Jastrow: אַזְכָּרָה

אַזְכָּרָה f. (b. h.; = הַזְכָּרָה, 1) remembrance, mention (of Div. Name), recitation (of prayer); reference. Y. Ber. V, 9ᵇ א׳ שהיא מריוח the reference to rain (in the second section of the eighteen benedictions) which is an expression of satisfaction (plenty), opp. שאלה, the prayer for rain (in the ninth benediction) which is an expression of anxiety.—Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ top שתהא אַזְכָּרָתָן קודם וכ׳ that the recitation (of the events commemorated on Purim) precede the celebration thereof. —2) (v. אַדְכָּרָה) the Divine Name, Tetragrammaton. Num. R. s. 2, beg. the students מראים את הא׳ וכ׳ point out the Div. Name with their fingers; Cant. R. to II, 4 מדלג על הא׳ skips the Div. Name in recitation of lessons.—Pl. אַזְכָּרוֹת. Yoma 8ᵃ שיש בהן א׳ הרבה in which the Div. N. frequently occurs. Y. Ber. III, 6ᶜ.—Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ bot.; Bab. ibid. 116ᵃ קודר אזכרותֵיהֶן you must cut out the Div. N. occurring in them (the heretic writings). Y. Taan. II, 65ᶜ top י"ח א׳ וכ׳ eighteen times that the Tetragrammaton appears in the Psalm Habu (XXIX). Num. R. s. 2, beg.; a. fr.