- תַּקָּלָה
- תַּקָּלָהf. h. same. Ber.IV, 2, v. אָרַע I. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. שלא תמציא לו ת׳ that thou provide no snare for him (temptation to sodomy). Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת לאדם ת׳ על ידה … דבר אחרוכ׳ because an offence has come to a man through it (the animal with which sodomy has been committed), therefore the text says, that it must be stoned; another reason, (it must be put to death,) lest the animal pass by in the street, and men say, this is the animal for which such and such a man was stoned to death. Ib. 55a ת׳ וקלוןוכ׳, v. קָלוֹן I. Mekh. Bshall.s.1, end המקנה … הם היו ת׳וכ׳ the animals which the God-fearing (among the Egyptians) had saved became a snare (cause of evil) to Israel. Kidd.57b (ref. to Lev. 14:7b לא אמרה תורה שלח לת׳ the Law would not order the bird to be sent off for a possible offence (which would be the case, if the bird sent off were not permitted to be used); Ḥull.115a; 140a; Yoma 67b. Y.Dem.III, 23c top עושה ת׳ באיםוכ׳ he prepares a snare (possibility of sin) to those coming after him. Yoma 86b שלות … ת׳ the prosperity of the wicked ends in a snare (leads them to sin). Ḥull.53b, a. e. (in Chald. dict.) אתי בהו לידי ת׳ one may be led to commit an offence through them; a. fr.
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