אחר

אַחַר(b. h.; v. foreg.), pl. constr. אַחֲרֵי after, behind. Gen. R. s. 44 wherever the Bible uses the preposition aḥaré סמוך, it means in connection with, אחר מופלג while aḥar means without connection (later on). Yoma 6a אחר א׳ after ‘after, i. e. some time after the act, opp. חד אחר one ‘after, immediately, v. אֶוְתִּיוֹס.לְאַחֲרָיו, לְאַחֲרֶיהָ, מֵאַחֲרָיו, מֵאַחֲרֶיהָ after it, as concluding, opp. לפניה, לפניו introductory (prayer).Ber.I, 4 אחת לא׳ one benediction after the Shma. Ib. III, 4 לאחריו (prayer) after meal; a. fr.כִּלְאַחַר יד as if doing a thing with the back of the hand, i. e. in a manner different from the usual way of doing it. Sabb.153b; a. fr.מֵאַחַר 1) (conj. followed by ש־ or ד־) after, since, whereas, because. Ḥull.29a מא׳ ששנינו after it has once been stated in the Mishnah … why was it necessary (?) Ib. b ומאחר דאפי׳וכ׳ and since it is not even rabbinically unfit, why ; a. fr. 2) a legal term, meaḥar, the presumption of the truth of ones statement, because he might have pleaded more profitably, if he had been inclined to lie. Y.Shebu.VI, 36d bot. אין אומרים בממון מא׳ מאחרוכ׳ in money matters we do not apply the principle of meaḥer, so as to say that because he might have said ‘thou hast not lent me anything, he may say, ‘thou didst lend me, but I paid half of it (and his plea must be accepted without an oath); v. מִיגּוֹ s. v. גּוֹ.אַחֲרֶיךָ thy successor. Y.Kil.IX, 32c top יהודה בני א׳וכ׳ my son Judah shall succeed thee, none else (is worthy). Keth.95b my property I bequeath to thee ואַחְרַיִיךְ לפ׳ and after thee it shall go over to …אַחַר כָּךְ (abbrev. אח״כ) afterwards, subsequently. Pes.X, 2; a. v. fr.