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Ta'anis 23

1) [line 4] KELAYOS - kidneys
2) [line 17] "AL MISHMARTI E'EMODAH V'ETZYATZVAH AL MATZOR..." - "I will stand in my place, and will make myself motionless [like a watchman] upon a tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved." (Chabakuk 2:1)

3) [line 22] RE'INUCHA V'LO NAMUS - (a) may we continue to see you and [you will pray for us so that we do] not die (RASHI); (b) we have seen [that] you [have brought rain; but with this type of rain,] will we not die anyway? (RABEINU GERSHOM, BA'AL HA'TZEROROS)

4) [line 33] KEMEIHIN, PITRIYOS - types of boletes, such as mushrooms, morels and truffles

5) [line 35] MISCHATEI LIFNEI HA'MAKOM - (a) (O.F. forfais - doing wrong) do wrong before the Omnipresent (RASHI); (b) long for (BARTENURA) (c) are pampered (ARUCH) (d) plead (RABEINU GERSHOM)

6) [line 37] AFARSEKIM - (O.F. persches) peaches
7) [line 40] "KI HISHPILU VA'TOMER GEVAH..." - "When people are downtrodden, you shall say, 'Arise;'... (Iyov 22:29)

8) [line 40] "...V'SHACH EINAYIM YASHPILU." - "...and He shall save the humble person." (ibid.)

9) [line 41] "YIMALET IY NAKI..." - "He saves the blameless man;..." (ibid. 22:30)

10) [line 41] "...V'NIMLAT B'VOR KAPECHA." - "...and you will be saved through the purity of your hands." (ibid.)

11) [line 42] B'MA'ASEH YADECHA HA'BERURIN - with the pure deeds of your hands
12) [line 43] MI IKA D'NAYIM SHIV'IN SHENIN B'CHALMA? - is there anyone that sleeps and dreams seventy years?

13) [line 44] CHARUVA - a carob tree
14) [line 44] AD KAMAH SHENIN TA'IN? - after how many years does it bear fruit?
15) [line 45] D'CHAYAS - that you will live
16) [line 45] ALMA B'CHARUVA ASHKACHTEI - I found the world (when I was born) with a carob tree

17) [line 45] SHASLEI - planted
18) [line 46] KA KARICH RIFTA - he was breaking (starting to eat) bread
19) [line 46] SHEINSA - sleep
20) [line 46] AHADRA LEI MESHUNISA - a marble bluff formed around him
21) [line 46] ICHSI ME'EINA - he became hidden from view
22) [line 48] RAMACHEI RAMACHEI - several herds [of donkeys]
23) [line 50] NERIHAN SHEMA'ATIN KEV'SHNEI CHONI HA'ME'AGEL - his Torah- learning is as clear as in the days of Choni ha'Me'agel

24) [line 52] YEKARA - honor
25) [line 52] KED'MIBA'I LEI - as is befitting to him
26) [line 52] O CHEVRUSA O MISUSA - either companionship or death
27) [line 53] MESHADREI - send
28) [line 54] ZUGA D'RABANAN - a pair of scholars
29) [last line] DABRA - field
30) [last line] RAFIK - hoe

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31) [line 1] V'LO ASBAR LEHU APEI - and he did not [even turn to] face them
32) [line 1] B'FANYA - towards evening
33) [line 2] DARA TZIVEI U'MARA - he lifted up sticks of wood and the hoe [onto his shoulder]

34) [line 2] GELIMA - his cloak
35) [line 3] LO SAYEM MESANEI - he did not put on his shoes
36a) [line 4] HIZMEI - prickly shrubs or trees
b) [line 4] HEIGEI - prickly bushes
37) [line 5] DALINHU L'MANEI - he raised [the edge of] his garments
38) [line 9] (TU) [AISU] KERUCHU - come [here] and break (start to eat) [bread]
39) [line 9] PALAG RIFTA L'YENUKEI: - he divided the bread for his children [as follows:]
40) [line 10] L'KASHISHA - for the older one
41) [line 11] NEISAK L'IGRA - let us climb up to the roof
42) [line 14] SAKU - they climbed up
43) [line 14] ZAVISA - corner
44) [line 24] LO IFGAR - I should not waste any [of my employer's] time
45) [line 28] MA'ALEH ARUCHAH - heals
46) [line 30] D'LO BADKISU LI - you (i.e. your morality and virtue) have not been investigated by me

47) [line 34] MEKARVA HANAYASAH - the benefit they receive from her is more imidiate
48) [line 34] BIRYONEI - ruffians
49) [line 35] SHIVEVUSAN - our neighborhood
50) [line 36] YENUKEI D'VEI RAV - children who learn Torah in a Yeshivah
51) [line 37] SHIPULEI GELIMEI - the lower parts of his cloak
52) [line 41] NICHNIF HADADEI - (a) we should assemble [the people] together [to pray]; (b) we (you and I) should get together [to pray]

53) [line 43] GO'ALKI - (O.F. tasche) my sack
54) [line 43] IBURA - grain
55) [line 43] NAFIK L'VARA - went outside
56) [line 43] AMIKTA - a low place
57) [line 44] MICHSI B'SAKA - he put on sackcloth
58) [line 45] RAVACH ALMA - the land will be fruitful [and prices are going to go down]

59) [line 47] INKUT KAR'A D'SUSVASAIHU - the feet of their horses became stuck (as if they were grabbed)

60) [line 48] AMAR LEI, ASIREI D'VEI CHAMI... - Rebbi Mani said to Rebbi Yitzchak ben Elyashiv, "The wealthy people of my father-in-law's house..."

61a) [line 48] LEI'ANU - May they become poor
b) [line 49] LEI'ASRU - May they become rich
62) [line 49] LO MIKABLEI ALAI INSHIE BEISI - I do not like the way that my wife looks
63) [line 49] TISYAPI CHANAH - May Chanah become beautiful
64) [line 50] KA MEGANDERA ALAI - She is putting me down [because of her extreme beauty]

65) [line 50] L'SHACHRURISAH - to her ugliness (lit. her blackness)
66) [line 51] IMI HAYESAH U'SHELACHTIHA - I used to have it (the power to pray for something and get it) but I sent it away (i.e. now my prayers are not answered as much)

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