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נָשַךְ(b. h.; cmp. נשק) 1) to bite. Gen. R. s. 74, beg. שאינן נוֹשְׁכִין ואוכליןוכ׳ they do not bite off and eat, but out ; Pesik. Par., p. 34a>; Koh. R. to VII, 23. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXVI אל תהי קורא וישקהו אלא וַיִּשָּׁכֵהוּ read not, ‘and he kissed him (Gen. 33:4) but, ‘and he bit him. Tosef.B. Kam.I, 5 אינה מועדת … לִישּׁוֹךְ is not considered as forewarned (v. מוּעָד) as regards … biting; a. fr.Part. pass. נָשוּךְ, f. נְשוּכָה Num. R. s. 20 רופא … בלשונו נְשוּךְ נחש a physician that comes to heal with his tongue (charm) one bitten by a serpent. Ter. VIII, 6 נְשוּכַת הנחשוכ׳ any food showing traces of being bitten at by a serpent is forbidden ; a. fr.Trnsf. to adhere to, be affixed. Pes.48b ככרות … שנוֹשְׁכוֹת זו מזו Babylonian loaves which stick to one another; Tbul Yom I, 1 נושכות זו בזו; Ḥall. II, 4 עד שיִשּׁוֹכוּ (Nif.) until the pieces of dough have grown together in rising, contrad. to נגע. Sabb.17a הנושכות clusters of grapes which stick together (and cannot be separated without squeezing some grapes open); a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b בנ׳ if refers to pieces of dough sticking together, contrad. to בלול kneaded. Ib. III, 59c top עיסת הנ׳ dough made one lump by sticking; נ׳ מאליו sticking together of itself (by rising), opp. הִשִּׁיכוֹ בידו he pasted it together with his hand. Ib. 58b bot., sq. הנָ׳ תורה the liability to Trumah, Ḥallah of joined lumps of dough is Biblical law. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d אין אסור אלא נ׳ בלבד the combination of heterogeneous materials (כִּלְאַיִם) is forbidden only when they are interlaced. Ib. וההן נו נ׳, v. נוּ. 2) (denom. of נֶשֶׁךְ) to take interest. B. Mets.V, 1; a. e. Nif. נִישֵּׁךְ same, to bite. Gen. R. s. 78 לנַשְּׁכוֹ to bite him. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 4 וינַשְּׁכֶנּוּ and may bite him; a. e.Part. pass. מְנוּשָּׁךְ. Tosef.B. Kam.III, 6 או מ׳ or he is found to have been bitten. Hif. הִשִּׁיךְ 1) to cause to bite. Snh.IX, 1 ה׳ בווכ׳ he brought the serpent near him to bite him, contrad. to שיסה to set on. Ib. 78a; B. Kam.23b, v. נָכַש. Y. Yeb. VIII, 9 top (read:) מביא נמלין ומַשִּׁיכָן וקוצץ he gets ants and makes them bite (the open wound) and cuts their bodies off (and so the gap is filled), v. Bab. ib. 76a.Trnsf. to paste or press together. Y.Ḥall.III, 59c top, v. supra. Ib. מביא ארבע רובעין ומֵשִּׁיךְ he takes four lumps of dough which joined contain four fourths of a Kab and presses them together into one lump; a. e. 2) to pay interest. B. Mets.70b (ref. to Deut. 23:21) מאי תשיך לאו תִּשּׁוֹךְ לא תַּשִּׁיךְ what is meant by tashshikh? Does it not mean thou mayest (or must) take interest? No, it means, thou mayest (or must) pay him interest.

נָשַךְ(b. h.; cmp. נשק) 1) to bite. Gen. R. s. 74, beg. שאינן נוֹשְׁכִין ואוכליןוכ׳ they do not bite off and eat, but out ; Pesik. Par., p. 34a>; Koh. R. to VII, 23. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXVI אל תהי קורא וישקהו אלא וַיִּשָּׁכֵהוּ read not, ‘and he kissed him (Gen. 33:4) but, ‘and he bit him. Tosef.B. Kam.I, 5 אינה מועדת … לִישּׁוֹךְ is not considered as forewarned (v. מוּעָד) as regards … biting; a. fr.Part. pass. נָשוּךְ, f. נְשוּכָה Num. R. s. 20 רופא … בלשונו נְשוּךְ נחש a physician that comes to heal with his tongue (charm) one bitten by a serpent. Ter. VIII, 6 נְשוּכַת הנחשוכ׳ any food showing traces of being bitten at by a serpent is forbidden ; a. fr.Trnsf. to adhere to, be affixed. Pes.48b ככרות … שנוֹשְׁכוֹת זו מזו Babylonian loaves which stick to one another; Tbul Yom I, 1 נושכות זו בזו; Ḥall. II, 4 עד שיִשּׁוֹכוּ (Nif.) until the pieces of dough have grown together in rising, contrad. to נגע. Sabb.17a הנושכות clusters of grapes which stick together (and cannot be separated without squeezing some grapes open); a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b בנ׳ if refers to pieces of dough sticking together, contrad. to בלול kneaded. Ib. III, 59c top עיסת הנ׳ dough made one lump by sticking; נ׳ מאליו sticking together of itself (by rising), opp. הִשִּׁיכוֹ בידו he pasted it together with his hand. Ib. 58b bot., sq. הנָ׳ תורה the liability to Trumah, Ḥallah of joined lumps of dough is Biblical law. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d אין אסור אלא נ׳ בלבד the combination of heterogeneous materials (כִּלְאַיִם) is forbidden only when they are interlaced. Ib. וההן נו נ׳, v. נוּ. 2) (denom. of נֶשֶׁךְ) to take interest. B. Mets.V, 1; a. e. Nif. נִישֵּׁךְ same, to bite. Gen. R. s. 78 לנַשְּׁכוֹ to bite him. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 4 וינַשְּׁכֶנּוּ and may bite him; a. e.Part. pass. מְנוּשָּׁךְ. Tosef.B. Kam.III, 6 או מ׳ or he is found to have been bitten. Hif. הִשִּׁיךְ 1) to cause to bite. Snh.IX, 1 ה׳ בווכ׳ he brought the serpent near him to bite him, contrad. to שיסה to set on. Ib. 78a; B. Kam.23b, v. נָכַש. Y. Yeb. VIII, 9 top (read:) מביא נמלין ומַשִּׁיכָן וקוצץ he gets ants and makes them bite (the open wound) and cuts their bodies off (and so the gap is filled), v. Bab. ib. 76a.Trnsf. to paste or press together. Y.Ḥall.III, 59c top, v. supra. Ib. מביא ארבע רובעין ומֵשִּׁיךְ he takes four lumps of dough which joined contain four fourths of a Kab and presses them together into one lump; a. e. 2) to pay interest. B. Mets.70b (ref. to Deut. 23:21) מאי תשיך לאו תִּשּׁוֹךְ לא תַּשִּׁיךְ what is meant by tashshikh? Does it not mean thou mayest (or must) take interest? No, it means, thou mayest (or must) pay him interest.

