תיקון

תִּיקּוּן, תִּקּוּןm. (תִּקַן) 1) preparation, esp. making fruits available by separating the tithes, the priests share Y.Dem.III, beg.23b נותן לו כדי תִיקּוּנוֹ (not תיקולו) we give a quantity large enough for him to separate the tithe, i. e. we give him a larger quantity, so that after deducting the gifts he should have as much as is due to him; a. e. 2) establishment, institution; amendment, making right. Gitt. IV, 2, a. fr. מפני ת׳ העולם for the sake of the social order. Succ.V, 2 ומתקנין שם ת׳ גדול and they introduced a great improvement there; ib. מאי ת׳ גדולוכ׳ what was that great improvement?… The womans compartment was open, and they put a railing around it Tosef.Naz.V, 2 ת׳ הדברוכ׳ the way to set the thing right, the proper way is ; Y. ib. II, end, 52b תִּקָּןוכ׳. Pesik. shimʿu, p. 118a> על שם שלא … כתִיקּוּנָהּבא״י because I did not separate one Ḥallah in Palestine as was proper; Cant. R. to I, 6 כתִקָּנָהּ; ib. על שלא … כתִקּוּנוֹוכ׳ because I did not keep one Holy Day in Palestine as I ought to have Pesik. R. s. 28 שאין עושים … כתִיקָּנָםוכ׳ my children do not observe the festivals according to their institution, as they were commanded Meg.2a בזמן שהשנים כתִיקָּנָןוכ׳ when the seasons of the year were as they ought to be (when the calendar was regulated by the court), and Israel dwelt in their land; a. fr.ת׳ סופרים the emendations of Biblical phrases introduced by the Sofrim (v. סוֹפֵר) to obviate apparently irreverent expressions. Tanḥ. Bshall. 16 (where the text is largely interpolated). Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. 18:22) ת׳ ס׳ הוא זה שהשכינהוכ׳ this is a Soferic emendation (for, ‘and the Lord stood yet before Abraham), for the Shechinah waited for Abraham; Midr. Till. to Ps. 8; (Lev. R. s. 11 תַּקָּנַת ס׳); a. fr.(A list of these emendations is to be found in Tanḥ. l. c.; Sifré Num. 84; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; Yalk. Ex. 247; v. esp. Frensdorff, Ochlah Wochlah, p. 113.