anything wiihout the will of God); Snh. 67b (cd. ואפי׳
כ׳ לדבר; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2); Yalk. Deut. 828. ---
Ber. 53a לכ׳ מקטרות ישראל בנות daughters of Israel (in
large places) are suspected of letting incense rise for sor-
cerous practices. Eruh 64b בכ׳ פרוצות. . . אחרונים בדורות in
these latter days when daughters of lIsrael are unrestrain-
ed in practicing sorcery. Snh. 67a בכ׳ מצויות habitually in-
clined to sorcery, v. כשפנית. Y. Kidd. IV, end, 66c בעלת
כ׳ sorceress; a. fr.
כשף m. (b. h.; preced.) sorcerer. - Pl. כשפים, כשפין. Hull. 7b; Snh. 67b כשפים . . . למה (Ms. M. מכשפים) why are they called kashshafim? מעלה של פמליא שמכחישין מפני because they lessen the power of divine agencies. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXX, end כשפין (ed. Bub. כשסנין; oth. ed. מכשפין); a. e. -- V. מכשף.
*כשף m. (supposed to mean) wild plum-tree. Sabb. 23a וכ׳ כ׳ שרף Ms. M. a. Ar.; copyist's correction in Ms. M. כטף; ed. קטף) resin of the plum-tree is the best for making ink.
כשפא m. design, embroidery, v. כושפא.
כשפן m., pl. כשפנין, v. כש.
כשפנית f. (כשף) engaged in, inclined to sorcery. Pl. כשפניות. Y. Soh. VII, 25d top (ref. to Ex. XXII, 17) (the text speaks only of females) כ׳ הנשים שרוב מפני because most women are inclined to sorcery (Bab. ib. 67a מצויות בכשפים, v. כשף). Yoma 83b כ׳ נשים women engaged in sorcery. Pes. 110a, v. דשתייהי.
כשר I (b. h.; cmp. גשר) [to be well-joined, (cmp. יפה, אריך II),] to be proper, fit, right; to turn out well, to sue- ceed. Y. Hall. I, 57b top וכ׳ לשאר שכשרו החטים wheats which are fit for all other meat offerings; ib. 57c; Sifra. Vayikra, N'dabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13; a. fr. -- V. כשר II. Hif הכשיר 1) (ritual, v. כשר II) to pronounce kasher, to permit. Hull. III, 2 מכשיר . . ר׳ R. pronounces it fit to be eaten, opp. פוסל; a. v. fr. -- 2) to make fit, to prepare. Ab. VI, 1 וכ׳ להיות מכשרתו enables him to be righteous &c. Hull. 140a מכשיר an offering which makes fit for admission to the Temple or eating sacred food, contrad. to מכפר an offering which procures atonement; Kidd. 57a, a. e. -- Snh. 42b ומכפר מכשיר . . . הוצא tthe carrying outside of the camp' (Lev. IV, 12; 21) makes the act legal and pro- cures atonement; ib. ליה עדיף ממכשיר מכשיר the analogy between one fitting act and another is preferred. -- B. Kam. lI, 2 נזקו את הכשרתי I have prepared (am respon- sible for) the damage, v. חוב. Ib. וכ׳ נזקו ב)מקצת) הכשרתי wherever I am the partial cause of a damage (e. g. by completing a pit to its legally indictable depth), I am as responsible as if I had been the entire author. Gen. R. s. 56 the slaughtering knife is called מאכלת (causing the eating) האוכלים את שמכשרת לפי (not שמכשר) be- cause it makes the food fit for eating. -- Esp. (with or without טומאה לקבל) to make an object fif for leitical uncleanness (v. Lev. XI, 34; 38). Hull. 35b מכשיר הדם ובי מכשרת. . . is it the blood (as a liquid) which its the meat for uncleanness?; is it not rather the slaughtering (be- cause it makes it'an eatable')?