- ספרא
- סִפְרָא, סִי׳ch., constr. סְפִר, סֵפֶר 1) = h. סֵפֶר. Targ. Is. 29:11, sq. Targ. Ex. 17:14. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:15; a. fr.B. Mets.85b bot. ס׳ דאדה״ר the book of Adam, v. סֵפֶר. Ber.23a ס׳ דאגדתא a homiletical book, v. אֲגַדְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. Biblical book; Pentateuch. Snh.93b מאי טעמא לא איקרי ס׳ על שמיה why was the book (of Ezra) not named from him (Nehemiah)? Meg.22a קרא בס׳ he read from the Law. B. Kam.82a דנין … דשכיחי דאתו למקרא בס׳ court is held on Mondays and Thursdays, because they (the villagers) are accustomed to come (to town) for the reading of the Law; a. fr.Pl. סִפְרַיָּא, סִפְרַיָּיא, סִפְרֵי, סִי׳. Targ. Koh. 12:9; 12.Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a וצווח להין ס׳ קוסמי called them (the books of Agadah) books of sorcery; a. fr. 2) ספרא דבי רב, or ס׳ Sifra (of the school), also called תּוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים, a halakhic commentary on Leviticus. Targ. 1 Chr. 11:22.Ber.18b. Ib. 11b; a. fr.Pl. סִפְרֵי Sifré (dBe Rab), a halakhic commentary on Numbers and Deuteronomy. Snh.86a סתם סיפרא … ס׳וכ׳ an anonymous tradition in Sifra belongs to R. Judah, in Sifré, to R. S.Yoma 74a בשאר ס׳ דבי רב in a fragment of the books of Be Rab (ref. to Sifra Emor, Par. 11, ch. XIV).
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