sistant that gathers the scattered fock. B. Kam. 56b מסרו
לכרזיליה לרועה Ar. (ed. לב׳, corr. acc.) 'he surrendered it
to the shepherd' (in Mish.) means to his assistant. -- 2) he
who calls to, and leads in prayer. -- Pl. כרזילין. Targ. Cant.
I, 8 כרזילהא (not ב׳, v. ed. Lag. II, p. XIV) her (the con-
gregation's) leaders. Targ. Koh. X, 10.
כרזים, כרזיים pr. n. pl. Karzayim, near Jerusalem. Men. 85a כ׳ חיטי (Ms. M. כרוים, Ms. R. 2 a. Ms. K. ב׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) wheat of K.
כרזימין, v. גרזימי.
כרזנייתא f. pl. (כרז) calling out. B. Mets. 40b, v. ברזניתא.
כרח (v. כרה a. כרך) to be tied, narrowed in. --Denom. כרח. Hif. הכריח to force, subdue. Gen. R. s. 75, beg. (ref. to הכריעהו, Ps. XVII, 13) וכ׳ הכריחהו force him down on the scale of guilt, break his resistance; (Yalk. Gen. 130 הכריעהו). Cant. R. to IV, 12 וכ׳ מכריחין הן בנפשותן אם (not בעשותן) if they did violence to their souls, how much more &c.; (Pesik. B'shall. p. 82b שליטין).
כרח ch., v. כרה.
כרח, כורח m. (preced.) force, unwillingness, necessity. כרחי על (or בעל) against or without one's will. Ab. IV, 22 וכ׳ כרחך על without thy will thou hast been created &c. Gitt. 21a כורחה בעל against her will, opp. מדעתה,v. דעת; a. fr.
כרחא, כו׳ ch. same. Targ. Y. II Gen. XLIV, 18. Targ. ISam. II, 16 (h. text בחזקה). - [Targ. Y. Deut. VII, 15, v. כרהא.]
כרטוסה, v. next w.
כרטיס m. (~~~~~~) document. Y. Keth. IX, end, 33c כהן וכ׳ אבדכרטיסו דמר (not סן...)iin accordancewith the opinion of him who says, if one's document (of indebtedness) is lost, write a duplicate for him. Ib. קדמייא כרטוסה מן לבד וכ׳(read;כרטיסה or ערטיסיה pl.) irrespective of a previous document (or previous documents, against me)which may be in thy possession. Ib. [read] נשא דבר אורחא כי אאלא חורן עבד כרטיסי אבד מימר but is it a usual matter for a. man to say (to his debtor), my document has been lost, write another for me -- V. קרטיס.
כרי, כרה (b. h.) [to round, heap, cave,] 1) to dig. Mekh. Mishp., N'zikin, s. 11 מנין כורה how am I to know that he who digs a pit is responsible?-- B. Kam. 51a כורה כורה אחר one who digs after another one, i. e. who com- pletes the pit to its legal size. Succ. 53a; Macc. 11a בשעה וכ׳ דוד שכ׳ when David dug for the foundations; a. fr. -- Part. pass. כרוי, f כרויה hollowed out. Kel. III, 5, a. e.,. v. חידוק a. ברה. -- 2) to sit in a circle, v. infra. Hif. הכרה 1) to heap, pile. Gen. R. s. 100 (ref. to כריתי, Gen. L, 5) עליה תכרה ממון הרבה much money shalt thou pile up (give me) for it (the grave); (some ed. הכרה Jacob piled up in settling with Esau). Ib. הכדתי (corr. הכריתי); v. כרי; Pesik. R. s. 1וכ׳ ה׳ לו שהיה ממון וכל (not לו מסר) and he (Jacob) piled up whatever money he had to place it before Esau &c. -- 2) to invite to a banguet; 3) (with play on כרת) to excise, to destroy. Snh. 20a; Yalk. Sam. 142 (ref. to להברות, II Sam. III, 35, where Raba had before him a K'thib. להכרות) בתחלה . . . . להכרות כתיב וכ׳ להכרותו it is written l'hakhroth (to entertain) and read 'habroth (v. ברה); originally they came with the in- tention of destroying him (for the murder of Abner), and finally (when convinced of his innocence) they came to comfort him; [Yalk. Ms. to Sam. l. c., quoted in Rabb. D. S. Snh. l. c. note 9; לברות בתחלה להברות וקריננן לברות כתיב וכ׳ it is written libroth (to pierce, cmp. Ez. XXIII, 47), and we read 'habroth &c.].
כרי, כרא ch. same, to dig, bore. Targ. O. Ex. XXI, 33 יכרי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יכרה). Targ. Ps. XL, 7; a. e. -- B. Kam. 51a להו כרא ואזל לן כרי זיל ליה אמרי (some ed. כרה hebr.) they said to him, go and dig for us, and he went and dug &c. Ib. 48a דמי דכרייה כמאן he is as re- sponsible as if he had dug it. Succ. 53b וכ׳ פורתא ברינן we bore only a little and there comes water; a. e. -- *aan. 24aבהוצא כריא דהוה that hewas boring a hole in the fence (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for Var. lect.). - [כרי to be arrow, distressed, part. כרי, כריא, pl. כרין, v. כרה]
כרי m. (preced.) heap, pile. Ex. R. s. 31 (ref. to כריתי, Gen. L, 5, v. כרה) כ׳ אותו ועשה . . . נטל he (Jacob) took all the money he possessed and made a pile of it; של כ׳ וכ׳ דינרין a pile of denars have I given to Esau. Tosef. Ter. III, 17. Ter. III, 5. Y. ib. I, 40b bot. כריו הבקיר (not כריי) if a man renounced possession of his pile (store) of grain. Ib. IV, 42d top כיריו את לפטור to discharge the duty of T'rumah for his entire store. Y. Gitt. VII, 48c bot. כירייו את תרם if he gave T'rumah for his store; a. fr. -- Pl. כריים. Y. Shek. III, end, 47c וכ׳ כ׳ שני אילו if it were a case of two piles for which a person had discharged T'rumah &c.
כריא I, כריה ch. 1) same. B. Mets. 105a (ina tenants contract)ואוקיםכ׳וכandwillplace thepilettofmy crop)be- fore thee.Y. Maasr. I, 49a bot..expl. משיתמרח) אפוי דודשפר מן דכ׳ from the time he gives shape to the pile; a. e. -- l. כרוון כירוון, כירוותא. Targ. Y. Ex. VIII, 10, v. כורא. Targ. II Cr. XXXI, 6, 7, sq. (h. text ערמות). -- 2) digging, ditch; well. B. Bath. 8a וכ׳ חדתא כ׳ רמי (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80) put on orphans (heirs) the obligation of contribut- ing towards a new ditch. Ib. וכ׳ פתיאrד) לכ׳ (הכל) (Ms. F. בירא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) even scholars must lend their services in digging a street-well; B. Mets. 108a (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60). Ib. 110a כ׳ וכרי and must do what digging may be required (ditch, well), v. טסקא. Ib. דנהרא לכ׳ for dredging the river (or channel). -- *כ בית House of Heaps (Ruins), a cacophemistic change of the name גליא בית, v. גליא II. Ab. Zar. 46a; Tem. 28b (Var. כלייא destruction). -- [V., however, גדא a. גלא.] -- Meg. 6a שלהן כ׳ בית Ms. M. (ed. במיא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
כריא II m. (cmp. כרה) a worm in poppy, v. קריא.
