taan.III, 66d bot. Y.Ber.V, 9a bot. לא הִרְגַּשְׁתָּ didst thou not feel (the lizards bite)? יבא עלי … אם הִרְגַּשְׁתִּי may evil befall me, if, in my devotion …, I felt it. Y.Erub.I, 19b שאילו ישמט הוא מרגיש if it should slip off, he would find it out. Gen. R. s. 47 ה׳ ונצטער he felt (the pain of circumcision) and suffered. Pesik. R. s. 11 כל הפירות … מַרְגִּישִׁים … וכילם … ומרגישים of all fruits in a bag, you take some, and the others are not affected, but in the case of nuts … all are in heavy commotion; כך ישראל … וכולם מרגישום so is it with Israel: one man sins, and all feel the effect of it; Yalk. Cant. 992; a. fr. Pi. רִגֵּש to create excitement. Lam. R. to II, 7 קול צרות מְרַגְּשוֹת the noise of exciting troubles. Hithpa. הִתְרַגֵּש to come in crowds, rush forth, storm. Tanḥ. Lekh 9 עתידין … להִתְרַגֵּש עליהם all kings shall come in a rage against them. Y.Ber.V, 8d bot. those hard times (v. חָצַף) היוצאות המִתְרַגְּשות לבא לעולם which go forth, which rush to enter the world. B. Kam.80b ושאר פורעניות המתרגשות ובאותוכ׳ and other calamities which break forth and visit a community; Taan.14a; a. e.

דִּיןII m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb.92a; Snh.6b יקוב הד׳ את ההר let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circumstances). Ib. 2b אין דִּינֵיהֶם ד׳ their decision is not binding. Keth.IX, 2 אינ מרחמין בד׳ compassion must have no influence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ד׳ ודברים אין ליוכ׳ I have no claim whatever Snh. l. c. שנים שבאו לד׳ two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. גָּמַר.B. Mets.30b, a. fr. ד׳ תורה strict law, opp. לפנים משורת הד׳ inside the line of the law, equity.Sabb.33a עינוי הד׳ vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, עיוות הד׳ perversion of the law, partiality and sophistry; קילקול הד׳ disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness.Ab. Zar.18a, a. fr. יום הד׳ the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הצדיק את הד׳ to declare Gods judgment right, to submit to Gods decree with resignation, צידוק הד׳ resignation.Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. נתן ד׳ to give an account, to be made responsible.Gen. R. s. 28 נטלו דִינָם suffered punishment Ib. s. 22 לתבוע דִּינוֹ שלוכ׳ (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for, cmp. דִּיקְיֹון; a. fr.Ib. s. 12 end, a. fr. מידת הד׳ the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, opp. מידת הרחמים Divine Mercy; v. מִדָּה.בֵּית דִּין (abbr. ב״ד) court, v. בַּיִת.גְּזַר ד׳ decree, v. גָּזָר.Kidd.65b, a. fr. בעל ד׳ litigant, opponent in court.Snh.32b ד׳ מרומה proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements.Ber.55a מוסר ד׳ על חבירווכ׳ one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor. 2) argument, analogy. Snh.4b; Zeb.38a מפני הד׳ by analogy from equal expressions, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ib. והלא ד׳ הוא is not this an analogy?Esp. conclusion from minor to major (קל וְחֹומֶר). Y.Kidd.I, beg.58b; Bab. ib. 4b, a. fr. ד׳ הוא it is a proper conclusion; מה … אינו ד׳ if a Hebrew hand-maid … is acquired by means of money, אינו ד׳וכ׳ is it not so much the more proper that a wife &cSnh.54a, a. fr. אין עונשין מן הד׳ the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punishable.לבא מן הד׳וכ׳, v. דַּי.Snh.2b, a. fr. ובד׳ הוא ד־ and by right Ib. הוא הד׳ דאפי׳ the same applies also to Pl. דִּינִים, דִּינִין, constr. דִּינֵי. Ḥag.I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11a.Snh.IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, ד׳ נפשות capital cases. R. Hash. 21b ד׳ שבלב שלאוכ׳ sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses ; a. fr.

דִּיןII m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb.92a; Snh.6b יקוב הד׳ את ההר let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circumstances). Ib. 2b אין דִּינֵיהֶם ד׳ their decision is not binding. Keth.IX, 2 אינ מרחמין בד׳ compassion must have no influence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ד׳ ודברים אין ליוכ׳ I have no claim whatever Snh. l. c. שנים שבאו לד׳ two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. גָּמַר.B. Mets.30b, a. fr. ד׳ תורה strict law, opp. לפנים משורת הד׳ inside the line of the law, equity.Sabb.33a עינוי הד׳ vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, עיוות הד׳ perversion of the law, partiality and sophistry; קילקול הד׳ disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness.Ab. Zar.18a, a. fr. יום הד׳ the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הצדיק את הד׳ to declare Gods judgment right, to submit to Gods decree with resignation, צידוק הד׳ resignation.Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. נתן ד׳ to give an account, to be made responsible.Gen. R. s. 28 נטלו דִינָם suffered punishment Ib. s. 22 לתבוע דִּינוֹ שלוכ׳ (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for, cmp. דִּיקְיֹון; a. fr.Ib. s. 12 end, a. fr. מידת הד׳ the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, opp. מידת הרחמים Divine Mercy; v. מִדָּה.בֵּית דִּין (abbr. ב״ד) court, v. בַּיִת.גְּזַר ד׳ decree, v. גָּזָר.Kidd.65b, a. fr. בעל ד׳ litigant, opponent in court.Snh.32b ד׳ מרומה proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements.Ber.55a מוסר ד׳ על חבירווכ׳ one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor. 2) argument, analogy. Snh.4b; Zeb.38a מפני הד׳ by analogy from equal expressions, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ib. והלא ד׳ הוא is not this an analogy?Esp. conclusion from minor to major (קל וְחֹומֶר). Y.Kidd.I, beg.58b; Bab. ib. 4b, a. fr. ד׳ הוא it is a proper conclusion; מה … אינו ד׳ if a Hebrew hand-maid … is acquired by means of money, אינו ד׳וכ׳ is it not so much the more proper that a wife &cSnh.54a, a. fr. אין עונשין מן הד׳ the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punishable.לבא מן הד׳וכ׳, v. דַּי.Snh.2b, a. fr. ובד׳ הוא ד־ and by right Ib. הוא הד׳ דאפי׳ the same applies also to Pl. דִּינִים, דִּינִין, constr. דִּינֵי. Ḥag.I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11a.Snh.IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, ד׳ נפשות capital cases. R. Hash. 21b ד׳ שבלב שלאוכ׳ sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses ; 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.

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