צָמַת(b. h.) ( to be pressed together, 1) to meet, join. Ḥull.76a צוֹמְתִין, v. צוֹמֶת. 2) to be smashed. B. Kam.85b הכהו … וצָמְתָה ידווכ׳ if one struck his neighbor on his hand, and his hand was smashed, but is expected to recover; Y.Naz.IX, end, 58a. 3) to contract; to reduce a swelling by applications of vinegar, wine Pes.40a שורן … וחומץ צֹומְתָן he steeps the barley-corns in vinegar, and this binds them (prevents moisture from penetrating and creating fermentation); v. צָפַד. Sabb.109a מי שנגפה … צֹומְתָהּ ביין (Ar. בחומץ) he whose hand or foot was struck, may apply wine (vinegar) to reduce the swelling (on the Sabbath). Pi. צִימֵּת ( to press together, 1) to heap up, store, save. Gen. R. s. 83, end אבותיך מְצַמְּתִים ואתה מבזבז thy ancestors saved, and thou squanderest; Yalk. ib. 140 מְצַמְצְמִין; Yalk. Chr. 1074 מצומצמים (read מצמ׳). 2) to gather together, summon to a meeting. Ylamd. to Gen. 46:28 quot. in Ar. (play on צמתך, Cant. 4:1) שהוא מְצַמְּתָן … בצמאה he summons them to the synagogues, and they drink the words of the Law with thirst.Part. pass. מְצוּמָּת; pl. מְצוּמָּתִים, מְצוּמָּתִין a) restrained, abstemious, self-controlled. Cant. R. to VI, 7 (ref. to צמתך, ib.) על הצנועין ועל המצ׳ שבכם of the chaste and self-controlled among you.b) summoned to follow, follower. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 70b> (ref. to צמים, Job 5:5) אברהם וכל המצ׳ לו Abraham and all his followers; Lev. R. s. 28; Pesik. R. s. 18; Yalk. Job 898. Nif. נִצְמַת to be quashed; (denom. of צְמִיתוּת) to be sold for ever, not to be recovered in the jubilee. B. Mets.79a (ref. to לצמיתת, Lev. 25:30) מי שאין שם יובל נִצְמֶתֶתוכ׳ that which without the law concerning the jubilee would be sold for ever, is recovered by dint of the jubilee; יצאת זו … אינה נצמתת which excludes a case like this (a sale for sixty years), where the sale would not be perpetual even if the law of jubilee did not exist at all.

צָמַת(b. h.) ( to be pressed together, 1) to meet, join. Ḥull.76a צוֹמְתִין, v. צוֹמֶת. 2) to be smashed. B. Kam.85b הכהו … וצָמְתָה ידווכ׳ if one struck his neighbor on his hand, and his hand was smashed, but is expected to recover; Y.Naz.IX, end, 58a. 3) to contract; to reduce a swelling by applications of vinegar, wine Pes.40a שורן … וחומץ צֹומְתָן he steeps the barley-corns in vinegar, and this binds them (prevents moisture from penetrating and creating fermentation); v. צָפַד. Sabb.109a מי שנגפה … צֹומְתָהּ ביין (Ar. בחומץ) he whose hand or foot was struck, may apply wine (vinegar) to reduce the swelling (on the Sabbath). Pi. צִימֵּת ( to press together, 1) to heap up, store, save. Gen. R. s. 83, end אבותיך מְצַמְּתִים ואתה מבזבז thy ancestors saved, and thou squanderest; Yalk. ib. 140 מְצַמְצְמִין; Yalk. Chr. 1074 מצומצמים (read מצמ׳). 2) to gather together, summon to a meeting. Ylamd. to Gen. 46:28 quot. in Ar. (play on צמתך, Cant. 4:1) שהוא מְצַמְּתָן … בצמאה he summons them to the synagogues, and they drink the words of the Law with thirst.Part. pass. מְצוּמָּת; pl. מְצוּמָּתִים, מְצוּמָּתִין a) restrained, abstemious, self-controlled. Cant. R. to VI, 7 (ref. to צמתך, ib.) על הצנועין ועל המצ׳ שבכם of the chaste and self-controlled among you.b) summoned to follow, follower. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 70b> (ref. to צמים, Job 5:5) אברהם וכל המצ׳ לו Abraham and all his followers; Lev. R. s. 28; Pesik. R. s. 18; Yalk. Job 898. Nif. נִצְמַת to be quashed; (denom. of צְמִיתוּת) to be sold for ever, not to be recovered in the jubilee. B. Mets.79a (ref. to לצמיתת, Lev. 25:30) מי שאין שם יובל נִצְמֶתֶתוכ׳ that which without the law concerning the jubilee would be sold for ever, is recovered by dint of the jubilee; יצאת זו … אינה נצמתת which excludes a case like this (a sale for sixty years), where the sale would not be perpetual even if the law of jubilee did not exist at all.

