Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(יג) וְאִם־גָּאֹ֖ל יִגְאָלֶ֑נָּה וְיָסַ֥ף חֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ עַל־עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃
And if they wish to redeem it, they must add one-fifth to its assessment.
לְהוֹסִיף le-hosif (שֹׁרֶשׁ י.ס.פ)
- To add
תּוֹסָפוֹת (tosafot) =
- Additions or increases
- Side-dishes (or add-ons, like ice cream toppings)
בַּעֲלֵי הַתּוֹסָפוֹת (Ba'alei Ha-Tosafot) = The Tosafists (rabbis in France and Germany 12th-15th century, who wrote commentaries that added onto the Talmud)
לְהוֹסִיף שֶׁמֶן לַמְּדוּרָה (lehosif shemen lamedurah) = To add fuel to the fire, to make a situation worse
שָׁעוֹת נוֹסָפוֹת (sha'ot nosafot) = Overtime
Find the Word!
In Sefer Bereishit, whose name comes from this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root)? (Hint: He was treated differently from the rest of his brothers.)
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