חִידּוּש

חִידּוּש, חִדּ׳,m. (חָדַש) 1) renovation, the first stage of the crescent moon. Y.Ber.IX, 13d הרואה … בחִידּוּשָׁהּ he who sees the moon in her first stage. Y.Shek.I, 46a bot. שמרהו שיבוא בחִידּוּשוֹ observe it that it (the maturing of the crops) should coincide with the first part of the month of Nisan. R. Hash. 25a אין חִדּוּשָׁהּ של לבנהוכ׳ (Ms. M. חָדְשָׁהּ, v. חֹדֶש) the renovation of the moon takes no less than twenty nine days and a half 2) restoration. Y.Taan.II, 65c bot. ח׳ ביתוכ׳ the restoration of thy sanctuary. 3) novel interpretation, novel idea, additional legislation (novellae). Ḥag.3a א״א לבה״מ בלא ח׳ it is impossible for a college session to pass without a novel remark. Ib. מה ח׳ היהוכ׳ what was the news in college to-day?Cant. R. to IV, 16 ובואי דבר של ח׳ ‘and come (ib.) intimates a novel rule (adding thanks-offerings); Y.Meg.I, 72c top, a. e.Lev. R. s. 13, v. חָדָש; a. fr. 4) strange law, exception, unique law (which allows of no conclusion by analogy), anomaly. Snh.27a עד זומם ח׳ הואוכ׳ the law concerning the punishment of false witnesses is an anomaly, (for why must we trust the one set more than the other?) אין … חִידּוּשוֹ ואילך therefore you cannot go beyond what it says distinctly, i. e. previous evidences of refuted witnesses cannot be assailed. Pes.44b מבשר וחלב … דח׳ הוא you can draw no analogy from the law concerning the mixture of flesh and milk, for it is an anomaly; ומאי חידושו and wherein is it an anomaly? Y.Ter.VII, beg.44c לחִידּוּשוֹ יצא the law (Deut. 22:13 sq.) is specified for its anomalous nature; a. fr.