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אֶרֶץf. (b. h.; רצץ; Ch. a. oth. dial. ארע fr. רעע to press together, stampfrom the rugged appearance of the surface after the subsidence of the waters) earth, dry land; country, land, field (opp. to town). Ex. R. s. 13 … threw dust upon the waters ונעשה א׳ and earth (crust) was formed.א׳ ישראל (abbr. א״י) Palestine, opp. חוצה לָאָ׳, or מדינת הים foreign countries, or distant countries. Gitt.I, 2. Ib. 6a; a. fr.הָאָרֶץ Palestine, Ḥull.16b משנכנסו לא׳ since entering Palestine (under Joshua); a. fr.עם הָאָ׳ (abbr. ע״ה) country people, hence illiterate, coarse, unrefined (often applied to an individual); Pl. עַמֵּי הא׳, opp. תלמיד חכם. Sabb.63a. Ḥull.92a; a. v. fr.Esp. ע״ה those not observing certain religious customs regarding tithes, levitical cleanness, opp. חָבֵר q. v. Dem. I, 2; a. fr.Pl. אֲרָצֹות. Shebi. IX, 2 שלש א׳וכ׳ Palestine is divided into three countries with reference to the laws of the Sabbath year. Keth.111a; a. e., v. עִיסָה; a. fr.

אֶרֶץf. (b. h.; רצץ; Ch. a. oth. dial. ארע fr. רעע to press together, stampfrom the rugged appearance of the surface after the subsidence of the waters) earth, dry land; country, land, field (opp. to town). Ex. R. s. 13 … threw dust upon the waters ונעשה א׳ and earth (crust) was formed.א׳ ישראל (abbr. א״י) Palestine, opp. חוצה לָאָ׳, or מדינת הים foreign countries, or distant countries. Gitt.I, 2. Ib. 6a; a. fr.הָאָרֶץ Palestine, Ḥull.16b משנכנסו לא׳ since entering Palestine (under Joshua); a. fr.עם הָאָ׳ (abbr. ע״ה) country people, hence illiterate, coarse, unrefined (often applied to an individual); Pl. עַמֵּי הא׳, opp. תלמיד חכם. Sabb.63a. Ḥull.92a; a. v. fr.Esp. ע״ה those not observing certain religious customs regarding tithes, levitical cleanness, opp. חָבֵר q. v. Dem. I, 2; a. fr.Pl. אֲרָצֹות. Shebi. IX, 2 שלש א׳וכ׳ Palestine is divided into three countries with reference to the laws of the Sabbath year. Keth.111a; a. e., v. עִיסָה; a. fr.

כּוֹתָל(כּוֹתֶל) m. (b. h. כֹּתֶל; כתל to press together, cmp. כתת) ( something solid, cmp. אָטוּם, אוֹטֶם, wall. Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11 ‘he struck) נעשה … כמין כ׳וכ׳ the whole world was before him blocked as by a wall. Ohol. VI, 3 כ׳ שהוא לאויר a wall which faces the air (which is continued above the roofing, or faces the court yard). Ib. כ׳ המשמש את הבית a wall made for forming an enclosure, contrad. to ib. 6 בית המשמש את הכ׳ a wall formed by digging two cavities next to each other. B. Bath.I, 1; a. fr.Pl. כּוֹתָלִים, כּוֹתָלִין, כְּתָלִ׳. Y.Shek.IV, 48a bot. כתלין (Bab. ed. כתלים, Ms. M. כותל). Gen. R. s. 18, beg. כ׳ של זהב golden partitions (of Adams tent). B. Mets.59b כּוֹתְלֵיבה״מוכ׳ let the walls of the school house decide. Nidd.3a כותלי בית הרחם the enclosures of the womb; a. fr.

כּוֹתָל(כּוֹתֶל) m. (b. h. כֹּתֶל; כתל to press together, cmp. כתת) ( something solid, cmp. אָטוּם, אוֹטֶם, wall. Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11 ‘he struck) נעשה … כמין כ׳וכ׳ the whole world was before him blocked as by a wall. Ohol. VI, 3 כ׳ שהוא לאויר a wall which faces the air (which is continued above the roofing, or faces the court yard). Ib. כ׳ המשמש את הבית a wall made for forming an enclosure, contrad. to ib. 6 בית המשמש את הכ׳ a wall formed by digging two cavities next to each other. B. Bath.I, 1; a. fr.Pl. כּוֹתָלִים, כּוֹתָלִין, כְּתָלִ׳. Y.Shek.IV, 48a bot. כתלין (Bab. ed. כתלים, Ms. M. כותל). Gen. R. s. 18, beg. כ׳ של זהב golden partitions (of Adams tent). B. Mets.59b כּוֹתְלֵיבה״מוכ׳ let the walls of the school house decide. Nidd.3a כותלי בית הרחם the enclosures of the womb; a. fr.

כּוֹתָל(כּוֹתֶל) m. (b. h. כֹּתֶל; כתל to press together, cmp. כתת) ( something solid, cmp. אָטוּם, אוֹטֶם, wall. Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11 ‘he struck) נעשה … כמין כ׳וכ׳ the whole world was before him blocked as by a wall. Ohol. VI, 3 כ׳ שהוא לאויר a wall which faces the air (which is continued above the roofing, or faces the court yard). Ib. כ׳ המשמש את הבית a wall made for forming an enclosure, contrad. to ib. 6 בית המשמש את הכ׳ a wall formed by digging two cavities next to each other. B. Bath.I, 1; a. fr.Pl. כּוֹתָלִים, כּוֹתָלִין, כְּתָלִ׳. Y.Shek.IV, 48a bot. כתלין (Bab. ed. כתלים, Ms. M. כותל). Gen. R. s. 18, beg. כ׳ של זהב golden partitions (of Adams tent). B. Mets.59b כּוֹתְלֵיבה״מוכ׳ let the walls of the school house decide. Nidd.3a כותלי בית הרחם the enclosures of the womb; a. fr.

