- אִם
- אִם(b. h.; cmp. אֹו a. אִי) 1) if, when. Mekh. Yithro, end כל א׳ שבתורה רשות every Im (If) in the Torah refers to voluntary actions (which you may or may not do) except three Y.Gitt.VII, 48d בגין דאמר א׳ because he said, If (I die), i. e. conditional divorce. Succ.53a א׳ אני כאן when I am here; a. fr. 2) whether. Yoma III, 1; a. fr.א׳ … א׳ whether … or. Y.Pes.VI, beg.33a א׳ פסחוכ׳ whether or not the Passover ceremonies supersede the Sabbath; a. fr. (Ib. אם יש תוחלת read ישוכ׳ אפשר, as before.אִם כֵּן (abbrev. א״כ) if this be so. Ber.I, 1; a. fr.אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן (abbr. אא״כ) only when indeed, not until, unless. Keth.76a; a. fr.
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