work-study

מְלָאכָה, מְלֶאכֶתf. (b. h.; preced.) work, trade, vocation; task. Ab. I, 10 אהוב את המ׳ love trade, opp. to רבנות, office. Ned.49b, v. גָּדוֹל. Ber.17a אני מְלַאכְתִּי בעיר my work (study) is done in town, והוא מְלַאכְתּוֹ בשדהוכ׳ and his, in the field, v. גָּדַר. Ab. II, 14 בעל מְלַאכְתְּךָ thy employer (the Lord). Ib. 15 היום קצר והמ׳ מרובה the day (life) is short, and the task great. Ab. dR. N. ch. XI ועשו בו מ׳ בשבת (not ועשה) and they made him work on the Sabbath. Sabb.VII, 1 אב מ׳, v. אָב; a. v. fr.Pl. מְלָאכוֹת. Ib. עשה מ׳ חרבהוכ׳ he did several (forbidden) labors on several successive Sabbaths. Ib. 2, v. אָב; a. v. fr.

מְלָאכָה, מְלֶאכֶתf. (b. h.; preced.) work, trade, vocation; task. Ab. I, 10 אהוב את המ׳ love trade, opp. to רבנות, office. Ned.49b, v. גָּדוֹל. Ber.17a אני מְלַאכְתִּי בעיר my work (study) is done in town, והוא מְלַאכְתּוֹ בשדהוכ׳ and his, in the field, v. גָּדַר. Ab. II, 14 בעל מְלַאכְתְּךָ thy employer (the Lord). Ib. 15 היום קצר והמ׳ מרובה the day (life) is short, and the task great. Ab. dR. N. ch. XI ועשו בו מ׳ בשבת (not ועשה) and they made him work on the Sabbath. Sabb.VII, 1 אב מ׳, v. אָב; a. v. fr.Pl. מְלָאכוֹת. Ib. עשה מ׳ חרבהוכ׳ he did several (forbidden) labors on several successive Sabbaths. Ib. 2, v. אָב; a. v. fr.

מְלָאכָה, מְלֶאכֶתf. (b. h.; preced.) work, trade, vocation; task. Ab. I, 10 אהוב את המ׳ love trade, opp. to רבנות, office. Ned.49b, v. גָּדוֹל. Ber.17a אני מְלַאכְתִּי בעיר my work (study) is done in town, והוא מְלַאכְתּוֹ בשדהוכ׳ and his, in the field, v. גָּדַר. Ab. II, 14 בעל מְלַאכְתְּךָ thy employer (the Lord). Ib. 15 היום קצר והמ׳ מרובה the day (life) is short, and the task great. Ab. dR. N. ch. XI ועשו בו מ׳ בשבת (not ועשה) and they made him work on the Sabbath. Sabb.VII, 1 אב מ׳, v. אָב; a. v. fr.Pl. מְלָאכוֹת. Ib. עשה מ׳ חרבהוכ׳ he did several (forbidden) labors on several successive Sabbaths. Ib. 2, v. אָב; a. v. fr.

מְלָאכָה, מְלֶאכֶתf. (b. h.; preced.) work, trade, vocation; task. Ab. I, 10 אהוב את המ׳ love trade, opp. to רבנות, office. Ned.49b, v. גָּדוֹל. Ber.17a אני מְלַאכְתִּי בעיר my work (study) is done in town, והוא מְלַאכְתּוֹ בשדהוכ׳ and his, in the field, v. גָּדַר. Ab. II, 14 בעל מְלַאכְתְּךָ thy employer (the Lord). Ib. 15 היום קצר והמ׳ מרובה the day (life) is short, and the task great. Ab. dR. N. ch. XI ועשו בו מ׳ בשבת (not ועשה) and they made him work on the Sabbath. Sabb.VII, 1 אב מ׳, v. אָב; a. v. fr.Pl. מְלָאכוֹת. Ib. עשה מ׳ חרבהוכ׳ he did several (forbidden) labors on several successive Sabbaths. Ib. 2, v. אָב; a. v. fr.