צָמַד(b. h.) to press together; to join, couple. Gen. R. s. 5 צְמָדָן בין שני בדי הארון ‘Rashi (v. comment. Yfath Toar a. l.) he matched them (arranged them according to ranks) between the two bars of the Ark (ed., a. Yalk. Josh. 14 סמכן; Lev. R. s. 10 שמן).Part. pass. צָמוּד; f. נְמוּדָה Num. R. s. 12 אין צב אלא צְמוּדוֹת tsab (Num. 7:3) means well-joined (wagons, by ref. to Is. 49:22 בחצן, v. חוּץ I; v. Targ. a. l.). Nif. נִצְמָד to be attached, yoked. Tanḥ. Bal. 18 (read:) ונִצְמְדוּ זה לזווכ׳ and they were joined to one another; thus it is written (Num. 25:3), and Israel was joined ; ed. Bub. 28 ונִצְמָדִים זהוכ׳. Po. צִימֵּד to crowd, pack;.Part. pass. מְצוּמָּד: pl. מְצוּמָּדִים. Cant. R. to IV, 1 (play on צמתך, ib.) (read:) נראון מצ׳ … כהדין סדרא רבהוכ׳ they appear to be crowded, and yet are comfortable, as at the great school-hall of Sepphoris (cmp. Ab. V, 5).

צָמַד(b. h.) to press together; to join, couple. Gen. R. s. 5 צְמָדָן בין שני בדי הארון ‘Rashi (v. comment. Yfath Toar a. l.) he matched them (arranged them according to ranks) between the two bars of the Ark (ed., a. Yalk. Josh. 14 סמכן; Lev. R. s. 10 שמן).Part. pass. צָמוּד; f. נְמוּדָה Num. R. s. 12 אין צב אלא צְמוּדוֹת tsab (Num. 7:3) means well-joined (wagons, by ref. to Is. 49:22 בחצן, v. חוּץ I; v. Targ. a. l.). Nif. נִצְמָד to be attached, yoked. Tanḥ. Bal. 18 (read:) ונִצְמְדוּ זה לזווכ׳ and they were joined to one another; thus it is written (Num. 25:3), and Israel was joined ; ed. Bub. 28 ונִצְמָדִים זהוכ׳. Po. צִימֵּד to crowd, pack;.Part. pass. מְצוּמָּד: pl. מְצוּמָּדִים. Cant. R. to IV, 1 (play on צמתך, ib.) (read:) נראון מצ׳ … כהדין סדרא רבהוכ׳ they appear to be crowded, and yet are comfortable, as at the great school-hall of Sepphoris (cmp. Ab. V, 5).

תְּפִיסָה, תְּפִישָׂהf. (תָּפַּס) 1) seizing, taking hold, possession; grasp, manipulation. Keth.84b top זד״ע ת׳ … כלל and according to R. Akiba does possession have no legal effect at all? Ḥull.44a עד כדי תְפִיסַת יד as much space as is covered by a grasp of the hand. Ned.V, 3 (46a) אם יש לו בהן תפיסת יד (Y. ed. תפוסת) if he has an interest in them (the bath, or the wine or oil press which he has rented out); ib. 46b וכמה ת׳ ידוכ׳ and how large must that interest be?… One-half, or one-third, or one-fourth. Ab. Zar. III, 5 מפני מה … שיש בה תפיסת ידי אדם (Y. ed. תְּפִישַׂת) why is it forbidden to make use of the wood of an Asherah (it being a natural object)? Because the hands of men had something to do with it (they planted it). Ib. 50a שתים בת׳ לו two stones (of a merculis) within a grasps distance (four cubits). Tosef.Ḥull.VIII, 5 לא … שכולן ת׳ אחת) (not שכולי) they forbid (two guests in an inn at the same table to eat, the one meat, and the other cheese) only when all of it is handled together; Ḥull.107b ת׳ אחת סלקא דעתך you cannot mean really handled together (wrapped together); אלא כעין ת׳ אחת but it means, with the appearance of belonging together. Tosef.Ter.III, 7 כל בית הגיתות תפו׳ אחת ed. Zuck. (Var. תפי׳) the whole wine-press room may be considered one concern; כיצד גת אחת … בזמן שכולן ת׳ אחתוכ׳ in what way? if there is one vat for two pits, or …, as long as they are all worked at the same time, you may take Trumah or tithes from one for the other; אין כולמ ת׳ אחתוכ׳ if they are not all worked at the same time, you cannot Ib. כל בית הבד ת׳ אחת the whole oil press room may be considered one concern; a. fr.Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת קורצין, v. קְווּצּוֹת.Pl. תְּפִיסוֹת, תְּפִישׂ׳, תְּפוּ׳. Ab. Zar.8b שתי ת׳ תפסה רומיוכ׳ twice Rome seized the empire (in the east), once in the days of queen Cleopatra, and once in the days of the Greeks. Ib. 50a בשתי ת׳ at a distance of two grasps (eight cubits), v. supra. Y.Ter.II, 41b bot. שהיה בלבו תפושה אחת … שתי תפוש׳ when he had intended to treat the wine in the press room as one concern, but reconsidered it in favor of two concerns; a. e. 2) being taken, detention. Num. R. s. 1318> שהיו מפשפשים … תפיסת מצרים they examined their own deeds to find out why the detention in Egypt had happened to them; a. e. 3) v. תְּפוּסָה.

