Comprehensive Vocab- Talmud Fall 2013 Flashcards
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כיצד
A
how/how so?
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הן הן
A
these (are)…
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תמא דידן
A
our tanna, i.e., the anonymous tanna of the mishnah under discussion
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איקלעו) איקלע)
A
he came (to) (they came [to])
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יחידאה
A
individual/ lone (view)
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כוותיה
A
like him
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מעשה ו…
A
(There was) a case…/It happened once that…
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תפשוט מינה
A
derive from it
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לא שנא… לא שנא…
A
There is no difference between … and…
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נמצא
A
lit.: it was found - i.e., it turned out
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מי איכא
A
is there (such a thing/view)?
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תנא קמא
A
the first tanna - i.e., the “author” of an anonymous statement which opens a mishnah or beraitta
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שכיב
A
died
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חמיו\ חמותו
A
his father-in-law/mother-in-law
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ממילא
A
of itself, “automatically”
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Q
verb + הדר
A
do (verb) again/repeatedly
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(כללו של דבר (כללא דמילתא
A
The rule of the matter is -Formulates a general principle that is operating in the case(s) previously presented.
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מאי לאו א\ל
A
Is it not [referring] to...? -Proposes a particular interpretation of/assumption about a passage or statement just cited. The response is usually לא, no - the assumption is not correct
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תיובתא
A
[this is] a refutaton -Indicates that an amoraic statement/view has been conclusively refuted (usually based on a tannaitic source); the discussion is thereby closed.
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תנו רבנן
A
Our rabbis taught -Introduces a tannaitic source (usually one that begins with an anonymous statement), to begin a discussion on it.
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ואמרי לה
A
and some say it -Gives an alternate version of who transmitted a tradition, or sometimes of the content of the tradition itself.
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מנין\מניין
A
From where (is it derived)? -Seeks (usually) the scriptural source of a statement under discussion.
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ואימא
A
Say…!
-Proposes a change, in a text or in interpretation; can be a challenge to/rejection of a proposal, or a resolution to a question.
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Q
ההוא מיבעי ליה ל…
A
That is needed by him for…
-Responds to/resolves a suggestion that a biblical
expression is unusual or superfluous.
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במה דברים אומרים
Regarding what are the(se) words said?
-Used (usually in/in reference to tannaitic sources) to limit the scope of a previous statement or ruling to a
specific scenario or set of circumstances
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דתניא
As it is taught
| -Introduces a tannaitic source being brought as a support.
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איני והא
Is that so?! But...!
-Introduces a contradiction/challenge to what has just
been said or cited.
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שמע מינה #
Derive from it # (of legal conclusions)
-Indicates that a certain number of conclusions -
which will then been enumerated - can be drawn
from the source or case just cited.
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בשלמא ... אלא ...
```
This is reasonable... but...
-An attack/challenge - one
side or position can be
understood because..., but
the other side or position has
the following problem
```
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כי תניא ההיא
```
When that was taught (it was in reference to...)
-Resolves a difficulty or
rejects a proof by limiting the
scope of the tannaitic source
under discussion.
```
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פלוני היינו אלמוני
```
(The view of) Ploni is the same as the (view of) Almoni!
-A problem - two tannaim in
one source have made
separate statements that
appear to be the same or
have the same practical
import (one or the other is
thus redundant).
```
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איכא בינייהו
```
There is (this difference) between them.
-Resolves an apparent
redundancy between two
views by presenting a
scenario in which there is a
practical/halakhic difference
between them
```
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ותניא אידך
```
And another (beraitta) is taught
-Introduces a second tannaitic
source that (usually...)
contradicts one that has just
been cited.
```
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קשיין אהדדי
They contradict each other!
-Points out that two sources
just cited appear to
contradict each other.
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ת"ר
תנו רבנן
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אפי
אפילו
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ב"ה\ב"ש
בית הלל\בית שמאי
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אע"פ
אף על פי
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א"י
ארץ ישראל
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ר"ל
רצונו לומר
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חכ"א
חכמים אומרים
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תניא נמי הכי
```
It is also taught thus
-Introduces a tannaitic source
that corroborates something
that has just been stated or
concluded.
```
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הכי נמי
here too
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דלמא
maybe/perhaps
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מילתא
thing/word
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(תשמיש (המטה
sex
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למיפק
to go out (יוצא)
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פירקא
study session
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ובלבד ש...
provided that,,,/but only if...
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היכי
how
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ואילך
and onwards
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עד ש (+verb)
until
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בעלמא
in general
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מכאן ואילך
from here/now on
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כל שכן
all the moreso
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מכלל
it implies
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אין
yes
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כי היכי
just as
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עדיף
better, superior, preferable
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טפי
more/more so/even more
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אלא מעתה
```
But from now
-A challenge - if what has just
been said/proposed is right,
the following problematic
conclusion would follow
```
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דאי לא תימא הכי
```
For if you do not say this/so
-Supports an argument or
explantion by suggesting that
if it is not accepted, the other
possible alternative cannot
be true
```
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אמר לך ר פלוני
```
Rabbi Ploni would/could say to you
-Provides an argument or
response that a rabbi could
have made to a challenge
(but didn’t make himself)
```
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שאני
```
It is different
-Resolves a challenge,
difficulty, or apparent
contradiction between
sources/cases
```
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תא שמע
Come and hear
-Introduces a source that will
be used to try to answer the
larger question on the table
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רמינהו
```
(And) pit them (against each other) (i.e., note the
contradiction between them)
-Points out an apparent
contradiction between two
sources (one already cited,
one about to be cited) of
equal authority
```
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אמר מר
```
The master has stated
-Introduces a quotation from a
(usually tannaitic) source
already cited, in order to
comment on it
```
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תיובתא דפלוני תיובתא
```
This refutation of Ploni is a (conclusive) refutation
-The conclusion of a
challenge to the position of
an amora - the challenge
(usually from a tannaitic
source) is valid and the
amora refuted.