גָּדַר(b. h.; v. גדד I) 1) to cut, esp. to harvest dates. B. Mets.89b (Ar. גדד, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300). B. Bath.36b עד שיגדור ג׳ גדירות until he has reaped three date harvests.Y.Sabb.VII, 9c top; Bab. ib. 73b (terms equivalent to קוצר); Y. ib. 10a ed. Krot. הגורד (corr. acc.).Sabb.50a; 125b חריות … שגְּדָרָן לעצים twigs of a date tree which one cut with the intention of using them for fuel; v. גָּדַע.Tosef.Ber.IV, 21; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּדוּר cut down. Tosef.Shebi.IV, 13 כרם ג׳ בציפורי (Var. גדול; R. S. to Shebi. VI, 4 גריד) a ruined vineyard in Zepphoris. 2) to surround with a גֶּדֶר, fence in; to limit, control, ward off. B. Kam.23a שהיה לו לגֹודְרָהּ ולא גְדָרָהּ he ought to have fenced it in and did not do so. Tosef.M. Kat. I, 7 חומת … גֹּודְרִין אותה if a city wall is broken into, we may fence it in (repair it, during the festive week).Gen. R. s. 49 (play on haaf, Gen. 18:23) אתה גֹודֵר את האף והאף לא יִגְדָּרְךָ Thou controllest the anger, but the anger does not control Thee.Y.Ber.IX, end, 14c וגֹודְרָהּ, v. זָקֵן I.Mikv. V, 6 גודר כלים one may form a dam with garments (Tosef. ib. IV, 10 גרר, corr. acc.). Y.Ber.III, 6c דבר שהוא גֹודֵר את ישראל מןוכ׳ a custom which guards Israel from sin. Lev. R. s. 24 מי שהוא גודר עצמווכ׳ (Y.Yeb.II, 3d top פורש) he who guards himself against sin (restraining himself from anything unchaste) is called holy. Gen. R. s. 70 גָּדְרוּ עצמןוכ׳ trained themselves to chastity; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּדוּר abstinent, chaste. Lev. R. s. 22 ומעצמו הוא ג׳ and he will become abstinent of his own accord. Gen. R. l. c. אנשי מזרח גְּדוּרִיםוכ׳ the people of the East are chaste; a. fr.ג׳ פרצה (or sub. פרצה) to fence in a breach, to remedy calamities, also to check lawlessness by preventive measures (v. גְּזֵרָה). Ber.19a שתִּגְדֹּורוכ׳ that Thou repair our breaches (relieve us); B. Bath.91b.Lev. R. s. 1 (play on Abigdor 1 Chr. 4:4) הרבה גֹודְרִיןוכ׳ Israel had many fence-makers (guardians against sin). Ruth. R. s. 2, a. fr.Erub.6a, a. e. ג׳ בה גדר, v. בִּקְעָה.Y.Erub.X, 26b bot. דלת גודרתוכ׳; Tosef. ib. XI (VII), 18 גוררת ed. Zuck., Var. גוד׳, v. גָּרַר.Y.Sabb.XV, 15b top וגדרתא, read וּגְדָרַתָּהּ. Nif. נִגְדָּר to be guarded; to guard ones self. Y.Sabb.XVII, beg.16a כיון שנִגְדְּרוּ (ib. III, 6a top שנִתְגַּדְּרוּ) when they had been trained (to guard against desecrating the Sabbath). Lev. R. s. 32 נ׳ כל הנשיםוכ׳ all women were made chaste through her meritorious example; a. e. Pi. גִּידֵּר to cut into. Gitt.56b; Lev. R. s. 20; 22; Num. R. s. 18 וגִידּ׳ את הפרוכת and cut into the curtain (Koh. R. to V, 8; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 1 וגָד׳). Tosef.Shebi.III, 20 מְגַדֵּר בחורשין Var. (ed. Zuck. מברך) to cut into, to clear thickets, v. בהה. Hithpa. הִתְגַּדֵּר 1) ( to cut onesself off from others, to distinguish ones self, to excel; to raise ones self above others, to arrogate power, he presumptuous. Ber.17a כשם שהוא אינו מִתְגַּדֵּרוכ׳ as he cannot excel in my work (study), so can I not in his (field labor). Ḥull.7a my predecessors have left room for me להִתְגַּדֵּר בו to distinguish myself; Yoma 78a; (Y.Dem.II, 22c bot. עטרה לחתעטר, Ar. להתגדר).Ned.81a כדי שלא יִתְגַּדְּרוּ עלוכ׳ in order that they may not be presumptuous towards the people; v. גָּבַר Hithpa. (Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa 1 כבן שמתגדרוכ׳, v. גָּרַר II. 2) to be trained, v. supra Nif.