תְּפִיסָה, תְּפִישָׂהf. (תָּפַּס) 1) seizing, taking hold, possession; grasp, manipulation. Keth.84b top זד״ע ת׳ … כלל and according to R. Akiba does possession have no legal effect at all? Ḥull.44a עד כדי תְפִיסַת יד as much space as is covered by a grasp of the hand. Ned.V, 3 (46a) אם יש לו בהן תפיסת יד (Y. ed. תפוסת) if he has an interest in them (the bath, or the wine or oil press which he has rented out); ib. 46b וכמה ת׳ ידוכ׳ and how large must that interest be?… One-half, or one-third, or one-fourth. Ab. Zar. III, 5 מפני מה … שיש בה תפיסת ידי אדם (Y. ed. תְּפִישַׂת) why is it forbidden to make use of the wood of an Asherah (it being a natural object)? Because the hands of men had something to do with it (they planted it). Ib. 50a שתים בת׳ לו two stones (of a merculis) within a grasps distance (four cubits). Tosef.Ḥull.VIII, 5 לא … שכולן ת׳ אחת) (not שכולי) they forbid (two guests in an inn at the same table to eat, the one meat, and the other cheese) only when all of it is handled together; Ḥull.107b ת׳ אחת סלקא דעתך you cannot mean really handled together (wrapped together); אלא כעין ת׳ אחת but it means, with the appearance of belonging together. Tosef.Ter.III, 7 כל בית הגיתות תפו׳ אחת ed. Zuck. (Var. תפי׳) the whole wine-press room may be considered one concern; כיצד גת אחת … בזמן שכולן ת׳ אחתוכ׳ in what way? if there is one vat for two pits, or …, as long as they are all worked at the same time, you may take Trumah or tithes from one for the other; אין כולמ ת׳ אחתוכ׳ if they are not all worked at the same time, you cannot Ib. כל בית הבד ת׳ אחת the whole oil press room may be considered one concern; a. fr.Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת קורצין, v. קְווּצּוֹת.Pl. תְּפִיסוֹת, תְּפִישׂ׳, תְּפוּ׳. Ab. Zar.8b שתי ת׳ תפסה רומיוכ׳ twice Rome seized the empire (in the east), once in the days of queen Cleopatra, and once in the days of the Greeks. Ib. 50a בשתי ת׳ at a distance of two grasps (eight cubits), v. supra. Y.Ter.II, 41b bot. שהיה בלבו תפושה אחת … שתי תפוש׳ when he had intended to treat the wine in the press room as one concern, but reconsidered it in favor of two concerns; a. e. 2) being taken, detention. Num. R. s. 1318> שהיו מפשפשים … תפיסת מצרים they examined their own deeds to find out why the detention in Egypt had happened to them; a. e. 3) v. תְּפוּסָה.

תְּפִיסָה, תְּפִישָׂהf. (תָּפַּס) 1) seizing, taking hold, possession; grasp, manipulation. Keth.84b top זד״ע ת׳ … כלל and according to R. Akiba does possession have no legal effect at all? Ḥull.44a עד כדי תְפִיסַת יד as much space as is covered by a grasp of the hand. Ned.V, 3 (46a) אם יש לו בהן תפיסת יד (Y. ed. תפוסת) if he has an interest in them (the bath, or the wine or oil press which he has rented out); ib. 46b וכמה ת׳ ידוכ׳ and how large must that interest be?… One-half, or one-third, or one-fourth. Ab. Zar. III, 5 מפני מה … שיש בה תפיסת ידי אדם (Y. ed. תְּפִישַׂת) why is it forbidden to make use of the wood of an Asherah (it being a natural object)? Because the hands of men had something to do with it (they planted it). Ib. 50a שתים בת׳ לו two stones (of a merculis) within a grasps distance (four cubits). Tosef.Ḥull.VIII, 5 לא … שכולן ת׳ אחת) (not שכולי) they forbid (two guests in an inn at the same table to eat, the one meat, and the other cheese) only when all of it is handled together; Ḥull.107b ת׳ אחת סלקא דעתך you cannot mean really handled together (wrapped together); אלא כעין ת׳ אחת but it means, with the appearance of belonging together. Tosef.Ter.III, 7 כל בית הגיתות תפו׳ אחת ed. Zuck. (Var. תפי׳) the whole wine-press room may be considered one concern; כיצד גת אחת … בזמן שכולן ת׳ אחתוכ׳ in what way? if there is one vat for two pits, or …, as long as they are all worked at the same time, you may take Trumah or tithes from one for the other; אין כולמ ת׳ אחתוכ׳ if they are not all worked at the same time, you cannot Ib. כל בית הבד ת׳ אחת the whole oil press room may be considered one concern; a. fr.Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת קורצין, v. קְווּצּוֹת.Pl. תְּפִיסוֹת, תְּפִישׂ׳, תְּפוּ׳. Ab. Zar.8b שתי ת׳ תפסה רומיוכ׳ twice Rome seized the empire (in the east), once in the days of queen Cleopatra, and once in the days of the Greeks. Ib. 50a בשתי ת׳ at a distance of two grasps (eight cubits), v. supra. Y.Ter.II, 41b bot. שהיה בלבו תפושה אחת … שתי תפוש׳ when he had intended to treat the wine in the press room as one concern, but reconsidered it in favor of two concerns; a. e. 2) being taken, detention. Num. R. s. 1318> שהיו מפשפשים … תפיסת מצרים they examined their own deeds to find out why the detention in Egypt had happened to them; a. e. 3) v. תְּפוּסָה.

תְּפִיסָה, תְּפִישָׂהf. (תָּפַּס) 1) seizing, taking hold, possession; grasp, manipulation. Keth.84b top זד״ע ת׳ … כלל and according to R. Akiba does possession have no legal effect at all? Ḥull.44a עד כדי תְפִיסַת יד as much space as is covered by a grasp of the hand. Ned.V, 3 (46a) אם יש לו בהן תפיסת יד (Y. ed. תפוסת) if he has an interest in them (the bath, or the wine or oil press which he has rented out); ib. 46b וכמה ת׳ ידוכ׳ and how large must that interest be?… One-half, or one-third, or one-fourth. Ab. Zar. III, 5 מפני מה … שיש בה תפיסת ידי אדם (Y. ed. תְּפִישַׂת) why is it forbidden to make use of the wood of an Asherah (it being a natural object)? Because the hands of men had something to do with it (they planted it). Ib. 50a שתים בת׳ לו two stones (of a merculis) within a grasps distance (four cubits). Tosef.Ḥull.VIII, 5 לא … שכולן ת׳ אחת) (not שכולי) they forbid (two guests in an inn at the same table to eat, the one meat, and the other cheese) only when all of it is handled together; Ḥull.107b ת׳ אחת סלקא דעתך you cannot mean really handled together (wrapped together); אלא כעין ת׳ אחת but it means, with the appearance of belonging together. Tosef.Ter.III, 7 כל בית הגיתות תפו׳ אחת ed. Zuck. (Var. תפי׳) the whole wine-press room may be considered one concern; כיצד גת אחת … בזמן שכולן ת׳ אחתוכ׳ in what way? if there is one vat for two pits, or …, as long as they are all worked at the same time, you may take Trumah or tithes from one for the other; אין כולמ ת׳ אחתוכ׳ if they are not all worked at the same time, you cannot Ib. כל בית הבד ת׳ אחת the whole oil press room may be considered one concern; a. fr.Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת קורצין, v. קְווּצּוֹת.Pl. תְּפִיסוֹת, תְּפִישׂ׳, תְּפוּ׳. Ab. Zar.8b שתי ת׳ תפסה רומיוכ׳ twice Rome seized the empire (in the east), once in the days of queen Cleopatra, and once in the days of the Greeks. Ib. 50a בשתי ת׳ at a distance of two grasps (eight cubits), v. supra. Y.Ter.II, 41b bot. שהיה בלבו תפושה אחת … שתי תפוש׳ when he had intended to treat the wine in the press room as one concern, but reconsidered it in favor of two concerns; a. e. 2) being taken, detention. Num. R. s. 1318> שהיו מפשפשים … תפיסת מצרים they examined their own deeds to find out why the detention in Egypt had happened to them; a. e. 3) v. תְּפוּסָה.

