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פְּעוּלָּהf. (b. h. פְּעֻלָּה; פָּעַל) work; hire; wages; working stock (cattle, tools). Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s. 10 כיון שבא … כביכול פ׳ לפניו when the Lord came to erect the Temple, it was, as it were, work to him (by ref. to Ex. 15:17). Num. R. s. 4 (play on פעלתי, 1 Chr. 26:5) על שפעל פ׳ גדולה בתורה because he did a work which the Law considers great; מה פ׳ גדולה פעל what was the great work he did?Ex. R. s. 41; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 נותן הזרע והפ׳ he (the tenant) furnishes the seed and the labor (working stock). Tosef.Kidd.III, 2 בפ׳ שאעשה עימיך in consideration of the work that I shall do for thee. Ib. על מנת שאעשה עימיך בפ׳ with the condition that I shall work for thee for wages. Midr. Till. to XI, 3 צדיק העולם מה פ׳ הניחו לך בעולמך what work, O Righteous One of the world, have they (the wicked) left for thee in thy world? Ib. מה פ׳ פעלת לפועלי מצות where is the reward thou hast wrought for the workers of good deeds? Ib. to Ps. 44 ראשונים … פעלת פ׳ גדולה in olden times, in the days of Abraham, thou didst a great work (miracle); Yalk. ib. 746. Treat. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa, ch. II, v. פּוֹעַל I. B. Mets. IX, 12, a. e. יש בו משום לא תלין פְּעוּלַּתוכ׳ the law forbidding the withholding of wages over night (Lev. 19:13) applies to it. Midr. Till. to Ps. 104:23 יצאו ישראל לקבל פְּעוּלָּתָן Israel shall go forth to receive their reward; a. fr.Pl. פְּעוּלּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Prov. 11:18) זה נמרוד שהיו פְּעוּלּוֹתָיו על שקר this refers to Nimrod, whose works were in vain. Lev. R. s. 27 כל פ׳ טובות ונחמותוכ׳ all the good rewards and comforts which the Lord will bestow upon Israel, v. פְּעִיָּיה; Tanḥ. Emor 11; Yalk. Is. 314; a. fr.

פָּתַח(b. h.) 1) to open, begin. Y.Ber.VI, end, 10d על כל … שהיה פוֹתֵהַוכ׳ over each cask as he opened it he said the benediction Sabb.104a, a. e. פּוֹתְחִין לו (Var. פְּתָחִין), v. טָמֵא I. Ib. 48a מתירין … אבל לא פותחין you may untie the neck-hole of a shirt, but not cut it open (on the Sabbath). Y.Taan.I, 64b top (ref. to Is. 45:8) כנקבה … פוֹתַחַתוכ׳ like the female that opens for the male. Ned.III, 4 לא יִפְתַּח לו בנדר he must not begin (offer his willingness) to make a vow (in order to escape robbery, v. נָדַר); a. v. fr.Part. pass. פָּתוּחַ; פְּתוּחָה; pl. פְּתוּחִים, פְּתוּחִין, פְּתוּחוֹת. Yeb.71b, a. e. נסתם הפ׳, v. סָתַם. Snh.94a, v. סָהֵם (v. מנצפ״ך). Meg.3a, פ׳ באמצע, v. סָתַם. Erub.IV, 6 שלש חצירות הפ׳ זו לזו ופ׳וכ׳ three courts opening into (communicating with) one another and into the public road; a. v. fr. פתה פתוח, v. פֶּתַח.Esp. (פרשה) פְּתוּחָה a paragraph in the Torah beginning with a new, indented line, opp. סתומה. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזהו פ׳ כל שלאוכ׳ what is an open paragraph? Such as does not begin at the beginning of a line, וכמה … ותהא נקראת פ׳ and how much space must one leave … for a paragraph to be called open?; a. fr.Trnsf. (to open the door to,) to introduce (into learning). Y.M. Kat. III, 83b top איזהו רבו כל שפ׳ לו תחלה who is called ones (special) teacher? He who was the first to initiate him; a. e.Esp. to open an opportunity for retracting a vow, to suggest reasons which, if known at the time, would have prevented