גָּדַר(b. h.; v. גדד I) 1) to cut, esp. to harvest dates. B. Mets.89b (Ar. גדד, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300). B. Bath.36b עד שיגדור ג׳ גדירות until he has reaped three date harvests.Y.Sabb.VII, 9c top; Bab. ib. 73b (terms equivalent to קוצר); Y. ib. 10a ed. Krot. הגורד (corr. acc.).Sabb.50a; 125b חריות … שגְּדָרָן לעצים twigs of a date tree which one cut with the intention of using them for fuel; v. גָּדַע.Tosef.Ber.IV, 21; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּדוּר cut down. Tosef.Shebi.IV, 13 כרם ג׳ בציפורי (Var. גדול; R. S. to Shebi. VI, 4 גריד) a ruined vineyard in Zepphoris. 2) to surround with a גֶּדֶר, fence in; to limit, control, ward off. B. Kam.23a שהיה לו לגֹודְרָהּ ולא גְדָרָהּ he ought to have fenced it in and did not do so. Tosef.M. Kat. I, 7 חומת … גֹּודְרִין אותה if a city wall is broken into, we may fence it in (repair it, during the festive week).Gen. R. s. 49 (play on haaf, Gen. 18:23) אתה גֹודֵר את האף והאף לא יִגְדָּרְךָ Thou controllest the anger, but the anger does not control Thee.Y.Ber.IX, end, 14c וגֹודְרָהּ, v. זָקֵן I.Mikv. V, 6 גודר כלים one may form a dam with garments (Tosef. ib. IV, 10 גרר, corr. acc.). Y.Ber.III, 6c דבר שהוא גֹודֵר את ישראל מןוכ׳ a custom which guards Israel from sin. Lev. R. s. 24 מי שהוא גודר עצמווכ׳ (Y.Yeb.II, 3d top פורש) he who guards himself against sin (restraining himself from anything unchaste) is called holy. Gen. R. s. 70 גָּדְרוּ עצמןוכ׳ trained themselves to chastity; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּדוּר abstinent, chaste. Lev. R. s. 22 ומעצמו הוא ג׳ and he will become abstinent of his own accord. Gen. R. l. c. אנשי מזרח גְּדוּרִיםוכ׳ the people of the East are chaste; a. fr.ג׳ פרצה (or sub. פרצה) to fence in a breach, to remedy calamities, also to check lawlessness by preventive measures (v. גְּזֵרָה). Ber.19a שתִּגְדֹּורוכ׳ that Thou repair our breaches (relieve us); B. Bath.91b.Lev. R. s. 1 (play on Abigdor 1 Chr. 4:4) הרבה גֹודְרִיןוכ׳ Israel had many fence-makers (guardians against sin). Ruth. R. s. 2, a. fr.Erub.6a, a. e. ג׳ בה גדר, v. בִּקְעָה.Y.Erub.X, 26b bot. דלת גודרתוכ׳; Tosef. ib. XI (VII), 18 גוררת ed. Zuck., Var. גוד׳, v. גָּרַר.Y.Sabb.XV, 15b top וגדרתא, read וּגְדָרַתָּהּ. Nif. נִגְדָּר to be guarded; to guard ones self. Y.Sabb.XVII, beg.16a כיון שנִגְדְּרוּ (ib. III, 6a top שנִתְגַּדְּרוּ) when they had been trained (to guard against desecrating the Sabbath). Lev. R. s. 32 נ׳ כל הנשיםוכ׳ all women were made chaste through her meritorious example; a. e. Pi. גִּידֵּר to cut into. Gitt.56b; Lev. R. s. 20; 22; Num. R. s. 18 וגִידּ׳ את הפרוכת and cut into the curtain (Koh. R. to V, 8; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 1 וגָד׳). Tosef.Shebi.III, 20 מְגַדֵּר בחורשין Var. (ed. Zuck. מברך) to cut into, to clear thickets, v. בהה. Hithpa. הִתְגַּדֵּר 1) ( to cut onesself off from others, to distinguish ones self, to excel; to raise ones self above others, to arrogate power, he presumptuous. Ber.17a כשם שהוא אינו מִתְגַּדֵּרוכ׳ as he cannot excel in my work (study), so can I not in his (field labor). Ḥull.7a my predecessors have left room for me להִתְגַּדֵּר בו to distinguish myself; Yoma 78a; (Y.Dem.II, 22c bot. עטרה לחתעטר, Ar. להתגדר).Ned.81a כדי שלא יִתְגַּדְּרוּ עלוכ׳ in order that they may not be presumptuous towards the people; v. גָּבַר Hithpa. (Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa 1 כבן שמתגדרוכ׳, v. גָּרַר II. 2) to be trained, v. supra Nif.