- Ib. 33a מכשרתן הקדש חיבת, v. חבה; ib. 36b מכשרתה. Makhsh. VI, 6. Y. Gitt. I 43c מכשירין שאינן בצים מי על that the liquid of eggs does not fit for uncleanness; Y. Shebi. VI, 36c top כשירין שאין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr. -- V. הכשר, מכשירין. Hcf. הוכשר to be made fit; to be pronounced fit; to be prepared; to be fitted for levitical uncleanness. Yoma 50a וכ׳ אהרן ה׳ במה through what act is Aaron (a high priest) made fit to enter &c. --Sabb. 76a וכ׳ לזה וה׳ . .כשר שאינו כל that which is not fit for preservation but appeared fit to this man, and he did preserve it. Hull. 22b הוכשרו are pronounced fit for sacrifices. Ib. II, 5 בדם הוכשרו they became fit for uncleanness through the blood (fowing out at killing); בשחיטה ה׳ they became fit through the act of slaughtering (v. supra); a. v. fr. -- [Y. Keth. XII, 35a מכושר, read; מב׳, v. בשר.] Hithpa. התכשר to adapt one's self, to work with ceal and conscientiousness. Koh. R. to V, 11 במלאכתו ממתכששר וכ׳ more skilled and zealous in his work than &c. (cmp. זריז). Gen. R. s. 9; a. e.
כשר ch. same, to be right, pleasing, fit. Targ. ISam. XVIII, 20. Targ. Jud. XIV, 3. Targ. Ez. XV, 4; a. fra thpa. אתכשר, tthpe. אתכשר, איכשר to be (made) fit &c. (v. preced. Hof). Targ. Y. Deut. XXIX, 22. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 2; a. fr. -- Gitt. 87a וכ׳ האי ליתכשר let the one deed be declared valid throngh the signature 'Reuben ben' &c. -- Hull. 36b וכ׳ במשקי איתכ׳ it was made fit for unclean- ness through the fuids &c.; ib. הקדש בחבת אתכ׳, v. חבה; a. e. Af. אכשר 1) as preced. Hif. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 8. Targ. Ruth II, 13. -- B. Mets. 89b top וכ׳ גברא לאכשורי as to mak- ing the man fitter, i. e. as to the laborer in fruits being permitted to use means for increasing his appetite, there is no question, opp.to פירא לאכשורי using means for making the fruits more appetizing. -- Zeb. 25a מכשר אכשורי בשמאל he (R.S.) declares it permissible to use the left hand (for קמיצה). Sabb. 154a; Yeb. 45b וכ׳ אכשריה pronounced R. Mari . . . to be legally a Jew. Hull. 58b לאכשורה . . . סבר R .. . wanted to pronounce it kasher; a. fr. -- 2) to groc better, improve. Ib. 39b; Yeb. 39b, v. דרא lI.
כשר II m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) fit, esp. kasher, ritually permitted, legal, opp. פסול, טרפה. Pem. כשרה, כשירה. Hull. I 4 במליקה פסול בשחיטה כ׳ what is legal in slaught- ering (cutting the throat) is illegal in pinching (the neck). Ib. כ׳ שחיטתו his act of slaughtering has been properly executed. Kidd. IV, 6 לכהונה כ׳ בתו his daughter is fit to marry a priest. Gitt. IX, 4 כ׳ הולד the issue is legitimate, is under no religious or civil disabilities; a. v. fr. -- Pl. כשרים, כשרין, כשי׳; . כשרות, כשי׳. Hull.III, 2בבהמה כ׳ אלו the following defects in a domestic animal are kasher, i. e. do not make the animals unfit for eating. Ib. 3 אם כ׳ אדומים if they (the entrails) are red (have their na- tural color) they are (the animal is) kasher; a. v. fr. -- 2) worthy, honest, of noble conduct. Ber. II, 7 היה כ׳ he was a worthy man. Kidd. IV, 14 שבטבחים הכ׳ the best of butchers; a. tr. -- Pl. as ab. Ib. כ׳ רובן are mostly honest
