הַדְלָקָה f. (דלק) lighting, kindling. Sabb. 23ᵃ ה׳ עושה מצוה the kindling (of the Ḥanukhah lights) is the ceremony prescribed, contrad. to הנחה the placing it. Ib. II, 6 (31ᵇ) הַדְלָקַת הנר kindling the Sabbath lights. Y. Ter. V, 43ᶜ top למשחה לה׳ l’moshḥah (Num. XVIII, 8) means (also) for lighting purposes (cmp. מִישְׁחָא). Num. R. s. 15, beg. על הַדְלָקָתָן וכ׳ concerning feeding them with olive oil.
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הַדְלָקָה f. ( דלק ) lighting, kindling . Sabb. 23ᵃ ה׳ עושה מצוה the kindling (of the Ḥanukhah lights) is the ceremony prescribed, contrad. to הנחה…
References
- Shabbat 23a:2
- Mishnah Shabbat 2:6
- Shabbat 31b:10
- Jerusalem Talmud Terumot 5:1:3
- Numbers 18:8
- Jastrow, מִישְׁחָא 1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 15:2