said three times every day, four times on the Sabbath
and the festivals (v. מוסף), and five times on the Day of
Atonement and public fast-days (v. נעילה). Taan. 2a ומנלן
דבת׳ and whence do you prove that the mention of, and
the prayer for rain must be inserted in the T'fllah Ib.
ת׳ זו שבלב עבודה, v. עבודה. Ber. IV, 1 השחר תפלת the
morning T'fllah, המנחה ת׳ the afternoon T'fillah &c. (v.
respective determinants). Ib. 5a בטול . . . יסורין הם אלו
ת׳ sufferings of love are those with which no cessation
of prayer is connected. Ib. 6b לתפלחו מקום הקובע he that
has a regular place for his prayers. Ib. 31b לישב שאסור
ה׳ של .. that it is forbidden to sit down within four cubits
distance from one in prayer; a. v. fr. - Ib.a, a. fr. ח׳ שומע
(abbrev. שת) hearer of prayer', the fifteenth section of
the Prayer of Benedictions which closes with, 'blessed be
thou, O Lord, the hearer of prayer.'- Pl. תפלות, תפי. Ib. 26b
תקנום אבות ת׳ the patriarchs introduced regular prayers.
Ib. תקנום תמידין כנגד ת׳ prayers (T'flloth) have been
instituted so as to correspond to the daily offerings. Sabb.
30a ותחנונים ת׳ כמה ever so many prayers and suppli-
cations; a. v. fr.
תפלה, תפי׳ II f., sing. of תפלין, q. v.
תפלוגתא f. = פלוגתא I, difference of opinion. Y. Shebi. I, 33b ורבנן דרש ת׳ this is a subject of diference between R. S. and the Rabbis. Y. Maasr. IV, beg. 51a; a. fr.
תפלות, תי׳ f. (תפל; v. תפלה) frivolity, trivialness; obscenity. Y. Taan.IV, 68d top, v. בכיה. Y. Snh. II, 20a top; Y. M. Kat. III, 83d top ת׳ של קרע a wanton rent in a. garment (without any religious significance); Bab. ib. 22b. Num. R. s. 4 0 ת׳ של דברים עונה ובנו . . . העם כל all the people said Halleluiah after the reader, and his son spoke some frivolous words. Ib. s. 10 6 בדברי . . . עובדי ת׳ when the gentiles eat and drink, they engage in indecent talk. Ruth R. to I, 14; Ex. R. s. 5, a. e. כל וכ׳ הן ת׳ של נשיקות all kissing is of a frivolous nature, except the kiss of homage &c., v. נשיקה. Sot. III, 4 כל ה׳ מלמדה . . . המלמד he who teaches his daughter the Law, is like teaching her obscenity (because the laws concerning sexual aberrations may excite her sensuality). Ib. וכ׳ ות׳ בקב אשה רוצה a woman prefers a Kab (scanty living) connected with license, to nine Kabs with the re- strictions of chastity; Keth. 62b; a. fr.
תפלי, עפלין, תפי׳ . pl. ch. (v. תפל; cmp. eyr. תפלתא indusium, Brockelm. p. 400) [attachoment, hangings, cmp. טוטפת,] lT'flllin, the phylacteries tied on arm and head (Deut. VI, 8; XI, 18). Targ. Deut. VI, 8; XI, 18 (h. text טוטפת). Targ. Y. ib. XXVIII, 10. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXXIII, 23 וכ׳ איקר דתפילי קטור (omit דבידא, a ditto- graphy of דבירא from Y. II) the knot of the T'llin of the glory of my Shechinah (cmp. Ber. 6a, quoted below); a. e. -- Men. 35b דת׳ . . . איפסיק the strap of hig T'fillin was broken. Ib.a, v. מגברתא a. תיתורא. Ber. 6a ת׳ הני וכ׳ עלמא דמרי what is written in the Lord's T'lllin Y. Ber. II, 4 bot. תפילוי, v. עיל; a. c. - cSing. הפלא, תפלתא, תפי׳. Targ. Y. Deut. XI, 18. Targ. Y. Ex. XIII, 9; a. e.
