Jastrow: טָהֳרָה

טָהֳרָה, טַהֲרָה f. (b. h. טָ׳ ; preced. wds.; preced. wds.) 1) clearness of the sky after the rainy season. Ber. 59ᵃ הרואה רקיע בטָהֳרָתָהּ (or בטַהֲ׳) he who sees the sky in its restored brightness (Ms. F. בטיהרו, v. טִיהָר). Ib. נראית רקיע בטהרתה (Ms. M. נראו שמים בטהרה; Yalk. Is. 335 נראה שמים בטִהֲרוֹ, corr. acc.). —2) pureness, condition of levitical cleanness; purification. Sabb. 152ᵇ תנה לו כמו שנתנה לך מה הוא בט׳ אף אתה בט׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) give her (the soul) to Him as He has given her to thee, as He (has given her) in pureness, so give thou &c. Snh. 68ᵃ, v. טָהוֹר.—Ber. 16ᵃ (ref. to Num. XXIV, 6) מה נחלים … מטומאה לט׳ וכ׳ as the rivers raise man from a condition of uncleanness to one of cleanness, so do the tents (schools) &c. Ab. Zar. 8ᵃ עובדי ע"ז בט׳ encouraging idolatry, though from no impure motives. Yoma 72ᵇ; Men. 110ᵃ הלומד תורה בט׳ he who studies the Law in (sexual) purity.—Snh. l. c. וטַהֲרָתָן במה שהן and their purification (immersion) is performed in whatever condition they are (whole or torn); a. v. fr.—Esp. ט׳ or טַהֲרַת הקודש observance of levitical rules originally prescribed for the handling of sacred food; also (mostly in pl.) secular food so prepared or pretended to be so prepared; v. חָבֵר.—Gitt. 62ᵃ אין עושין חלת ע"ה בט׳ you must not separate the priest’s share under levitical precautions for a non-observant (because it might mislead the priest); Tosef. Dem. III, 1. Sabb. 13ᵃ עד היכן פרצה ט׳ וכ׳ how far the custom of observing the rules of levitical cleanness for secular food has spread &c. Ḥag. II, 7 היה אוכל על ט׳ הקודש used to eat his ordinary meals with the observance required for sacred food; a. fr.—Pl. טָהֳרוֹת, טַהֲרוֹת. Tosef. Dem. l. c. אין עושין ט׳ לע"ה one must not prepare food with observance of levitical precautions for &c., v. supra. Ber. 19ᵃ; B. Mets. 59ᵇ כל ט׳ שטיהר וכ׳ all objects which R. … had declared clean. Tosef. Dem. II, 20 אין משלחין ט׳ וכ׳ you must not send food levitically prepared through a non-observant; a. v. fr.—Tohŏroth, or Tahăroth, (euphem. for טומאות), name of the sixth order of the Mishnah and Tosefta (סדר ט׳), and of one treatise of that order.