the person from making the vow, v. חֲרָטָה. Ned.IX, 1 פותחין לאדם בכביךוכ׳ the judges offer suggestions taken from the respect due to parents (saying, if you had known that this vow cast a reflection on your father). Ib. רִפְתְּחוּ לו בכבוד המקים why not suggest to him the reverence due to the Lord (‘if you had known that he who makes a vow is considered an evil-doer)? Ib. 4 פותחין לו מן הכתובוכ׳ we offer suggestions to him from what is written in the Law, saying to him, if you had known that (in fulfilling that vow) you would transgress the law forbidding revenge ; a. fr.B. Kam.27a פ׳ בכד וסיים בחבית the Mishnah begins with kad and closes with ḥabith! Ber.10a פ׳ בה באשריוכ׳ v. סוּם I h. Gen. R. s. 84 אתה פָתֵחְתָּ תחלה בהצלתוכ׳ thou wast the first man to speak of saving life; אתה פתחת בתשובהוכ׳ thou wast the first to do repentance, … one of thy descendants shall rise and be the first (prophet) to call for repentance; a. fr.Esp. to open a lecture with a (Biblical) text. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 170a> ר׳ לוי פ׳וכ׳ R. Levi took up the text (Ps. 75:5) Gen. R. s. 1; a. v. fr.Pesik. R. s. 33 (an editorial gloss) פ׳ בכל אלו הפרשיות the author takes his texts from all those (quoted) passages. 2) to explain, speak plainly. Shek. V, 1; Men.65a (ref. to פתחיה as identical with מרדכי) he was named Pethahia, שהיה פותח דברים ודורשןוכ׳ (not בדברים) because he explained words and interpreted them (etymologically) and knew seventy languages.Part. pass. as ab. Sifré Aḥăré, beg., v. סָתַם. Nif. נִפְתַּח 1) to be opened. Yeb.71b, a. e., v. סָתַם. R. Hash. 16b שלשה … נִפְתָּחִין בר״ה three books are opened (for recording) on the New Years Day. B. Bath. 125b, v. סוּם I, Nithpa. Pesik. R. l. c. להִיפָּתֵחַ to have ones bowels opened, v. פְּסִיעָה; a. fr.Ib. (editorial gloss) ונ׳ עוד שם בפרשתוכ׳ and furthermore this section (Is. 61:1) was used as the opening text; a. fr.Esp. to have ones eyes opened, to become seeing. Pesik. R. s. 42 בשילדה שדה כל סומא … נ׳ when Sarah gave birth, every blind person in the world was restored to sight; a. e. Pi. פִּיתֵּהֵ 1) to open. Ib. פי׳ הפילקיות he opened the prisons. Par. III, 8 ועושין … ומְפַתְּחִין בה חלונות they piled wood in the shape of a tower and opened windows in it. Zeb.88b רימונים שלא פִיתְּחוּ פיהן (Ms. K. a. R. 2 נִפְתְּהוּ; Ms. R. 1 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) pomegranates which have not yet burst open; a. e. 2) to engrave. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b Pl. פי׳ בה פיתוחים if he cut designs into it. 3) to dig, break ground. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXVIII; Gen. R. s. 76 כשיצמד … יְפַתְּחוּ וישדדווכ׳ when an ox and a cow are harnessed together, they will break and harrow all valleys. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֵּחַ 1) to be opened, v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 31 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ בדם they (their cavities) were opened with (discharged) blood; a. e. 2) to be cut into, graven. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1; Y. ib. IX, 24b וכיון … היו מִתְפַּתְּחוֹת לפניווכ׳ and when they let it (the Shamir, v. שָׁמִיר) look at the stones, they were engraven before it like the (wax-covered) tablets Y.Kil.VII, beg.30d מתפתחת R. S. to Kil. VIII, 1, v. פִּתְפֵּת.

