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Ta'anis 13
1) [line 2] AL MA'AL HA'GOLAH - because of the transgression [of marrying
foreign wives] of the people who returned from the exile
2) [line 5] KOL SHE'HU MISHUM EVEL - any fast [on which washing is
forbidden] because of mourning; the Bach says that this only refers to
Rabbinical fasts and not to Yom Kipur
3) [line 10] SOCHRIN - we dam/close up [the river]
4) [line 20] CHAMEI TEVERYA - the hot springs of Tiberias
5) [line 31] MENUDAH - a person who has been excommunicated
6) [line 37] TAKFUHU AVEILAV - his periods of mourning came one right after
the other
7) [line 38] MEIKEL B'TA'AR - he may lighten his hair (by removing a little
of hair) with a razor
8) [line 39] MISPARAYIM - a scissors
9) [line 39] NESER - a kind of soil or stone that resembles chalk (O.F.
creide) (from natron, native carbonate of soda)
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10a) [line 1] BOGERES/NA'ARAH
A girl is a Ketanah (minor) until she has two pubic hairs after she enters
her twelfth year. During the following six months she is a Na'arah
(maidenhood). When six months elapse she becomes a Bogeres (adult). Our
Gemara is referring to a Bogeres who is not married
11) [line 5] KICHUL - painting the eyelids with Kechol, a blue or tinted
powder
12) [line 5] PIRKUS - dyeing the hair
13) [line 13] OHEL - an alkaline plant; aloe
14) [line 15] L'FAKUCHEI PACHADEI - to [strengthen himself and] remove his
fear, worry
15) [line 25] L'ABER ES HA'ZUHAMA - to remove filth
16) [line 16] MATZLI - prays
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