צִמְצֵם( Pilp. of צָמַם) 1) to contract; to press, squeeze in, force into close confinement. Snh.76b לרבות את המְצַמְצֵם this includes him who caused the death of a person by forcing him into a place whence he could not escape. Ib. 77a בנזקין … מצמצם in cases of damages the Law does not condemn him who causes damage through confinement (e. g. by placing an animal where it was exposed to sunstroke). Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a> מצמצם שכינתו ביניהם forces his Divine Presence into their midst; ib. Vayhi, p. 5a>. Gen. R. s. 5; Lev. R. s. 10 צִימְצְמָן ביןוכ׳ he crowded them (the priests) between the two bars of the Ark (cmp. צָמַד); a. e.Part. pass. מְצוּמְצָם; f. מְצוּמְצֶמֶת; pl. מְצוּמְצָמִין; מְצוּמְצָמוֹת. Ib. s. 11 (in Chaid. dict.) אנא חמיתיה מצ׳ ביניהון I saw it (the Divine Presence) confined in the midst of them (the elders); Yalk. Prov. 964. Lev. R. s. 14 ושאר איבריו מצ׳ בווכ׳ and the rest of its (the embryos) limbs are pressed together like a shapeless lump; (Y.Nidd.III, 50d מצומתים), v. גּוֹלֶם. 2) to press against, hide behind. Pesik. Sos, p. 147b> (ref. to Is. 61:10 ככלה) כיון … היו מְצַמְצְמִין עצמןוכ׳ when the Israelites stood at Mount Sinai they pressed themselves (against one another, in reverence) like a bride (when she undresses), opening one (part of her garment) and holding together another Part. Cant. R. to IV, 10 the Ten Commandments שהיו מצמצמים עליהן ככלה (sub. עצמן) at receiving which they hid themselves like a bride. Gen. R. s. 45 end והיתה … וצִימְצְמָה פניהוכ׳ she leaned on her maid and pressed her face (against her), so that the king could not see her ; Yalk. ib. 80. Cant. R. to VI, 5 הלכה וצמצמה פניה אחורי העמוד she went and pressed her face (hid herself) behind a column; a. e. 3) ( to press the eye) to observe closely; to define exactly. Bekh.II, 6 (17a) אי אפשר לצַמְצֵם (Mish. ed. אי אפשר only) it is impossible to ascertain exactly (that both heads came forth simultaneously). Ib. 17b אפשר לצַ׳ בידי שמים it is possible to ascertain simultaneity in natural processes; א״א לצַ׳ בידי אדם it is impossible to ascertain simultaneity in human actions. Shebu.32a (ref. to כפרו שניהן כאחת, Mish. IV, 4) הא אי איפשר לצַ׳ but is it not impossible to ascertain simultaneity (of evidence of two witnesses)? Ib.; Ḥull.28b חלקו … לפי שא״א לצ׳ if he divided the stove into two equal parts, both are unclean, because it is impossible to make an exactly even division; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22c שתהא החמה מְצַמְצֶמֶת בו באחדוכ׳ that the sun should shine on it exactly in the first moment of the solstice of Tebeth and of that of Tammuz.Part. pass. as ab. Y.Ḥall.I, 57d bot. חמשת … מצ׳ exactly five quarts. Y.Sabb.II, 5a top שלש על שלש מצ׳ exactly three by three (handbreadths). Gitt.7a אם … שמזונותיו מצ׳ if a man sees that his means of support are getting scanty; a. fr. 4) to stint, save, v. צָמַת.

צִמְצֵם( Pilp. of צָמַם) 1) to contract; to press, squeeze in, force into close confinement. Snh.76b לרבות את המְצַמְצֵם this includes him who caused the death of a person by forcing him into a place whence he could not escape. Ib. 77a בנזקין … מצמצם in cases of damages the Law does not condemn him who causes damage through confinement (e. g. by placing an animal where it was exposed to sunstroke). Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a> מצמצם שכינתו ביניהם forces his Divine Presence into their midst; ib. Vayhi, p. 5a>. Gen. R. s. 5; Lev. R. s. 10 צִימְצְמָן ביןוכ׳ he crowded them (the priests) between the two bars of the Ark (cmp. צָמַד); a. e.Part. pass. מְצוּמְצָם; f. מְצוּמְצֶמֶת; pl. מְצוּמְצָמִין; מְצוּמְצָמוֹת. Ib. s. 11 (in Chaid. dict.) אנא חמיתיה מצ׳ ביניהון I saw it (the Divine Presence) confined in the midst of them (the elders); Yalk. Prov. 964. Lev. R. s. 14 ושאר איבריו מצ׳ בווכ׳ and the rest of its (the embryos) limbs are pressed together like a shapeless lump; (Y.Nidd.III, 50d מצומתים), v. גּוֹלֶם. 2) to press against, hide behind. Pesik. Sos, p. 147b> (ref. to Is. 61:10 ככלה) כיון … היו מְצַמְצְמִין עצמןוכ׳ when the Israelites stood at Mount Sinai they pressed themselves (against one another, in reverence) like a bride (when she undresses), opening one (part of her garment) and holding together another Part. Cant. R. to IV, 10 the Ten Commandments שהיו מצמצמים עליהן ככלה (sub. עצמן) at receiving which they hid themselves like a bride. Gen. R. s. 45 end והיתה … וצִימְצְמָה פניהוכ׳ she leaned on her maid and pressed her face (against her), so that the king could not see her ; Yalk. ib. 80. Cant. R. to VI, 5 הלכה וצמצמה פניה אחורי העמוד she went and pressed her face (hid herself) behind a column; a. e. 3) ( to press the eye) to observe closely; to define exactly. Bekh.II, 6 (17a) אי אפשר לצַמְצֵם (Mish. ed. אי אפשר only) it is impossible to ascertain exactly (that both heads came forth simultaneously). Ib. 17b אפשר לצַ׳ בידי שמים it is possible to ascertain simultaneity in natural processes; א״א לצַ׳ בידי אדם it is impossible to ascertain simultaneity in human actions. Shebu.32a (ref. to כפרו שניהן כאחת, Mish. IV, 4) הא אי איפשר לצַ׳ but is it not impossible to ascertain simultaneity (of evidence of two witnesses)? Ib.; Ḥull.28b חלקו … לפי שא״א לצ׳ if he divided the stove into two equal parts, both are unclean, because it is impossible to make an exactly even division; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22c שתהא החמה מְצַמְצֶמֶת בו באחדוכ׳ that the sun should shine on it exactly in the first moment of the solstice of Tebeth and of that of Tammuz.Part. pass. as ab. Y.Ḥall.I, 57d bot. חמשת … מצ׳ exactly five quarts. Y.Sabb.II, 5a top שלש על שלש מצ׳ exactly three by three (handbreadths). Gitt.7a אם … שמזונותיו מצ׳ if a man sees that his means of support are getting scanty; a. fr. 4) to stint, save, v. צָמַת.