פָּתַח(b. h.) 1) to open, begin. Y.Ber.VI, end, 10d על כל … שהיה פוֹתֵהַוכ׳ over each cask as he opened it he said the benediction Sabb.104a, a. e. פּוֹתְחִין לו (Var. פְּתָחִין), v. טָמֵא I. Ib. 48a מתירין … אבל לא פותחין you may untie the neck-hole of a shirt, but not cut it open (on the Sabbath). Y.Taan.I, 64b top (ref. to Is. 45:8) כנקבה … פוֹתַחַתוכ׳ like the female that opens for the male. Ned.III, 4 לא יִפְתַּח לו בנדר he must not begin (offer his willingness) to make a vow (in order to escape robbery, v. נָדַר); a. v. fr.Part. pass. פָּתוּחַ; פְּתוּחָה; pl. פְּתוּחִים, פְּתוּחִין, פְּתוּחוֹת. Yeb.71b, a. e. נסתם הפ׳, v. סָתַם. Snh.94a, v. סָהֵם (v. מנצפ״ך). Meg.3a, פ׳ באמצע, v. סָתַם. Erub.IV, 6 שלש חצירות הפ׳ זו לזו ופ׳וכ׳ three courts opening into (communicating with) one another and into the public road; a. v. fr. פתה פתוח, v. פֶּתַח.Esp. (פרשה) פְּתוּחָה a paragraph in the Torah beginning with a new, indented line, opp. סתומה. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזהו פ׳ כל שלאוכ׳ what is an open paragraph? Such as does not begin at the beginning of a line, וכמה … ותהא נקראת פ׳ and how much space must one leave … for a paragraph to be called open?; a. fr.Trnsf. (to open the door to,) to introduce (into learning). Y.M. Kat. III, 83b top איזהו רבו כל שפ׳ לו תחלה who is called ones (special) teacher? He who was the first to initiate him; a. e.Esp. to open an opportunity for retracting a vow, to suggest reasons which, if known at the time, would have prevented the person from making the vow, v. חֲרָטָה. Ned.IX, 1 פותחין לאדם בכביךוכ׳ the judges offer suggestions taken from the respect due to parents (saying, if you had known that this vow cast a reflection on your father). Ib. רִפְתְּחוּ לו בכבוד המקים why not suggest to him the reverence due to the Lord (‘if you had known that he who makes a vow is considered an evil-doer)? Ib. 4 פותחין לו מן הכתובוכ׳ we offer suggestions to him from what is written in the Law, saying to him, if you had known that (in fulfilling that vow) you would transgress the law forbidding revenge ; a. fr.B. Kam.27a פ׳ בכד וסיים בחבית the Mishnah begins with kad and closes with ḥabith! Ber.10a פ׳ בה באשריוכ׳ v. סוּם I h. Gen. R. s. 84 אתה פָתֵחְתָּ תחלה בהצלתוכ׳ thou wast the first man to speak of saving life; אתה פתחת בתשובהוכ׳ thou wast the first to do repentance, … one of thy descendants shall rise and be the first (prophet) to call for repentance; a. fr.Esp. to open a lecture with a (Biblical) text. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 170a> ר׳ לוי פ׳וכ׳ R. Levi took up the text (Ps. 75:5) Gen. R. s. 1; a. v. fr.Pesik. R. s. 33 (an editorial gloss) פ׳ בכל אלו הפרשיות the author takes his texts from all those (quoted) passages. 2) to explain, speak plainly. Shek. V, 1; Men.65a (ref. to פתחיה as identical with מרדכי) he was named Pethahia, שהיה פותח דברים ודורשןוכ׳ (not בדברים) because he explained words and interpreted them (etymologically) and knew seventy languages.Part. pass. as ab. Sifré Aḥăré, beg., v. סָתַם. Nif. נִפְתַּח 1) to be opened. Yeb.71b, a. e., v. סָתַם. R. Hash. 16b שלשה … נִפְתָּחִין בר״ה three books are opened (for recording) on the New Years Day. B. Bath. 125b, v. סוּם I, Nithpa. Pesik. R. l. c. להִיפָּתֵחַ to have ones bowels opened, v. פְּסִיעָה; a. fr.Ib. (editorial gloss) ונ׳ עוד שם בפרשתוכ׳ and furthermore this section (Is. 61:1) was used as the opening text; a. fr.Esp. to have ones eyes opened, to become seeing. Pesik. R. s. 42 בשילדה שדה כל סומא … נ׳ when Sarah gave birth, every blind person in the world was restored to sight; a. e. Pi. פִּיתֵּהֵ 1) to open. Ib. פי׳ הפילקיות he opened the prisons. Par. III, 8 ועושין … ומְפַתְּחִין בה חלונות they piled wood in the shape of a tower and opened windows in it. Zeb.88b רימונים שלא פִיתְּחוּ פיהן (Ms. K. a. R. 2 נִפְתְּהוּ; Ms. R. 1 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) pomegranates which have not yet burst open; a. e. 2) to engrave. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b Pl. פי׳ בה פיתוחים if he cut designs into it. 3) to dig, break ground. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXVIII; Gen. R. s. 76 כשיצמד … יְפַתְּחוּ וישדדווכ׳ when an ox and a cow are harnessed together, they will break and harrow all valleys. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֵּחַ 1) to be opened, v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 31 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ בדם they (their cavities) were opened with (discharged) blood; a. e. 2) to be cut into, graven. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1; Y. ib. IX, 24b וכיון … היו מִתְפַּתְּחוֹת לפניווכ׳ and when they let it (the Shamir, v. שָׁמִיר) look at the stones, they were engraven before it like the (wax-covered) tablets Y.Kil.VII, beg.30d מתפתחת R. S. to Kil. VIII, 1, v. פִּתְפֵּת.

