בריתא, v. בראה.
בריתא, Targ. Y. II Num. XXIV, 6 כב׳ Ar., v. ברתא end.
ברך (b. h.; בר, v. ברר, ברי) 1) to cave out. Denom. ברכה, ברך; cmp. בורכא, בורכתא. - 2) (cmp. ברר) to select, point out (cmp. esp. Gen. II, 3) whence to bless (Pi.). --- Part. pass. ברוך chosen, blessed, praised. הוא ב׳ הקדוש (abbr. הקב״ה) the Holy One, blessed be He. Pes. 118a; a. v. fr. Ib. 104b, a. fr. וכ׳ בב׳ פותח he (who prays) opens the benediction with barukh and closes with barukh. (i. e. ה׳ אתה ברוך). Tosef. Sot. I, 10 בכלל ב׳, v. כלל; a. fr. Pi. ברך, בירך (b. h.) 1) to praise, bless, esp. to recite the due benediction. Ber. VI, 1. Ib. 5 היין על בי׳ hav- ing recited the blessing over wine &c. Pes. X, 9 ברכת ב׳ הפסח having recited the blessing over the Paschal lamb. Ib. 5 לברך . .. חייבים אנחנו we are bound to .. . praise &c.; a. v. fr. - 2) (cmp. נקב) to blaspheme. Snh. 56a שיברך עד בשם שם until he blasphemes the Lord by His name. Ib. בכינוי השם את שבי׳ who blasphemed the Lord by an attri- bute. - Part. Pu. מבורך blessed, praiseworthy. Ber. VII, 3; a. fr. -- 3) tto cutt through, to clear virgin ground or forest. Tosef. Shebi. III, 20 ed. Zuck. (Var. מגדר);Y. ib. IV, 35b bot. מבדין; Y. Sabb. VII, 10a top המברה, v. בהי h. [Tosef. Shebi. I, 6 מבורכות, v. infra.] Hithpa. התכרך, Nithpa. נתברך to be blessed (praised); to be increased (v. ברכה). Y. Ber. IX, 14a top ויתברך and be blessed. Y. M. Kat. I, beg. 80a if the waters were scanty ונתברכו and grew plentiful. Yeb. 63a; a. fr. Hif. הבריך (denom. of ברך or בריכה) to form a knee, to engrafft; esp. to bend a vine by drawing it into the ground and making it grow forth as an independent plant, to sink. Shebi. II, 6; R. Hash. 10b; a. fr. -- Tosef. Shebi. I, 6 מוברכות היו אם (incorr. מבורכ׳) if they have been sunk before New Year &c. -- Yeb. 63a (allud. to Gen. XII, 3) בך להבריך לי יש טובות ברכות שתי ttwo good shoots (pros- elytes)have Ito engraft on thee, Ruth and &c. (B. Kam. 38b וכ׳ פדידות . . .).
ברך, בריך ch. same. Part. Peil בריך blessed. Targ. Gen. IX, 26; a. fr. -- Sabb. 67a, a. fr. הוא ב׳ קודשא the Holiness (Holy One), blessed be He. Cant. R. to. IV, 4; Gen. R. s. 32 בריכא טורא הדין this blessed mount (Gerizim, revered by the Samaritans; Deut. R. s. 3 קדיש). Pa. בריך, בריך as preced. Pi. 1) to bless &c. Targ. Deut. VIII, 10; a. fr. -- Esp. to say grace after meal. Ber. 46a וכ׳ לברוכי מטי כי when it was time to say grace, he said, Will you please, say grace for us. Y. ib. VI, 10b בסופה למיברכה מהו what benediction must be said after it? Ib. bot. מברכא חכים אנא לא I do not know how to say grace after it. -- Part. pass. מברך. Targ. Y. II Gen. XLIX, 2. -- 2) to blaspheme. Targ. Job II, 9. -- Snh. 56a דברוכי לישנא in the sense of blaspheming. thpe. אתבריך as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Gen. XII, 3;a. fr.
ברך (בורך) f. (b. h.; preced.) 1) knee. Y. Ber. I, 3a top. -- 2) a knee-shaped pole. Taan. 25b חמחרישה ב׳ כמלא (Var. כוך, v. Rabb. D. S. a.l.) (until the rain penetrates) as far as the knee of the plough enters the soil; Ohol. XVII, 1 בו׳. Kel. XXI, 2 בו׳. [Tosef. Shebi. IV, 20 ברך, v. בריכה.)-- Du. ברכים. Ber. 34b; Meg. 22b; Shebu. 16b ב׳ על כריעה the word כרע means falling on one's knees. [ברכות, v. בריכה.]