צָרַף(b. h.; cmp. צרב) (to press, shrink, 1) to smelt, melt; trnsf. to refine, purify, try. Y.Keth.VII, end, 31d; Tosef. ib. VII, 11 צוֹרֵף נחשת, v. infra. Yoma 72b (ref. to Ps. 18:31) זכה משמחתו … צוֹרַפְתּוֹ if he deserves well, she (the Torah) cheers him; if not, she smelts him (through trials); צורפתו לחיים she steels him for life; צורפתו למיתה she smelts him for death. Yalk. Ex. 391 דרשתי … צָרַפְתִּי ובחנתיוכ׳ I studied and searched, refined and tested ; a. fr. 2) to tighten, harden. Yoma l. c., v. supra. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top שצְרָפַתּוֹ Var., v. צָפַד. 3) to change, v. infra. Pl. צֵרֵף 1) to smelt. Keth.VII, 10 (among the occupations to which a wife may object) מְצָרֵף נחושת, expl. ib. 77a חשלי דודי, v. חַשְׁלָא; anoth. opin. מחתך נחושתוכ׳, v. חָתַךְ; Tosef. ib. l. c. זה מתיךוכ׳ he that casts bronze.Trnsf. to refine. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to צרופה, Ps. 18:31) לא נתנו המצות אלא לצָרֵףוכ׳ the (ceremonial) laws have been given for the purpose of refining (disciplining) men through them. Ib. שצֵרְפוֹהקב״הוכ׳ (Abraham) whom the Lord tried in the furnace of fire. Ib. (ref. to צֹרֵף, Is. 41:7) זה אברהם שצרפווכ׳ that means Abraham, whom the Lord tried ; (Yalk. Is. 313 שנִצְרַף, Nif.). 2) to tighten, harden. Makhsh. V, 7 המוליך … לצָרְפָהּ if one takes a ship out to sea for the sake of tightening it; מוציא מסמר … לצָרְפוֹ if one takes a (glowing) nail in the rain for the sake of hardening it; Tosef. ib. II, 16 בשביל לצוֹרְפוֹ. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.III, 13 צֵרְפָןאפי׳וכ׳ (or צְרָפָן) if he hardened (baked) them (the earthen vessels) even in a peat fire. Bets.32a משיְצָרְפוֹ בכבשן (Ms. M. משישרפו) from the time be baked it in the kiln. B. Mets.84a (of iron weapons) משיְצָרְפֵם בכבשן when he has hardened them in the furnace, v. צִחְצֵחַ; a. e. 3) (to melt together, weld,) to combine, join. Maasr. II, 5 ואם צֵרַף (Y. ed. צירף) if he combined (ate them together). Y.Pes.III, 30a top שני … אין הבית מְצָרף if two pieces (of leavened matter), each half the size of an olive, are in the same room, the room does not join them (so as to be counted one olive-size); if in one vessel, הכלי מצרף the vessel joins them. Kidd.40a, a. e. מְצָרְפָהּ למעשה, v. מַחֲשָׁבָה; a. fr. 4) to change small for large coin, opp. פָּרַט. Maas. Sh. IV, 2 כמות … שהיא מצרף as the banker counts when he gives small change for large coins, not as he counts when giving large coins for small change; Tosef. ib. III, 3 המְצָרֵיף … שמצריף ed. Zuck. (Var. המצרף … מצטרף) if one buys a gold Denar for coins designated for second tithes, he must count as the banker would when selling small change, not as he would, when buying large change. Shek. II, 1 מְצָרְפִין, v. דַּרְכּוֹן. Y.B. Mets.IV, end, 9d לצוֹרְפָהּ … מְצָרְפָהּ ביפה if he wants to change the defective coin to be spent in Jerusalem, he must exchange it as if it were of full value (v. Bab. ib. 52b); a. fr.Sifré Deut. 48 אחד מצרף דינר ואוכלו ואחד מצ׳ דינר ומניחו one gathers a gold Denar and spends it, and another changes his accumulation for a gold Denar and puts it away; Yalk. ib. 873, v. סָגַל. Nif. נִצְרַף 1) to be smelted, tried. Yalk. Is. 313, v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:81 כבר נִצְרַפְנוּ we have already been tried. 2) to be hardened. Kel. IV, 4 משיִצָרְפוּ בכבשן when they have been baked in the kiln; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.III, 13 משיִצְטָרְפוּ. Hithpa. הִצְטָרֵף 1) same, v. supra. 2) to be joined, combined, counted in. Naz.35b, a. e. אין היתר מִצְטָרֵף לאיסור a permitted thing is not to be joined to a forbidden thing, i. e. if one ate simultaneously, one half of the legal size each, of a permitted and of a forbidden thing, the two must not be counted together to make up the legal size. Ib. 4a מִצְטָרְפִים זה עם זה they are counted together. Ib. VI, 1. Ber.47b תשעה ועבד מִצְטָרְפִין nine freemen and one slave may be combined (to make up the requisite number of ten for prayers). Ib. שנים ושבת מצט׳ two persons (at meal) and the Sabbath may be combined (count for three persons); מצט׳ … שנית״ח two scholars (at meal) who are engaged in discussion are counted as three. Mikv. III, 4 מצט׳ are combined to make up the legally required quantity of water; a. fr.Tosef.Maas. Sh. III, 3, v. supra.

