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1a) [line 1] TACHRICH SHEL SHTAROS - [three] documents in a bundle, where
the first one is rolled up (or folded up) by itself and then placed into the
second one, which is rolled (or folded) around the first one, and then the
two of them are placed into the third document, which is rolled (or folded)
around the first two 2) [line 13] SIMANIN V'SIMANIN V'ED ECHAD - if one person claims the item with Simanim and the other claims the item with Simanim and the testimony of one witness
3a) [line 14] EIDEI ARIGAH - witnesses that he wove it
5a) [line 15] MIDAS ORKO - the length of the Talis or cloak, which is
wrapped around the body (see figure)
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6a) [line 16] SHE'UREI KA MESHA'ER LAH - he can estimate [its width based
upon the height of its owner]b) [line 16] KAD MECHASI LAH MARAH V'KAI - when its owner is standing wrapped in it 7) [line 17] MIDAS GAMAV - the length plus the width, which forms the Greek letter "Gam" (Gamma) in a rectangular Talis
8) [line 18] MIDAS MISHKELOSAV - its weight 11) [line 29] BI'SHLOSHAH B'MARCHESHVAN SHO'ALIN ES HA'GESHAMIM The request (She'eilah) for rain is added to the ninth Berachah of Shemoneh Esrei, "Barech Aleinu" (Birkas ha'Shanim) during the winter. The Tana'im argue (Ta'anis 10a) with regard to the first day of the request. The Halachah follows the ruling that we start from the 7th of Marcheshvan until the first day of Pesach in Eretz Yisrael; from December 4th or 5th until the first day of Pesach in Chutz la'Aretz.
12) [line 30] ACHAR HE'CHAG - after Sukos
15a) [line 35] "VA'YESHVU HA'KOHANIM VEHA'LEVIYIM [VEHA'SHO'ARIM
VEHA'MESHORERIM U'MIN HA'AM VEHA'NESINIM V'CHOL YISRAEL B'AREIHEM...]" - "So
the Kohanim, and the Leviyim, [and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and
some of the people, and the Nesinim, and all Yisrael, lived in their cities;
and when the seventh month came, the people of Yisrael were in their
cities.]" (Nechamyah 7:73)
16a) [line 37] D'MITZVAS ALMA - that everyone traveled in groups 17) [line 42] KI MACHRIZ; GELIMA MACHRIZ - when he announces [that he has found a lost object such as a cloak,] he announces [that he found] a cloak 18) [line 43] AVEIDASA MACHRIZ - when he announces [that he has found a lost object such as a cloak,] he announces [that he found] a lost object 19) [line 43] BA'INAN L'MITFEI LEI CHAD YOMA L'IYUNEI B'MANEI - we need to add one extra day for him to search all of his possessions (it seems like they did not have very many possessions in those times)
20) [line 8] MISHE'RABU HA'ANASIM - when the extortionists became prevalent 23) [line 11] ASHKACH ODAYA D'DINAREI - found a vessel filled with gold coins 24) [line 11] CHAZYEI HA'HU BAR NASH D'KA MIRTAS - a certain onlooker noticed that he (Rav Ami) was scared (lit. shaking) 25) [line 14] EVEN TO'EN - a stone located outside of the city of Yerushalayim, on which anybody who found a lost article stood to announce his find. The person who lost the article would come and give Simanim (identifying features) and claim it.
26) [line 14] NIFNEH L'SHAM - turns to (i.e. goes) there
28) [line 17] HA'RAMAI - the [renowned] cheat
33a) [line 41] AGALIM - calves
37a) [line 47] HA D'RAYA - this refers to a case where there is readily
available pastureland 38a) [line 48] RAVREVEI - large b) [line 48] ZUTREI - small
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