הַשְׁחָרָהf. (denom. of שַׁחַר) getting up early; early work, study. Lev. R. s. 19, beg., v. הַעֲרָבָה.

הַשְׁחָרָהf. (denom. of שַׁחַר) getting up early; early work, study. Lev. R. s. 19, beg., v. הַעֲרָבָה.

לְעִי, לְעָא(v. לִאִי) 1) to labor, work; to study. Targ. Y. Gen. 3:18; a. fr.Targ. Prov. 16:26 לָעֲיָא.Lev. R. s. 32 לְעֵי טבאות work right (Tanḥ. Emor 24 ליענות). Ib. s. 34 לית את אזיל לָעֵי ונגיס why doest thou not go working and have something to eat?Y.Keth.V, 30b top דא̇ינון לָעֲיֵי because they are working beasts. Y.Sabb.VI, 7d bot. והוא לעי באורייתא that he might be able to study the Law; a. fr.Y.Erub.I, 18d top ולָעֲתָהּ בתריהוכ׳ (cmp. חמת־ for חמי) and he studied (repeated) it after him forty times; ib. ולעיתה (read ולָעֲתֵיה). 2) to be tired. Targ. Y. Ex. 18:18 מִילְעָא תִילְעֵי Ar. (ed. מיתר תנתר; O. מִילְאָה תִלְאֵי). Targ. Lam. 5:5. Targ. Prov. 26:15 לָאעֵי ed. Lag. (oth. לָעֵי); a. e.Lam. R. introd. (R. Isaac 3), v. טָרוֹן.Y.Gitt.VIII, beg.48c Y.Ter.I, 40b והוא לעי and he became tired (ceased from raving). Af. אַלְעֵי to tire out, ruin. Targ. 1 Chr. 17:9 למַלְעֵי (not למִילְעֵי).

לְעִי, לְעָא(v. לִאִי) 1) to labor, work; to study. Targ. Y. Gen. 3:18; a. fr.Targ. Prov. 16:26 לָעֲיָא.Lev. R. s. 32 לְעֵי טבאות work right (Tanḥ. Emor 24 ליענות). Ib. s. 34 לית את אזיל לָעֵי ונגיס why doest thou not go working and have something to eat?Y.Keth.V, 30b top דא̇ינון לָעֲיֵי because they are working beasts. Y.Sabb.VI, 7d bot. והוא לעי באורייתא that he might be able to study the Law; a. fr.Y.Erub.I, 18d top ולָעֲתָהּ בתריהוכ׳ (cmp. חמת־ for חמי) and he studied (repeated) it after him forty times; ib. ולעיתה (read ולָעֲתֵיה). 2) to be tired. Targ. Y. Ex. 18:18 מִילְעָא תִילְעֵי Ar. (ed. מיתר תנתר; O. מִילְאָה תִלְאֵי). Targ. Lam. 5:5. Targ. Prov. 26:15 לָאעֵי ed. Lag. (oth. לָעֵי); a. e.Lam. R. introd. (R. Isaac 3), v. טָרוֹן.Y.Gitt.VIII, beg.48c Y.Ter.I, 40b והוא לעי and he became tired (ceased from raving). Af. אַלְעֵי to tire out, ruin. Targ. 1 Chr. 17:9 למַלְעֵי (not למִילְעֵי).

