ספר

סֵפֶרm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) letter, document, book. Erub.15b; Gitt.21b; Succ.24b, v. סְפִירָה. Eduy. I, 12, a. fr. ס׳ כתובה the formula of a Kethubah. Y.Sot.IX, end, 24c משמתר״א נגנז ס׳ החכמה with the death of R. El. a book of wisdom disappeared; Bab. ib. 49b נגנז ס׳ תורה; Tosef. ib. XV, 3 בטל ס׳ תורה. Gen. R. s. 24 סִפְרוֹ של אה״ר the book of Adam (the destinies of humanity); Ex. R. s. 40; Lev. R. s. 15 beg.; a. fr.Esp. a Biblical book. B. Bath.15a ירמיה כתב ספרו וס׳ מלכיםוכ׳ Jeremiah wrote his book (the prophecies of Jerem.) and the Book of Kings and the Lamentations. Ib. 14b משה כתב ספרווכ׳ Moses wrote his own book, and the Section of Balaam (the chapters on B., Num. 22:2–24:25) and Job; Y.Sot.V, end, 20d; a. v. fr.ס׳ תורה (abbrev. ס״ת) (or ס׳ only) the Pentateuch in a scroll. Ab. Zar.18a כרכוהו בס״תוכ׳ they wrapped him up in the scroll Sabb.116a ס״ת שנמחק a scroll of the Pentateuch the writing of which is effaced; Yad. III, 5 ס׳ שנמחק; a. v. fr.Kel. XV, 6, a. e. ס׳ העזרה the Pentateuch kept in the Temple court, v. עֲזָרָה.ס׳ היא, ס׳ זעטוטים , v. respective determinants.בֵּית סֵ׳, בַּיתהַסֵּ׳ the school in which the Bible is taught, secondary school, contrad. to בית תלמוד Talmud school. Y.Maasr.III, 50d, v. סַפָּר 1. Midr. Till. to XCII, 16 שתולים … אלו התינוקות שבבית הס׳ ‘planted in the house of the Lord (ib. 1 4), that means the children at school; a. fr.Pl. סְפָרִים, constr. סִפְרֵי, סִיפְ׳. Ex. R. s. 41 זריז בכ״ד ס׳ well-versed in the twenty-four books of the Scripture. Sabb.116a (ס׳ צדוקים) ס׳ מינים heretical books, v. מִין III. Snh.68a שתי … כשני ס׳ תורהוכ׳ my two arms which are like two rolled up scrolls of the Torah, a. v. fr.Pl. סִפְרָא, constr. סֵפֶר.