רִאשוֹן

רִאשוֹןm. (b. h.; preced.) first, ר׳ר׳ one after the other. R. Hash. 17a, v. עָבַר; a. fr.Gitt. V, 8 כהן קוראר׳וכ׳ a priest reads (from the Torah) the first, and after him Ib. 59b לפתוחר׳ ולברךר׳ וליטול …ר׳ to be the first in opening a meeting, the first in saying the blessing , v. מָנָה I; a. v. fr.Esp. a) ר׳ (or ר׳ לטומאה) first degree of uncleanness, original cause of uncleanness. Toh. II, 2 האוכל אוכלר׳ר׳ he who eats food of the first degree of uncleanness becomes himself unclean in the first degree. Ib. 3 הר׳ שבחולין טמא ומטמא secular food of the first degree of uncleanness is unclean and makes unclean. Ib. 4; a. v. fr.b) ר׳ the person with whom a relationship begins, direct relative (brothers with reference to their respective issues). Snh.28a, a. e., v. שֵׁנִי.c) (כלי)ר׳ a vessel direct from the fire. Ḥull.104b; a. fr.Pl. רִאשוֹנִים. Yoma III, 11 על הר׳ נאמרוכ׳ to the former was applied the verse Sabb.112b אםר׳ בניוכ׳ if those before as were sons of angels, we are sons of men, and if those before us were sons of men, we are Ib. 56b מקישר׳ לאחרונים the Scriptural text compares the predecessors to the successors. Erub.64b דורות הר׳ the earlier generations; a. fr.Fem. רִאשוֹנָה. Ned.91a, v. מִשְׁנָה. Keth.82b בר׳ in former days, originally. Ned.XI, 12 בר׳ היו אומריםוכ׳ originally the law was that ; a. fr.Y.Taan.II, 65a top בדִאשוֹנָהּ on its (the years) first day (R. Hash. 16b בתחילתה).Pl. רִאשוֹנוֹת. Ber.13a משכחות את הר׳, v. צָרָה II. Ib. 34a (שלש)ר׳ the first three sections of the Prayer of Benedictions. B. Kam.54b, v. דִּיבַּר; a. v. fr.