לְעִי, לְעָא(v. לִאִי) 1) to labor, work; to study. Targ. Y. Gen. 3:18; a. fr.Targ. Prov. 16:26 לָעֲיָא.Lev. R. s. 32 לְעֵי טבאות work right (Tanḥ. Emor 24 ליענות). Ib. s. 34 לית את אזיל לָעֵי ונגיס why doest thou not go working and have something to eat?Y.Keth.V, 30b top דא̇ינון לָעֲיֵי because they are working beasts. Y.Sabb.VI, 7d bot. והוא לעי באורייתא that he might be able to study the Law; a. fr.Y.Erub.I, 18d top ולָעֲתָהּ בתריהוכ׳ (cmp. חמת־ for חמי) and he studied (repeated) it after him forty times; ib. ולעיתה (read ולָעֲתֵיה). 2) to be tired. Targ. Y. Ex. 18:18 מִילְעָא תִילְעֵי Ar. (ed. מיתר תנתר; O. מִילְאָה תִלְאֵי). Targ. Lam. 5:5. Targ. Prov. 26:15 לָאעֵי ed. Lag. (oth. לָעֵי); a. e.Lam. R. introd. (R. Isaac 3), v. טָרוֹן.Y.Gitt.VIII, beg.48c Y.Ter.I, 40b והוא לעי and he became tired (ceased from raving). Af. אַלְעֵי to tire out, ruin. Targ. 1 Chr. 17:9 למַלְעֵי (not למִילְעֵי).

לְעִי, לְעָא(v. לִאִי) 1) to labor, work; to study. Targ. Y. Gen. 3:18; a. fr.Targ. Prov. 16:26 לָעֲיָא.Lev. R. s. 32 לְעֵי טבאות work right (Tanḥ. Emor 24 ליענות). Ib. s. 34 לית את אזיל לָעֵי ונגיס why doest thou not go working and have something to eat?Y.Keth.V, 30b top דא̇ינון לָעֲיֵי because they are working beasts. Y.Sabb.VI, 7d bot. והוא לעי באורייתא that he might be able to study the Law; a. fr.Y.Erub.I, 18d top ולָעֲתָהּ בתריהוכ׳ (cmp. חמת־ for חמי) and he studied (repeated) it after him forty times; ib. ולעיתה (read ולָעֲתֵיה). 2) to be tired. Targ. Y. Ex. 18:18 מִילְעָא תִילְעֵי Ar. (ed. מיתר תנתר; O. מִילְאָה תִלְאֵי). Targ. Lam. 5:5. Targ. Prov. 26:15 לָאעֵי ed. Lag. (oth. לָעֵי); a. e.Lam. R. introd. (R. Isaac 3), v. טָרוֹן.Y.Gitt.VIII, beg.48c Y.Ter.I, 40b והוא לעי and he became tired (ceased from raving). Af. אַלְעֵי to tire out, ruin. Targ. 1 Chr. 17:9 למַלְעֵי (not למִילְעֵי).

עָמֵלI (b. h.) to labor, take pains; to be wearied. Deut. R. s. 11 זו היא שילום … שעָמַלְתִּיוכ׳ is this the payment for the service of forty years during which I worked hard, until they became a holy and faithful people? Yalk. Prov. 950 מדבר בעוֹמְלֵי תורה it refers to those studying the Law industriously; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Mick. 2 בעֲמֵלֵי; a. fr.Part. or adj. עָמֵל; f. עֲמֵלָה; pl. עֲמֵלִים, עֲמֵלִין; עֲמֵלוֹת. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה המים … כל מי שהוא ע׳ בהןוכ׳ as water raises plants, so the words of the Law raise him who works at (studies) them sufficiently. Deut. R. l. c. ולא אמר בעֲמֵלֶיהָ … בעושיה and he (Moses) did not say (in his blessing, blessed be who delights) in those laboring to study it, or in those who meditate on it, but in those who do it. Ber.28b אני ע׳ והם ע׳ I wear myself out (in study), and they wear themselves out (in vanities). Ab. II, 2 כל הע׳ עם הצבור יהיו ע׳וכ׳ (Var. העוסקים … עוסקים) all those who are engaged in public affairs must do their work for the sake of heaven (disinterestedly); a. fr. Pi. עִימֵּל to work through, knead, esp. to stimulate and heat the body (v. Hithpa.). Sabb.147b מפני שמְעַמֶּלֶת ומרפא (read with Alf.: ומרפאת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) because it (the mud of Dimsith) exercises the body and loosens (the bowels). Hithpa. הִתְעַמֵּל 1) to be kneaded, have massage. Ib. XXII, 6 סכין … אבל לא מִתְעַמְּלִיםוכ׳ you may have yourself ointed and rubbed on the Sabbath, but not. kneaded or scraped. 2) to wear ones self out, esp. to exercise ( and heat) the body. Tosef.Peah IV, 10 Hillel bought for a poor man of good breeding סוס שהיה מִתְעַמֵּל בו a horse on which to take exercise; Y. ib. VIII, 21a bot. להִתְעַמֵּל בו; (Keth.67b לרכיב עליו). Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 22 אין רצין בשבת כדי להִתְעַמֵּלוכ׳ you must not run on the Sabbath for the sake of exercise, but you may walk in an ordinary way the entire day.

