חדש

חָדַש(b. h.) (to be bright, to be new. Pi. חִדֵּש, חִידֵּש 1) to renew, renovate, polish. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to בחדש, Ps. 81:4) תְּחַדְּשוּ מעשיכם ye shall polish (cleanse) your doings. Gen. R. s. 78, beg. (ref. to Lam. 3:23) אתה מְחַדְּשֵׁנוּוכ׳ thou renewest our lives every morning; אתה מח׳ לבוקרןוכ׳ thou inspirest us with new life in the morning (rise to power) , v. בֹּקֶר; a. fr. 2) to commence anew, do again. R. Hash. 7a, a. e. (ref. to Num. 28:14) חַדֵּש והבאוכ׳ commence a new account and offer Trumah of the new produces. 3) to promulgate a new law, to establish a new interpretation of a Biblical law; to find a new point. Sabb.104a, a. fr. (ref. to Lev. 26:46) אין נביא רשאי לְחַדֵּשוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) since the promulgation of these laws no prophet has a right to issue a new law. Y.Erub.V, 22c bot. it is called the New Gate, because there חִידְּשוּוכ׳ (not חו׳) the Sofrim instituted the interpretation (Halakhah); a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְחַדֵּש, Nithpa. נִתְחַדֵּש 1) to be renewed, to be established as a new interpretation (cmp. Lat. novellae); to be offered as a new point (דבר חדש). Y.Yeb.VIII, 9c top (ref. to 1 Chr. 8:9) שעל ידיה נִתְחַדְּשָׁה הלכהוכ׳ at her instance the new interpretation (of the law Deut. 23:4) was established; Midr. Sam. ch. 22; Ruth R. to II, 5 כבר נ׳ הלכה the law has been interpreted long before. Sot.3b, a. fr. לא נשנית אלא בשביל דברשנ׳ בה the section is repeated for the sake of a new point added. 2) to change turns. Yoma 26a משמרות מִתְחַדְּשוֹת the Temple attendants are relieved.