ברך, ברכא, בירכא ch. same, 1) knee. Targ. Is. XLV, 23. - Pl. ברכיא, ברכי, בי׳. Targ. Jud. VII, 6; a. e. -- Ber. 6a וכ׳ ב׳ הנהו those fatigued kknees (of scholars) must be ascribed to them (the demons). Pes. 108a, v. זגא. -- 2)=h. בריכה. Pl. בירכי shoots, branches. Tam. 30a top (Var. in Rashi בריכי, Ar. בורכי).
ברכא, בירכא, f. ch. =h. ברכה, blessing, plenty. Targ. Is. XIX, 24. -- ברכאן plenty for us, we haave enough. with. Gen. R. s. 78 ב׳ במאתן אית we have enough with two hundred fables; Yalk. ib. 133 ברכן. - Pl. ברכן, בי׳; Targ. O. Gen. XXVII, 12 (Y. ברכאן; ib. 13 בירכן). [ברכיא Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 2, some ed.] V. ברכתא.
ברכה f. (b. h.; ברך) 1) blessing, bestowal of pros- perity, good wishes, choice, plenty. Keth. 5a . . . הואיל לדגים ב׳ because on it the blessing was given to the fish (Gen. I, 22, to be fruitful). Y. ib. I, beg. 24d ב׳ כתיב אין וכ׳ the blessing (Gen. II, 3) refers not to man but to the day. --Erub. 63b, a. fr. ב׳ עליו תבא blessing rest upon him (he acts rightly). Keth. 103a; B. Bath. 144b ברכת ברובה הבית the blessing of a house consists in the number of inmates (every member of a household contributes to its comfort); Tosef. Keth. XII, 3 מרובה הבית ב׳. B. Mets. 42a וכ׳ מצוייה הב׳ אין blessing (unexpected supply, miraculous increase) will not take place in things which are weighed &c.; Taan. 8b; a. fr. -- Pes. 50b, a. fr. רואה אינו לעולם ב׳ סימן will never see a sign of prosperity; a. fr. -- 2) benediction, prayer to be recited on certain occasions. Ber. 35a man must not taste anything ב׳ בלא without a blessing. Ib. 40b וכ׳ שאין ב׳ כל a benediction in which the Name of the Lord is not invoked, is no benediction; a. fr. -- Pl. ברכות. 1) blessings, benedictions. Ib. 45b; a. v. fr. -- Sabb. 115b ב׳ כותבי those who write out the for- mulas of prayer. - 2) B'rakhoth, the first treatise of the Mishnah, Talmud, a. Tosefta. - Compounds; אבלים ברכת the prayer for consolation inserted in the mourners grace after meal. Keth. 8b; a. fr. -- ארוסין ב׳ benediction preced- ing betrothal, v. ארוסין Ib. 7b. .הארן ב׳ that portion of the grace after mealwhich refers to Palestine. Ib. 8b. -- הזבח ב׳ the benediction before partaking of the festive offering (חגיגה) which accompanies the Paschal lamb. Pes. X, 9 (120a). -הזימון־ ב׳ the appeal to the partakers of a meal to say grace, common prayer. Ber. 45b. -חתניםס־ ב׳ bene- diction on performing the marriage ceremony, also in- serted in the grace after wedding meals during seven days. Keth. 8b. -כהנים־ ב׳ the priestly benediction (Num. VI, 24-- 26). Sot. VII, 6. -המזון־ ב׳ grace after meal. Keth. l. c. -- המצוות ב׳ benediction on performing a divine com- mand (of a symbolic nature). Ib. 7b. - רחבה ב׳ benediction of consolation pronounced in open air on the mourners' return from burial (v. הבראה). Ib. 8b..התורה־ ב׳ bene- diction before and after reading the Law. Y. Ber. I, 3a. -- [For other compounds see the respective determinants.)-- 3) blasphemy. השם ברכת. Snh. 56a sq.; (Tosef. Ab. Zar. VIII (IX), 4 קיללת). 25c
