בפה צ׳׳ באצבע אמר חונה Rab H. says, the Mishnah means
that the finger is put into the mouth (produce a shrill
sound). Bab. ib. 19b (phonetic play) היא מאי דדא צרתה
גודל the match to this (the middle finger) [comment.
the nearest to this (the index finger)], what is it? The
thumb, i. e. the sound is produced with these two fingers.
Tanh.Bo 14 אמצעית אצבע . .. צ׳ א׳ עד up to the snaping
finger, that is the middle finger.
צרדויא m. (צרדא I) manufacturer or seller of com- mon cloth (or clothhes). -- Pl. צדדויי. B. Mets. 51b דיהבי בצ׳ וכ׳ Ms. H. a. R. 1 (ed. צדרויי, Var. צרד׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4; Ar. צדר׳; older eds. in Rashi צדד׳) it refers to manufacturers &c,, who pay four percent. commission.
צרדיאתא, צרדייתא f. pl. (preced.) rough cloth- garments (which one does not mind selling), opp. מאני תשמישתא (good) garments for one's own use. B. Mets. 51a older eds., Ms. F. a. H. (Ms. R. 1צרדיתא, later eds. נצדרייתא v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 0).
צרה, v. צרח II.
צרה I (b. h.; צרר) [nearest,] associate wife, rival (cmp. רע). Yeb. I, 2 פטורה צרתה כך פטורה שבתו כשם as a. man's daughter (who was the wife of his brother that died without issue) is exempt from marrying the yabaim. (her father), so is her associate exempt. Ib. צרת הלכה פטורה צרתה צרת כך פטורה בתו שצרת כשם . . . בתו if this his daughter's associate marries a second brother of his who has another wife besides her, and he dies (without issue); as his daughter's former associate is exempt, so is the latter's present associate exempt; a. v. fr. - Snh. 103b; Yoma 9b; Num. R. s. 7 צ׳ מסכה, v. מסכה I. Midr. Till. to Ps. CI מיכה של צלמו זה צ׳ בים ועבר 'and a rival crossed the sea' (Zech. X, 11), that means the image of Micah; Num. R. s. I6, end; Mekh. Bo, s. 14. -- Yoma 19b, v. צרדה. --- Pl. צרות. Yeb. I, 1 צרותיהן, צ׳ נרותיהן פוטרות . . חמש fiteen wommen (married severally tto the brother of a man with whom marriage is forbidden) cause the exemption from yibbum (יבום) of their associates. and eventually the associates of their associates. Ib. 4 בית לאחים הצ׳ מתירין שמאי the school of Shammai allows the rivals of a woman forbidden on account of consanguinity to be married to one of the brothers of the deceased (without issue); a. fr.
צרה II f. (b. h.; צר) 1) fem. of צר. - 2) anguish, trouble, distress, persecution. Ber. 9b בשעתה לצ׳ דיה time enough for the trouble when it comes (sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof). Ib. 63a (ref. to Prov. XXIV, 10) צ׳ ביום המרפה כל he who neglects the words of the Loaw, has no strength on the day of trouble. Pes. 117a כל על וכ׳ וצ׳ צ׳ in every trouble that may not come (euphcm. for; that comes) upon them. Yeb. 63b (from Ben Sira) אל וכ׳ מחר צרת תצר worry not about to-morrow's trouble, for thou knowest not what the day may beget. Sot. 12a (play on צרת, IChr. IV, 7) וכ׳ צ׳ שנעשית because she was a trouble (an object of envy) to her companions. Snh. IV, 5 וכ׳ ולצ׳ לנו מה תאמרו שמא lest you say, why should we undergo this trouble (of giving testimony)? &c. Gen. R. s. 81 צ׳ שצרתו שראה וכיון and when he saw that his trouble was a real rouble (when he felt greatly em- barrassed). Ib. צרתי תוכירני אל do not cause me to mention my trouble. Cant. R. to III, 44(ref. to Is. XXI, 2) נתעלה כבר וכ׳ צרתה נוצרה כבר . . . עילם של צרתה (not נתעלם) the anguish which Elam has to bring has already been brought up (prepared), . .. the anguish through Media has already been created; a. v. fr. - Pl. צרות. Ber. 13a וכ אחרונות צ׳ the later troubles make us forget the earlier; Y. Sot. IX, 24b top. Y. Meg. I, 70d המן של צרתו . . הצ׳ דיינו לא have we not enough with the persecutions that visit us (on account of which we hold fast-days), that you want to impose upon us (the fast in commemoration of) the per- secution by Haman ? Snh. 97a; a. v. fr.
*צרוב m. (צרב) smelter, goldsmith. - Pl. צרובין. Kidd. 82a Ar. (ed. צורפים).
צרוך m. (רךp need, use, profit. Targ. Y. Num.VII, 5, v. ציבא II. Targ. Hos. VIII, 8(h. text חפ). Targ.Is. LIV, 12. Targ. Job XXXV, 3. Targ. II KingsV, 7וכ׳ בי אית הצ׳ does the Lord need me &c.];a. fr. - [Targ. Ps. LXX, 1, v. צרירא.]
צרוף m. (b. h.; צרף) smelter, goldsmith. Y. Meg. III, 74a bot., v. המרורים.
צרוף, v. צירוף.
*צרור m. (צרר I) enmity. Num. R. s. 21 ומלחמות בזיון. וצ׳ disgrace, wars and enmity (Tanh. Pinh. 3 צרות).
צרור I m. (b. h.; צרר I) 1) knot. Kel. XXVI, 4 (צרורות) שעה צ׳ if they are tied up with a temporary knot; ׳ עולם with a permanent kknot; Y. Kil. VI, 30c. Ib. עולם צ׳ וכ׳ צ׳ חיתוך עריך a permanent knot requires cutting through (to be opened); a temporary knot does not &c. -- 2) bundle, bag. Kel. l. c. 2 המרגלית צ׳ a piece of leather in which jewels are bound up; המעות צ׳ in which money is bound up; Tosef. ib. B. Bath. IV, 3. Snh. 68a. Ex. R. s. 20; a. fr.
צרור II m. (b. h.; צרר II, v. צרד) pebble, stone. Sabb. VIII, 6 (81a) אבן או צ׳, read as in Y. ed. אבן צ׳ a pebble; Tosef. ibb. VIII (IX), 22; Y. ib. VIII, 11 top (v. Rabb. D. S. to Sabb. l. c. note 3). Gitt. 64b, a. e. וכ׳ אגוז וזורקו צ׳ a child that is given a pebble and throws it away, a nut and takes it. Men. I, 2 צ׳ בידו ועלה קמץ if the priest took a handful (of the meal offering), and a pebble was in it. T'hul Yom I, 4 שבככו הצ׳ a pebble (or a piece of earthen ware) put as a mark on a loat; a. fr. -- Pl, צרורות. Y. Erub. V, 22a top. Y. Yoma IV, beg. 41b וכ׳ צ׳ שני ויביא (notצרורת) let him take two pebbles, one black &c.; a. fr. -- [Yalk. Lev. 587 צ׳ ממנו נפלו, read; ניצוצות.]
צרור ch. same. Y. Snh. VII, end, 25d. Ib. צריר (corr. acc.).
צרורייה, Lev. R. s. 15 בצ׳, read; בוצרייה (v. Lam. R. to IV, 20).