תפלין, תפי׳ h. (adapt. from Ch.) same. Men. 35a ת׳ וכ׳ הלכה מרובעות that the capsules of the T'fllin must be quadrangular is a Mosaic tradition; Meg. 24b. Ber. 6a ח׳ מניח שהקביה מנין whence do you learn that the Lord puts T'fillin on ? (Answ. ref. to Is. LXII, 8) עזו ובזרוע ס׳ אלו and by his arm of strength', that is the T'fillin; וכ׳ עוז שהת׳ ומנין and whence do you learn that the Ptlllin are 'strength to Israel'? (Answ. ref. to Deut. XXVIII, 10) שבראש ת׳ אלו . . . וראו ׳and all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is called upon thee, and fear thee, this refers to the T'fllin on the head; a. v. fr. - Sing. תפלה, תפי׳. Men. IV, 1 של ח׳ וכ׳ אינה יד the T'lllah on the arm does not interfere with that on the head (v. עכב). Meg. IV, 8 (24b) העושה וכ׳ עגולה תפלתו he who makes the capsule of his T'fllah round exposes himself to danger (v. comment.) without fulfilling the law. Kel. XVIII, 8 כלים ארבעה ת׳ the T'fllah (of the head) is considered as consisting of four articles (with regard to levitical cleanness); a. e.
תפלית, תפנא, v. תפנית.
תפנוק m. (פנק) delicacy; comfort, enjoyment. - Pl. תפנוקים, תפנוקין. Tosef. Taan. III (II), 2 וכ׳ בת׳ . . . ולא not that they were allowed to indulge in delicacies, but they eat and drink as much as is required for the mainten- ance of &c.; Y. ib. I, 64c top. Tanh. Mishp. 17 (ref. to Jer. III, 19) וכ׳ בתו של לתפנוקיה . . מה as a father feels bound. to provide for his daughter's enjoyments, so I provided for you; a. e.
תפנוקא ch. same. - Pl. תפנוקין. Targ. Lam. IV, 5. Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 24. Targ. Koh. II, 8. Targ. Zech. VII, 3; a. e. -- Koh. R. to II, 8 (expl. ושדות שדה ib.) ת ותפנוקיין all sorts of enjoyments.
תפנוקיא f. same. - Pl. תפנוקיין, v. preced.
תפני׳, תפניס, v. next w.
תפנית pr. n. pl. Tafnith, a border town [Hildesh. Beitr., p. 22; תפנית re תבנית = Tibnin; v. Fischer--Guthe Handkarte; Tibnin, Tabnith.]. Y. Shebi. VI, 36a (ed. Krot. תפניס, תפניס׳); Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11 תפלית ed. Zuck. (Var.. תפנא, תפני׳); (Sifre Deut. 51; Yalk. ib. 874 מיסף?).
תפס, תפש (b. h.; cmp. תפף) to seize, take hold on; to take eeffect. Keth. 84b וכ׳ חוב לבעל תופס את thou seizest property in behalf of a creditor when the debtor owes others, וכ׳ התופס ו׳ ו׳ ואמר and R. l. has decided that. he who seizes in behalf of a creditor when there are other claimants has not taken legal possession. Ib. top מחיים שת׳ והוא (his possession is effectual) when he has seized it during the decedent's life-time. Ab. Zar. 8b (expl. קרטיסיס) מלכות רומי בו שתפסה יום the day when Rome took hold of the government (of the east, v. תפיסה). Y. Taan. IV, 68c top תופשן משה היה Moses held fast on them (the tablets). R. Hash. 4b, a. fr. וכ׳ מרובה תפסת, v. מועט. B. Mets. 102b, a. e. אחרון לשון תפום hold to the latter expression, i. e. if an agreement contains two discrepant 21 2a