הַאיc. (= הָ־אֵי) this, that. Targ. Ruth 4:6, v. גַּוְונָא. Ber2a ה׳ וטהר this vtaher (Lev. 22:7). Ib. 4b ה׳ אחד this ‘one (Is. 6:6). Ib. 6a ה׳ מאן דבעיוכ׳ he who wants Ib. 7b bot. מאי כוליהה׳ (Ms. M. למה לך כוליה׳) what is all this for?Ib. 8b בח׳ שעתא at that hour. Erub.10a; a. fr. ה׳ מאי what is that, i. e. what has this to do here?, this is no argument.Ber.43a ה׳ משחאוכ׳ as to balsam oil Ḥag. 4b כוליה׳ ואולי all that (suffering) and yet only ‘perhaps!Ib. ה׳ קרא this (following) verge; a. v. fr.With suffix ך ( locale) הַאִיךְ the one there, the former. R. Hash. 2b בשלמאה׳ … אלא האיוכ׳ I grant it as to the former (verse), for it says distinctly …, but as to the latter Snh.4b ירשיעון דהאיך והאי (Ms. M. האיך והאי) the Elohim which is the subject to yarshiun (Ex. 22:8) is the same in the preceding clause as in this, i. e. it means the same number of judges, and the repetition of Elohim does not intimate a differently construed court. B. Bath. 167b איתתיה דה׳ the other ones wife; a. fr.

הַאיc. (= הָ־אֵי) this, that. Targ. Ruth 4:6, v. גַּוְונָא. Ber2a ה׳ וטהר this vtaher (Lev. 22:7). Ib. 4b ה׳ אחד this ‘one (Is. 6:6). Ib. 6a ה׳ מאן דבעיוכ׳ he who wants Ib. 7b bot. מאי כוליהה׳ (Ms. M. למה לך כוליה׳) what is all this for?Ib. 8b בח׳ שעתא at that hour. Erub.10a; a. fr. ה׳ מאי what is that, i. e. what has this to do here?, this is no argument.Ber.43a ה׳ משחאוכ׳ as to balsam oil Ḥag. 4b כוליה׳ ואולי all that (suffering) and yet only ‘perhaps!Ib. ה׳ קרא this (following) verge; a. v. fr.With suffix ך ( locale) הַאִיךְ the one there, the former. R. Hash. 2b בשלמאה׳ … אלא האיוכ׳ I grant it as to the former (verse), for it says distinctly …, but as to the latter Snh.4b ירשיעון דהאיך והאי (Ms. M. האיך והאי) the Elohim which is the subject to yarshiun (Ex. 22:8) is the same in the preceding clause as in this, i. e. it means the same number of judges, and the repetition of Elohim does not intimate a differently construed court. B. Bath. 167b איתתיה דה׳ the other ones wife; a. fr.

חוֹלIII (b. h.; חלל) (outside of the sanctuary, foreign, profane, common, opp. קוֹרֶש; week-day, opp. שַׁבָּת, מוֹעֵד. Pes.104a; Ḥull.26b בין קודש לח׳ between what is sacred and what is secular. Shebu.35b כל שמות … חוץ מזה שהוא ח׳ all names of lordship ( Adonay) … are sacred, except the following which is secular (referring to persons).חוֹלוֹ של מועד, or חול המועד the half-festive days intervening between the first and the last days of Passover or of Succoth. Meg.22b; a. fr.Maas. Sh. III, 8 פתוחות לח׳ having an entrance on secular ground; Ib. תוכן ח׳ their inside is secular ground. B. Mets.84b כלי … ישתמש בו ח׳ shall the vessel once used for sacred things, be used for secular purposes (shall R. Eleazars widow marry Rabbi)?; a. v. fr.Pl. חוּלִּין profane things, animals not consecrated, ordinary objects. Ḥull.2b, a. e. ח׳ שנעשו עלוכ׳ ordinary food (not Trumah) prepared with the precautions required for the levitical cleanness of consecrated food.Pes.22a, a. fr. ח׳ שנשחטו בעזרה animals not consecrated for sacrifices which were slaughtered in the Temple court. Ib., a. fr. ח׳ … דאורייתא the law forbidding the use of ordinary animals slaughtered, is not Biblical. Gitt.62a עיסת חוּלָּיו his ordinary dough; זיתי חוליו (not ים …), v. טָהֳרָה. Hag. I, 3 באות מן הח׳ are procured from secular funds, opp. to proceeds from second tithes; a. fr.Ber.32a (play on ויחל, Ex. 32:11) ח׳ הוא לךוכ׳ it is too foreign to thy nature to do such a thing; Yalk. Gen. 83, v. חָלִילָה. Ḥullin (= שְׁחִיטַת ח׳), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Babli, of the Order of Kodashim, containing the laws concerning ordinary meat.

