- רעף
- רַעַףm., pl. רְעָפִים, רְעָפִין (רעף, cmp. רצף, to press, flatten) 1) flints. Y.Ber.VIII, 12b bot. זימן לוהקב״ה שניר׳וכ׳ the Lord made him (Adam) find two flints which he struck against each other and produced fire; Gen. R. s. 11; s. 12; s. 82. Bets.IV, 7 (33a) אין מוציאין את האור … ולא מן הר׳ Bab. ed. (absent in Mish. a. Y. ed.) you must not produce fire (on the Holy Day) from wood … or from flints. 2) glazed tiles. Ib. in אין … את הר׳, v. לָבַן II. Men.V, 9 מאפהר׳ what is baked on hot tiles; Tosef. ib. VII, 20 עשאן … ובר׳ if he baked them in a brazier or on tiles; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.