Vocab Quiz 12/3/13

Question 1

בגו

Answer 1

within

Question 2

מנו

Answer 2

who is he/it?

Question 3

מאן דהוא

Answer 3

someone

Question 4

למאן דאמר

Answer 4

according to the one who says

Question 5

נמנע

Answer 5

refrain

Question 6

אחד…ואחד…

Answer 6

… and … are the same/have the same rule

Question 7

יצא ידי…

Answer 7

fulfilled the obligation/mitzvah of…

Question 8

בזיון

Answer 8

disgrace, disrespect

Question 9

טפי

Answer 9

more

יותר

Question 10

עדיף

Answer 10

it is preferable

Question 11

אף על פי כן

Answer 11

even so/nevertheless

Question 12

מאן דאמר

Answer 12

the one who said

Question 13

כ… דמי….

Answer 13

it is like

Question 14

איידי ד…

Answer 14

since

Question 15

הלכך

Answer 15

therefore

לכן

Question 16

תיקו

Answer 16

• Let it stand (sometimes considered an abbreviation for תשבי יתרץ קושיות ובעיות
• Leaves a question/topic of discussion unresolved.

Question 17

איתמר

אתמר

Answer 17

• It was stated

- Introduces an amoraic statement or topic of discussion

Question 18

הכי גרסינן

Answer 18

We read thus

-Used by Rashi and Rishonim to indicate a preferred version of the Talmud text

Question 19

קשיא

Answer 19

It is difficult
-When appearing after a challenge/at the end of a sugya, this means the difficulty that has been raised remains unresolved.

Question 20

מאי קרא

Answer 20

What is the verse?

-What is the scriptural source for the halakha or aggada that has just been stated?

Question 21

ממשמע שנאמר… איני יודע?

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

לימא כתנאי

Answer 22

Shall we say this is like the tannaim?
-Introduces a tannaitic source to suggest that the controversy in the source about to be cited is about the same issue now being disputed between amoraim in the current discussion (this is problematic because amoraim should not present their views independently if they are actually tannaitic- so this suggestion is usually rejected).

Question 23

מר… ומר…

Answer 23

One master (rabbi)... and/while the (other) master...
-A formula to present an explanation of a controversy between two authorities.

Question 24

ממאי… (דלמא)

Answer 24

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...

Question 25

עד כאן לא קאמר… אלא…

Answer 25

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, he might/would say something different.

Question 26

(אזדא\אזלא)

ר פלוני לטעמיה

Answer 26

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 stated elsewhere (and which will now be cited here).

Question 27

לא שנו אלא… אבל…

Answer 27

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)

Question 28

חד אמר… וחד אמר…

Answer 28

One says… and one (the other) says…

-This phrase is used for a debate between two rabbis, when it is not know which one held which view

Question 29

תסתיים

Answer 29

Conclude/clarify
-When the gemera 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 be associated with one of the positions (and the other which the other position)

Question 30

איכא דמתני לה\להא א…

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

אטו

Answer 31

it is/that is to say… (?!)

-Introduces a rhetorical question (usually one of astonishment)

Question 32

ה”ג

Answer 32

הכי גרסינן

Question 33

למ”ד

Answer 33

למאן דאמר

Question 34

ל”ק

Answer 34

לא קשיא

Question 35

ב”ד

Answer 35

בית דין

Question 36

ביהכ”נ

Answer 36

בית הכנסת

Question 37

אעפ”כ

Answer 37

אף על פי כן

Question 38

ע”כ

Answer 38

עד כאן