```
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ה"נ
הכי נמי
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ע"ג
על גבי
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ת"ש
תא שמע
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כ"ש
כל שכו
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אע"ג
אף על גב
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גבו
within
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מנו
who is he/it?
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מאן דהוא
someone
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למאן דאמר
according to the one who says
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נמנע
refrain
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אחד... ואחד...
... and ... are the same/have the same rule
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יצא ידי ...
fulfilled the obligation/mitzvah of...
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בזיון
disgrace, disrespect
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תיקו
Let it stand (sometimes taken to be an abbreviation for תשבי יתרץ קושיות ובעיות)
-Leaves a question/topic of
discussion unresolved
83
אתמר \ איתמר
It was stated
-Introduces an amoraic
statement or topic of
discussion
84
הכי גרסינן
We read thus
-Used by Rashi and Rishonim
to indicate a preferred
version of the Talmud text
85
קשיא
```
It is difficult
-When appearing after a
challenge/at the end of a
sugya, this means the
difficulty that has been raised
remains unresolved
```
86
מאי קרא
What is the verse?
-What is the scriptural source
for the halakha or aggada
that has just been stated?
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ממשמע שנאמר... איני יודע
```
From the implication of what is said (in scripture)... do I not know...
-Based on this citation of
scripture, wouldn’t a certain
conclusion be obvious?
Therefore, the text must be
teaching something
additional.
```
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ה"ג
הכי גרסינן
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למ"ד
למאן דאמר
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ל"ק
לא קשיא
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ב"ד
בית דין
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ביהכ"נ
בית הכנסת
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אף על פי כן
even so/nevertheless
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מאן דאמר
the one who said
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איידי ד...
since
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כ... דמי
it is like...
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הלכך
therefore
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לימא כתנאי
```
Shall we say this is like the tannaim?
-Based on this citation of
scripture, wouldn’t a certain
conclusion be obvious?
Therefore, the text must be
teaching something
additional.
```
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מר... ומר...
One master (rabbi)... and/while the (other) master...
-A formula to present an explanation of
a controversy between two authorities.
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(ממאי... (דלמא
```
From what (what is your proof)...? (Perhaps...)
-Introduces a challenge questioning the
assumptions underlying something
that has just been said - perhaps there
is another plausible explanation...
```
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עד כאן לא קאמר... אלא
```
Ploni only said... [what he said]... up to this point, but...
-Limits the scope of a halakhah or
controversy - what Ploni said only
applies in that case/specific scenario,
but in a different case/scenario, he
might/would say something different.
```
102
אזדא\אזלא)ר פלוני לטעמיה)
R. Ploni (goes) [according to] his (own)
reason/principle; Ploni is consistent with his view (elsewhere)
-The rule just stated by an amora is
consistent with the underlying
principle of another halakha that he
has stated elsewhere (and which will
now be cited here).
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לא שנו אלא... אבל
```
They only taught... but...
-An amora limits the scope of a
tannaitic source: this source only
applies to the following circumstances
(but under other circumstances a
different rule would apply)
```
104
חד אמר... וחד אמר
One says... and one (the other) says...
-This phrase is used for a debate
between two rabbis, when it is not
known which one held which view
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תסתיים
```
Conclude/clarify
-When the gemara has cited a dispute
in which it is not known which person
took which position, this term
introduces an attempt to prove that
one of the authorities may reasonably
associated with one of the positions
(and the other with the other position).
```
106
איכא דמתני לה\להא א...
```
There are those who teach it (in reference) to...
-There are those who say that the
previous amoraic statement applies to
the following case/tannaitic source,
rather than in reference to the
case/source mentioned earlier.
```
107
אטו
is it/is that to say... (?!)
-Introduces a rhetorical question
(usually one of astonishment)
108
אעפ"כ
אף על פי כן
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ע"כ
עד כאן
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בין... בין
whether... or...
111
שמעתא
teaching
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מעיקרא
from the outset
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לכתחילה
from the outset/ to begin with
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דילמא
maybe/perhaps
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שמא
lest
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שרי
permitted מתר
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ליכא ל... +(verb)
there is no [basis] to (verb_, it is not possible to (verb)
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מיהו
however
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נפיק מינה
What is derived from it (is)... (Literally:
What comes out from it)
-The practical/halakhic difference it makes is...
Explains a case or scenario in which the
difference between two viewpoints or
explanations (or, in our case, two different
circumstances) would result in a practical
difference/result.
120
אי נמי
or else, alternatively
-Introduces another alternative of whatever just
appeared - another answer, another explanation,
another source, etc.
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א"נ
אי נמי