עָמֵלI (b. h.) to labor, take pains; to be wearied. Deut. R. s. 11 זו היא שילום … שעָמַלְתִּיוכ׳ is this the payment for the service of forty years during which I worked hard, until they became a holy and faithful people? Yalk. Prov. 950 מדבר בעוֹמְלֵי תורה it refers to those studying the Law industriously; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Mick. 2 בעֲמֵלֵי; a. fr.Part. or adj. עָמֵל; f. עֲמֵלָה; pl. עֲמֵלִים, עֲמֵלִין; עֲמֵלוֹת. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה המים … כל מי שהוא ע׳ בהןוכ׳ as water raises plants, so the words of the Law raise him who works at (studies) them sufficiently. Deut. R. l. c. ולא אמר בעֲמֵלֶיהָ … בעושיה and he (Moses) did not say (in his blessing, blessed be who delights) in those laboring to study it, or in those who meditate on it, but in those who do it. Ber.28b אני ע׳ והם ע׳ I wear myself out (in study), and they wear themselves out (in vanities). Ab. II, 2 כל הע׳ עם הצבור יהיו ע׳וכ׳ (Var. העוסקים … עוסקים) all those who are engaged in public affairs must do their work for the sake of heaven (disinterestedly); a. fr. Pi. עִימֵּל to work through, knead, esp. to stimulate and heat the body (v. Hithpa.). Sabb.147b מפני שמְעַמֶּלֶת ומרפא (read with Alf.: ומרפאת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) because it (the mud of Dimsith) exercises the body and loosens (the bowels). Hithpa. הִתְעַמֵּל 1) to be kneaded, have massage. Ib. XXII, 6 סכין … אבל לא מִתְעַמְּלִיםוכ׳ you may have yourself ointed and rubbed on the Sabbath, but not. kneaded or scraped. 2) to wear ones self out, esp. to exercise ( and heat) the body. Tosef.Peah IV, 10 Hillel bought for a poor man of good breeding סוס שהיה מִתְעַמֵּל בו a horse on which to take exercise; Y. ib. VIII, 21a bot. להִתְעַמֵּל בו; (Keth.67b לרכיב עליו). Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 22 אין רצין בשבת כדי להִתְעַמֵּלוכ׳ you must not run on the Sabbath for the sake of exercise, but you may walk in an ordinary way the entire day.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.

עֵתf. (b. h.; contr. of עדת, v. עוּד; or of ענת, v. עוֹנָה I) (duration, turn, 1) ʿEth, the twenty-fourth part of an ʿonah. Tosef.Ber.I, 1; a. e., v. עוֹנָה I. 2) time. Pes.109a; מימיו לא אמר הגיע עת לעמודוכ׳ never in his life did he (R. ʿAḳiba) say, it is time to rise from (leave) the house of study, except ; Succ.28a. Ber.8a (ref. to Ps. 69:14) אימתי עת רצון בשעהוכ׳ when is the time of favor? When the congregation is at prayer. Taan.24b שמע מינה עת רצון היא I learn from this (dream) that this is an auspicious time for prayer. Yeb.72a עת רצון מילתא היא there is something in the idea of a time of favor for prayer; a. fr.מֵעֵת לָעֵת (abbrev. מעל״ע) the time of twenty-four astronomical hours. Nidd.I, 1 מעל״ע ממעטת עליד מפקידה לפקידהוכ׳ the term of twenty-four hours (of retrospective uncleanness) reduces the term of the interval from one examination to the other, i. e. we go by the shorter term whichever it may be. Ḥull.51b; Zeb.74b צריכה מעל״ע requires the intervening of twenty-four hours (before it may be slaughtered); a. fr.Pl. עִתִּים, עִתּוֹת, עִי׳. R. Hash. 28a ע׳ חלים ע׳ שוטה (Tosef.Ter.I, 3 פעמים), v. חָלַם I. Tam.I, 2 לא כל הע׳ שוות the time (for the appearance of the superintendent) was not always the same. Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d (ref. to Ps. 119:126) העישה תורתו ע׳ … מיפר ברית he who makes the study of the Law a matter of time, destroys the covenant. Sabb.31a בשעה … נשאת ונתת באמונה קבעת ע׳ לתורה when man is brought up for judgment, he is asked, hast thou been dealing with integrity? hast thou had regular times for the study of the Law? Snh.65b ע׳ ושעות, v. עוּן; a. e.לְעִיתּוֹתֵי עֶרֶב at the evening appointments (when labor is stopped, the work reviewed, wages paid), in gen. towards evening. Tosef.Ab. Zar. VII (VIII), 10; Bab. ib. 65a. Y.Ber.II, 5c top. Y.Succ.IV, beg.54b. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top לציצותי, Var. לציתותי (read: לציתותי ערב); a. e.

