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Ta'anis 11
1) [line 1] D'YASIV B'ARBA - if one is traveling (lit. sitting) in a boat
2) [line 1] D'KA'AZIL ME'AVNA L'AVNA - he is going from one merchant's lodge
to another
3) [line 10] CHASUCHEI VANIM - childless couples
4) [line 17] V'SHALOM ALECHA NAFSHI - (lit. and my soul will be at peace)
and I have nothing to worry about
5) [line 22] "ESAYU EKCHA YAYIN..." - "Come, they say to each other, I will
bring wine, and we will guzzle strong drink together; and tomorrow will also
be like this, and even much greater!" (Yeshayah 56:12)
6) [line 22] V'NISBE'AH - and we will guzzle
7a) [line 23] "KI MIPNEI HA'RA'AH NE'ESAF HA'TZADIK" - "The righteous one
perishes, and no man takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away,
with no one considering that because of the impending evil the righteous one
was taken away. (Yeshayah 57:1)
*b*) [line 23] KI MIPNEI HA'RA'AH - (a) because of the wicked person's
sinfulness, the evil decree becomes definite. Hashem begins to take the
Tzadikim away from the world in preparation for the implementation of the
evil decree (RASHI); (b) the sinful people do not realize that the Tzadik is
in *distress* ("Avad") because he sees the evil decree that will come
because of their sins, and they heed him not (RASHI on the RIF)
8a) [line 26] KAR - bolster, mattress
b) [line 26] KESES - pillow
9) [line 29] "KI EVEN..." - "For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and
the beam from the timber shall answer it." (Chabakuk 2:11)
11) [line 39] (NIFTARIN) [NIFRATIN] - are individually recounted
12) [line 41] YAFEH DANTUNI - you have correctly judged me
13) [line 41] "...L'MA'AN TITZDAK B'DAVRECHA..." - "[Against you, you alone,
have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight;] so that you are justified
in your sentence, and clear in your judgment." (Tehilim 51:6)
14) [line 49] D'SA'IV NAFSHEI - he made himself Tamei, came in contact with
a corpse
15) [last line] YAMUD - consider himself, assess himself
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16) [line 1] K'ILU KADOSH SHARUY B'SOCH ME'AV - (a) as if holiness is
dwelling inside his intestines, i.e. as if his intestines are holy (and
should not be weakened) (RASHI); (b) as if the Holy One is dwelling in his
intestines (TOSFOS)
17a) [line 5] "GOMEL NAFSHO ISH CHASED" - (a) "One who does good to his soul
(and eats) is a man of loving kindness" (RABBEINU CHANANEL, TOSFOS); (b)
"One who holds himself back (from eating) is a man of loving kindness"
(RABBEINU GERSHOM)
b) [line 5] "V'OCHER SHE'EIRO ACHZARI" - "but he who is cruel troubles his
flesh." (Mishlei 11:17)
18) [line 7] LEICHUL KALBA L'SHEIRUSEI - a dog should eat his meal, i.e. his
fast should be of the same value as one who does not eat because his meal
was eaten by a dog
19) [line 17] EIN MIS'ANIN L'SHA'OS
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20) [line 23] GINZAK - a city in the north of Media Atropatene, near the
Caspian Sea
21) [line 25] KANKANIN - utensils in which wine is stored
22) [last line] IMRA - hem
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