כֶּשֶׁף , m., pl. כְּשָׁפִים(b. h.; preced.) sorcery. Ḥull. 7ᵇ (ref. to Deut. IV, 35) אין עוד מלבדו ואפי׳ כ׳ ‘there is none (no power) besides Him’, … not even sorcery (can do anything without the will of God); Snh. 67ᵇ (ed. ואפי׳ לדבר כ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2); Yalk. Deut. 828.—Ber. 53ᵃ בנות ישראל מקטרות לכ׳ daughters of Israel (in large places) are suspected of letting incense rise for sorcerous practices. Erub. 64ᵇ בדורות אחרונים … פרוצות בכ׳ in these latter days when daughters of Israel are unrestrained in practicing sorcery. Snh. 67ᵃ מצויות בכ׳ habitually inclined to sorcery, v. כַּשְׁפָּנִית. Y. Kidd. IV, end, 66ᶜ בעלת כ׳ sorceress; a. fr.
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כֶּשֶׁף , m., pl. כְּשָׁפִים (b. h.; preced. ) sorcery . Ḥull. 7ᵇ (ref. to Deut. IV, 35 ) אין עוד מלבדו ואפי׳ כ׳ ‘there is none (no power) besides…
References
- Jastrow, כָּשַׁף 1
- Chullin 7b:14
- Deuteronomy 4:35
- Sanhedrin 67b:12
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 828:2
- Berakhot 53a:31
- Eruvin 64b:19
- Sanhedrin 67a:19
- Jastrow, כַּשְׁפָּנִית 1