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Kesuvos 10

1) [line 10] ZIBURIS
A person may pay his debts by transferring his ownership of a plot of land into the hands of his creditor. For this purpose, Chazal classified plots of land using three levels of quality: Ziburis - the poorest quality, Beinonis - average quality and Idis - the highest quality. Damages (Nezikin) are reimbursed with Idis. Standard loans (Halva'os) and debts (Chovos) are repaid using Beinonis. Debts owed by orphans or the value of a Kesuvah are paid using Ziburis.

2) [line 13] "K'MOHAR HA'BESULOS" - "like the value of the marriage contract of virgins" (Shemos 22:16)

3) [line 18] D'APACHT - that you switched [the opinions]
4) [line 31] ASVUHU KUFREI - flog him with a thorny palm branch
5) [line 31] MAVRACHTA CHAVITA LEI - (a) the entire town of Mevarchasa (i.e. all of the prostitutes of the town of Mevarchasa) must have been pressed down underneath him, [since he is such an expert in a Pesach Pasu'ach] (RASHI);
(b) [Has he ever had prostitutes of] the town of Mevarchasa pressed down underneath him [such that he would know what a Pesach Pasu'ach is]? (TOSFOS)

6) [line 36] SHEMA HITEISA - perhaps you moved sideways and did not remove the Besulim?
7) [line 38] B'ISHON LAILAH - in the dark of night
8) [line 40] V'AKARTA L'DASHA V'ABRA - and you uprooted the door along with the door bolt

9) [line 46] SUDAR - cloth, sheet
10) [line 46] SHAR'O B'MAYIM - he soaked it in water

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11) [line 1] GIHUTZ - ironing
12) [line 2] ME'ABRA LEI CHUMARTA - the ironing stone will rub out the bloodstains
13) [line 8] RIECHAH NODEF - the smell of the wine spread forth from her mouth
14) [line 16] MI'MISHPACHAS DURKETI - from the family of Durketi
15) [line 20] DOR KATU'A - a severed generation (childless)
16) [line 22] SE'OR - sourdough, a very heavily fermented dough that is mixed with fresh dough to cause it to rise
17) [line 27] NISCHAYEV B'MIKCHACHA - you are stuck with your purchase (i.e. your wife), even though it is a liability to you

18) [line 32] SHENEI BATZORES - years of famine
19) [line 36] "...TZAFAD ORAM AL ATZMAM, YAVESH HAYAH CHA'ETZ." - "[Now their visage is blacker than coal; they are not recognized in the streets;] their skin is shriveled upon their bones; it is withered, it has become like a stick." (Eichah 4:8)

20) [line 38] RAV CHANA BAGDESA'AH - (a) Rav Chana of Baghdad; (b) Rav Chana, the expert on Agadaic literature (RASHI to Yevamos 67a)

21) [line 42] SELIKA - Seleucia, ancient city of Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). Seleucia was founded by King Seleucus I, one of the generals of Alexander the Great, some time after 311 BCE, on the west bank of the Tigris River northeast of Babylon, which was despoiled to supply materials for its construction. Controlling the navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as well as the commerce of Mesopotamia, the city rapidly rose to wealth and splendor, becoming a famous center of Hellenistic civilization. When in the 2nd century BCE Mesopotamia came under the rule of Parthia, Seleucia continued as a great commercial city and in the 1st century CE had a population of 600,000. The city was partly burned by the Roman emperor Trajan in 116 CE, and in 164 CE it was completely destroyed by the Roman general Avidius Cassius in his campaign against the Parthians. The destruction of Seleucia marked the end of Hellenistic civilization in Mesopotamia.

22) [line 44] MARVEH - saturates
23) [line 44] MEZABEL - fertilizes
24) [line 44] ME'ADEN - rejuvenates and implants lustrous splendor [into fruits]
25) [line 44] MAMSHICH - causes to give forth [fruits]
26) [line 45] TELAMEHA RAVEI NACHES GEDUDEHA..." - "You water its furrows abundantly, and settle its ridges; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth." (Tehilim 65:11)

27) [line 46] MEZI'ACH - removes
28) [line 46] MEZIN - nourishes [the world in the merit of the Korbanos]
29) [line 46] MECHABEV - causes [Benei Yisrael] to become beloved [to HaSh-m]
30) [line 48] MESHACHNAN - warms us
31) [line 48] MASBE'AN - satiates us
32) [line 48] MESHALSHELAN - causes us to have diarrhea
33) [line 48] ME'ASHRAN - certifies our strength
34) [line 48] V'LO MEFANKAN - and does not cause us to become overindulgent
35) [line 48] ACHAL TEMARIM - one who ate dates
36) [line 48] AL YOREH - should not judge court cases while he is still under the influence of the dates

37) [line 50] CHOLI ME'AYIM - intestinal trouble
38) [line 50] TACHTONIYUS - abdominal troubles, piles, etc.
39) [line 51] MI AMRINAN D'LO MA'ALU? - Who says that they are not beneficial?
40) [line 51] U'LEFI SHA'ATA TARDA - but for a certain time period, they confound the intellect

41) [line 53] NAHAMA - bread
42) [line 53] KI NARGA L'DIKULA - like an axe to a date palm (to chop it down)
43) [line 54] KI ABRA L'DASHA - like a bolt to a door
44) [line 54] DASHA - door
45) [line 54] DERECH SHAM - the way is through there
46) [line 54] DARGA - a ladder
47) [last line] DERECH GAG - the way to the roof
48) [last line] PURIYAH - a bed

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