עֵתf. (b. h.; contr. of עדת, v. עוּד; or of ענת, v. עוֹנָה I) (duration, turn, 1) ʿEth, the twenty-fourth part of an ʿonah. Tosef.Ber.I, 1; a. e., v. עוֹנָה I. 2) time. Pes.109a; מימיו לא אמר הגיע עת לעמודוכ׳ never in his life did he (R. ʿAḳiba) say, it is time to rise from (leave) the house of study, except ; Succ.28a. Ber.8a (ref. to Ps. 69:14) אימתי עת רצון בשעהוכ׳ when is the time of favor? When the congregation is at prayer. Taan.24b שמע מינה עת רצון היא I learn from this (dream) that this is an auspicious time for prayer. Yeb.72a עת רצון מילתא היא there is something in the idea of a time of favor for prayer; a. fr.מֵעֵת לָעֵת (abbrev. מעל״ע) the time of twenty-four astronomical hours. Nidd.I, 1 מעל״ע ממעטת עליד מפקידה לפקידהוכ׳ the term of twenty-four hours (of retrospective uncleanness) reduces the term of the interval from one examination to the other, i. e. we go by the shorter term whichever it may be. Ḥull.51b; Zeb.74b צריכה מעל״ע requires the intervening of twenty-four hours (before it may be slaughtered); a. fr.Pl. עִתִּים, עִתּוֹת, עִי׳. R. Hash. 28a ע׳ חלים ע׳ שוטה (Tosef.Ter.I, 3 פעמים), v. חָלַם I. Tam.I, 2 לא כל הע׳ שוות the time (for the appearance of the superintendent) was not always the same. Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d (ref. to Ps. 119:126) העישה תורתו ע׳ … מיפר ברית he who makes the study of the Law a matter of time, destroys the covenant. Sabb.31a בשעה … נשאת ונתת באמונה קבעת ע׳ לתורה when man is brought up for judgment, he is asked, hast thou been dealing with integrity? hast thou had regular times for the study of the Law? Snh.65b ע׳ ושעות, v. עוּן; a. e.לְעִיתּוֹתֵי עֶרֶב at the evening appointments (when labor is stopped, the work reviewed, wages paid), in gen. towards evening. Tosef.Ab. Zar. VII (VIII), 10; Bab. ib. 65a. Y.Ber.II, 5c top. Y.Succ.IV, beg.54b. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top לציצותי, Var. לציתותי (read: לציתותי ערב); a. e.

הַעֲרָבָהf. (denom. of עֶרֶב) 1) going home in the evening from labor (= הַכְנָסָה), opp. to הַשְׁכָּמָה. Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b (read:) שתהא השכמה משל בעה״ב וה׳ משל פועלין that the time needed for going out, v. הוֹצָאָה 4). Ib. (not ערבית) ובערבי שבתות בין …ה׳וכ׳ on Sabbath eves both are deducted from the employers time. 2) night work. Lev. R. s. 19; Midr. Sam. ch. V דברי תורה צריכין השחרה וה׳ הפרנסה מנין the words of the Law require early and late study, whence shall sustenance come?