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- נֵרc. (b. h.; v. נוּר) light. Sabb.22b; Men.86b נר מערבי שנותניןוכ׳ the westernmost light (on the candlestick in the Temple) into which as much oil was put as all the others together contained. Sabb.22a מדליקין מנר לנר you may light one Ḥanuckah light on the other; a. v. fr.Ber.28b, a. e. נר ישראל light of Israel (great scholar).Ex. R. s. 36 נֵרִי my (the Lords) light (the Law), נֵרְךָ thy (mans) light (the soul); Lev. R. s. 31 נֵרִי (the Lords light in the Temple).Pl. נֵרוֹת. Tam.VI, 1 שני נ׳ מזרחיים (Talm. ed. שתי נ׳ מערביים, corr. acc.) the two easternmost lights. Ib. III, 9 (30b) שתי נ׳ מזרחיות (Talm. ed. ב׳ נ׳ מערבית, read מערביות or מערביים); a. fr.
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