חוֹלIII (b. h.; חלל) (outside of the sanctuary, foreign, profane, common, opp. קוֹרֶש; week-day, opp. שַׁבָּת, מוֹעֵד. Pes.104a; Ḥull.26b בין קודש לח׳ between what is sacred and what is secular. Shebu.35b כל שמות … חוץ מזה שהוא ח׳ all names of lordship ( Adonay) … are sacred, except the following which is secular (referring to persons).חוֹלוֹ של מועד, or חול המועד the half-festive days intervening between the first and the last days of Passover or of Succoth. Meg.22b; a. fr.Maas. Sh. III, 8 פתוחות לח׳ having an entrance on secular ground; Ib. תוכן ח׳ their inside is secular ground. B. Mets.84b כלי … ישתמש בו ח׳ shall the vessel once used for sacred things, be used for secular purposes (shall R. Eleazars widow marry Rabbi)?; a. v. fr.Pl. חוּלִּין profane things, animals not consecrated, ordinary objects. Ḥull.2b, a. e. ח׳ שנעשו עלוכ׳ ordinary food (not Trumah) prepared with the precautions required for the levitical cleanness of consecrated food.Pes.22a, a. fr. ח׳ שנשחטו בעזרה animals not consecrated for sacrifices which were slaughtered in the Temple court. Ib., a. fr. ח׳ … דאורייתא the law forbidding the use of ordinary animals slaughtered, is not Biblical. Gitt.62a עיסת חוּלָּיו his ordinary dough; זיתי חוליו (not ים …), v. טָהֳרָה. Hag. I, 3 באות מן הח׳ are procured from secular funds, opp. to proceeds from second tithes; a. fr.Ber.32a (play on ויחל, Ex. 32:11) ח׳ הוא לךוכ׳ it is too foreign to thy nature to do such a thing; Yalk. Gen. 83, v. חָלִילָה. Ḥullin (= שְׁחִיטַת ח׳), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Babli, of the Order of Kodashim, containing the laws concerning ordinary meat.

חִידּוּש, חִדּ׳,m. (חָדַש) 1) renovation, the first stage of the crescent moon. Y.Ber.IX, 13d הרואה … בחִידּוּשָׁהּ he who sees the moon in her first stage. Y.Shek.I, 46a bot. שמרהו שיבוא בחִידּוּשוֹ observe it that it (the maturing of the crops) should coincide with the first part of the month of Nisan. R. Hash. 25a אין חִדּוּשָׁהּ של לבנהוכ׳ (Ms. M. חָדְשָׁהּ, v. חֹדֶש) the renovation of the moon takes no less than twenty nine days and a half 2) restoration. Y.Taan.II, 65c bot. ח׳ ביתוכ׳ the restoration of thy sanctuary. 3) novel interpretation, novel idea, additional legislation (novellae). Ḥag.3a א״א לבה״מ בלא ח׳ it is impossible for a college session to pass without a novel remark. Ib. מה ח׳ היהוכ׳ what was the news in college to-day?Cant. R. to IV, 16 ובואי דבר של ח׳ ‘and come (ib.) intimates a novel rule (adding thanks-offerings); Y.Meg.I, 72c top, a. e.Lev. R. s. 13, v. חָדָש; a. fr. 4) strange law, exception, unique law (which allows of no conclusion by analogy), anomaly. Snh.27a עד זומם ח׳ הואוכ׳ the law concerning the punishment of false witnesses is an anomaly, (for why must we trust the one set more than the other?) אין … חִידּוּשוֹ ואילך therefore you cannot go beyond what it says distinctly, i. e. previous evidences of refuted witnesses cannot be assailed. Pes.44b מבשר וחלב … דח׳ הוא you can draw no analogy from the law concerning the mixture of flesh and milk, for it is an anomaly; ומאי חידושו and wherein is it an anomaly? Y.Ter.VII, beg.44c לחִידּוּשוֹ יצא the law (Deut. 22:13 sq.) is specified for its anomalous nature; a. fr.