חֲנִיכָה

חֲנִיכָהf. (חָנַךְ) (rubbing the infants palate with a chewed fig, v. Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. II, 206, the name given to the child by the person rubbing is palate; in gen. surname. Gitt.IX, 8 כתב חֲנִיכָתֹו וחֲנִיכָתָהּ if in the letter of divorce his and her family names are written. Ib. 88a חֲנִיכַת אבית the surname of ancestors. Taan.20b; Meg.28a I never called my neighbor בחֲנִיכָתִי וא״ל בחֲנִיכָתֹו (Ar.) by an opprobrious surname given him by myself or, as others relate, by his by-name (which others had given him); ed.: בהכינתו וא״ל בחניכתו by his ḥăkhina (v. הֲכִינָה); some say, (Rab Ada used the expression) ḥănikha. M. Kat. 25b בעת חֲנִיכָתֹו אבד חַנִּיכֹו (Ms. M. 2) at the time when he was to receive his name (when his palate was rubbed) died he who was to rear him (his father); (ed., v. חֲנִינָה II). Gen. R. s. 43, beg. (expl. חניכיו, Gen. 14:14) בעלי חֲנִיכָתֹווכ׳ those bearing his name, their name being Abram, like his own.