צָרַף(b. h.; cmp. צרב) (to press, shrink, 1) to smelt, melt; trnsf. to refine, purify, try. Y.Keth.VII, end, 31d; Tosef. ib. VII, 11 צוֹרֵף נחשת, v. infra. Yoma 72b (ref. to Ps. 18:31) זכה משמחתו … צוֹרַפְתּוֹ if he deserves well, she (the Torah) cheers him; if not, she smelts him (through trials); צורפתו לחיים she steels him for life; צורפתו למיתה she smelts him for death. Yalk. Ex. 391 דרשתי … צָרַפְתִּי ובחנתיוכ׳ I studied and searched, refined and tested ; a. fr. 2) to tighten, harden. Yoma l. c., v. supra. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top שצְרָפַתּוֹ Var., v. צָפַד. 3) to change, v. infra. Pl. צֵרֵף 1) to smelt. Keth.VII, 10 (among the occupations to which a wife may object) מְצָרֵף נחושת, expl. ib. 77a חשלי דודי, v. חַשְׁלָא; anoth. opin. מחתך נחושתוכ׳, v. חָתַךְ; Tosef. ib. l. c. זה מתיךוכ׳ he that casts bronze.Trnsf. to refine. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to צרופה, Ps. 18:31) לא נתנו המצות אלא לצָרֵףוכ׳ the (ceremonial) laws have been given for the purpose of refining (disciplining) men through them. Ib. שצֵרְפוֹהקב״הוכ׳ (Abraham) whom the Lord tried in the furnace of fire. Ib. (ref. to צֹרֵף, Is. 41:7) זה אברהם שצרפווכ׳ that means Abraham, whom the Lord tried ; (Yalk. Is. 313 שנִצְרַף, Nif.). 2) to tighten, harden. Makhsh. V, 7 המוליך … לצָרְפָהּ if one takes a ship out to sea for the sake of tightening it; מוציא מסמר … לצָרְפוֹ if one takes a (glowing) nail in the rain for the sake of hardening it; Tosef. ib. II, 16 בשביל לצוֹרְפוֹ. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.III, 13 צֵרְפָןאפי׳וכ׳ (or צְרָפָן) if he hardened (baked) them (the earthen vessels) even in a peat fire. Bets.32a משיְצָרְפוֹ בכבשן (Ms. M. משישרפו) from the time be baked it in the kiln. B. Mets.84a (of iron weapons) משיְצָרְפֵם בכבשן when he has hardened them in the furnace, v. צִחְצֵחַ; a. e. 3) (to melt together, weld,) to combine, join. Maasr. II, 5 ואם צֵרַף (Y. ed. צירף) if he combined (ate them together). Y.Pes.III, 30a top שני … אין הבית מְצָרף if two pieces (of leavened matter), each half the size of an olive, are in the same room, the room does not join them (so as to be counted one olive-size); if in one vessel, הכלי מצרף the vessel joins them. Kidd.40a, a. e. מְצָרְפָהּ למעשה, v. מַחֲשָׁבָה; a. fr. 4) to change small for large coin, opp. פָּרַט. Maas. Sh. IV, 2 כמות … שהיא מצרף as the banker counts when he gives small change for large coins, not as he counts when giving large coins for small change; Tosef. ib. III, 3 המְצָרֵיף … שמצריף ed. Zuck. (Var. המצרף … מצטרף) if one buys a gold Denar for coins designated for second tithes, he must count as the banker would when selling small change, not as he would, when buying large change. Shek. II, 1 מְצָרְפִין, v. דַּרְכּוֹן. Y.B. Mets.IV, end, 9d לצוֹרְפָהּ … מְצָרְפָהּ ביפה if he wants to change the defective coin to be spent in Jerusalem, he must exchange it as if it were of full value (v. Bab. ib. 52b); a. fr.Sifré Deut. 48 אחד מצרף דינר ואוכלו ואחד מצ׳ דינר ומניחו one gathers a gold Denar and spends it, and another changes his accumulation for a gold Denar and puts it away; Yalk. ib. 873, v. סָגַל. Nif. נִצְרַף 1) to be smelted, tried. Yalk. Is. 313, v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:81 כבר נִצְרַפְנוּ we have already been tried. 2) to be hardened. Kel. IV, 4 משיִצָרְפוּ בכבשן when they have been baked in the kiln; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.III, 13 משיִצְטָרְפוּ. Hithpa. הִצְטָרֵף 1) same, v. supra. 2) to be joined, combined, counted in. Naz.35b, a. e. אין היתר מִצְטָרֵף לאיסור a permitted thing is not to be joined to a forbidden thing, i. e. if one ate simultaneously, one half of the legal size each, of a permitted and of a forbidden thing, the two must not be counted together to make up the legal size. Ib. 4a מִצְטָרְפִים זה עם זה they are counted together. Ib. VI, 1. Ber.47b תשעה ועבד מִצְטָרְפִין nine freemen and one slave may be combined (to make up the requisite number of ten for prayers). Ib. שנים ושבת מצט׳ two persons (at meal) and the Sabbath may be combined (count for three persons); מצט׳ … שנית״ח two scholars (at meal) who are engaged in discussion are counted as three. Mikv. III, 4 מצט׳ are combined to make up the legally required quantity of water; a. fr.Tosef.Maas. Sh. III, 3, v. supra.