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KESUVOS 16-17 - Generously sponsored by Marsha and Lee Weinblatt of Teaneck, New Jersey. May Hash-m bless them with a Kesivah va'Chasimah for a year of health, prosperity and much Yiddishe Nachas from their wonderful children and grandchildren.

[17a - 50 lines; 17b - 39 lines]

1) [line 1] KALAH KEMOS SHE'HI - (lit. the bride as she is) (a) finding something about the bride that can be praised (RASHI); (b) if the bride has a defect, keeping quiet and not praising her at all (TOSFOS, 1st explanation)
2)
[line 1] KALAH NA'AH V'CHASUDAH - the pleasant bride who finds favor in everyone's eyes
3)
[line 3] CHIGERES - lame
4)
[line 8] ME'UREVES IM HA'BERIYOS - sweet (liked) when dealing with people
5)
[line 9] MASHRU - sing
6)
[line 10] KECHAL - a blue or tinted powder used for painting the eyelids
7)
[line 10] SERAK - rouge
8)
[line 11] PIRKUS - parting of the hair by making braids
9)
[line 11] YA'ALAS CHEN - she inspires grace
10)
[line 14] KOL MIN DEIN - only those like these
11)
[line 14] SEMUCHU LANA - should receive Semichah to be called "Rebbi"
12)
[line 15] SARMISIN - those who distort or actually invert the Halachah because they fail to review their learning or fail to learn the entire subject properly
13)
[line 16] SARMITIN - (this word is derived from the word for rags, Smartutin) (a) those who do not give valid explanations for their words (RASHI to Sanhedrin 14a); (b) those who learn bits and pieces of each subject (ARUCH, 2nd explanation)
14)
[line 16] CHAMISIN - (a) those who only learn one fifth of a subject (RASHI); (b) those who make hasty decisions (ARUCH)
15)
[line 17] TURMISIN - (a) empty-headed people (RASHI); (b) those whose logic is a bitter as the Turmus bean, which is a lupine, a type of pod or bean of the pea family
16)
[line 18] BEI KEISAR - the palace of the Ceasar
17)
[line 19] RABA D'AMEI - prince of his people
18)
[line 19] U'MEDABRANA D'UMSEI - and leader of his nation
19)
[line 20] BOTZINA D'NEHORA - bright light, i.e. wise man
20)
[line 20] BERICH MESAYICH LI'SHELAM - may your arrival be blessed with peace
21)
[line 24] MERAKED A'TELAS - would dance with three [branches of myrtle]
22)
[line 24] KA MACHSIF LAN SABA - this sage is embarrassing us
23)
[line 25] IFSIK AMUDA D'NURA - a pillar of fire separated his body from everyone else
24a)
[line 28] AHANYA LEI SHUTISEI - his branch really was beneficial to him
    b)
[line 29] SHETUSEI - his foolishness
    c)
[line 29] SHITASEI - his custom
25)
[line 30] MARKIV AL A'KASFEI - would carry [the bride] on his shoulders
26)
[line 31] IY DAMYAN ALAICHU KI'KESHURA - if they are the same in your minds as a wooden beam
27)
[line 32] LEHCAYEI - go ahead!
28)
[line 37] AGRIPAS HA'MELECH - King Agrippa (the last king of Israel), grandson of King Herod, who ruled between the years 41-44 CE. Agrippa was a pious and benevolent king.
29)
[line 42] PARASHAS DERACHIM - an intersection
30)
[line 47] SHIFUREI - Shofar blowers (that announce the funeral)
31)
[line 48] D'CHAITZEI GAVREI ME'IBULA AD SICHRA - (a) that people make a wall from the city gate to the cemetery (RASHI); (b) that people make a wall from the house of mourning to the cemetery (ARUCH)
32)
[line 49] NETILASAH K'NESINASAH - taking away the Torah (i.e. when a learned person dies) is comparable to the giving of the Torah (at Har Sinai)
33)
[last line] L'MAN D'KARI V'TANI - for a person who learned Tanach and Mishnah


17b----------------------------------------17b


34)
[line 1] L'MAN D'MASNI - for a person who teaches students
35)
[line 3] TANURA D'ASA - a dome-shaped canopy of myrtle branches
36)
[line 4] KARISA D'MENAMNAH BAH KALASA - a thin scarf that covers the face
37)
[line 7] DARDUGEI D'MISHCHAH - the act of dripping oil on the heads of the students at the wedding of a Besulah
38)
[line 8] MISHCHAH D'CHAFIFUSA - scented oil used for curing sores on the head
39)
[line 11] D'I'ASAK LEI LI'VEREI - who found a prospective bride for his son
40)
[line 15] LEIS LEI KISNEI - she does not have roasted grain [passed out at her wedding]

41)
[line 20] SHENEI CHAZAKAH - living in a house or using a field for three years, as proof of ownership

42)
[line 33] D'LO MATZI MACHI - since it is impossible for him to protest
43a)
[line 34] YEHUDAH - the land of Yehudah, consisting of the lands south of the ancient city of Antipatris, near the modern-day Rosh ha'Ayin
    b)
[line 34] EVER HA'YARDEN - Transjordan; the area of Eretz Yisrael to the east of the Jordan River
    c)
[line 34] GALIL - the land of Galil, consisting of the modern-day Galil, north of Megido
44)
[last line] SHE'AS CHEIRUM - a time of war, hostile relations

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