כַּדּוּר c. (b. h.; ball, globe. Tosef. Sabb. IX (X), 6 כדי ליתן לתוך כ׳ וכ׳ as much as is required to stuff a small ball. Ib. X (XI), 10 המשחקין בכ׳ who play at ball. Koh. R. to XII, 11 (play on כדרבנות, ib.) ככ׳ שלבנות like the girls’ ball; מה כ׳ זה וכ׳ as the ball &c., v. כָּדַר; Num. R. s. 14; s. 15 (corr. acc.); Tanḥ. B’haăl. 15; Pesik. R. s. 3. Lev. R. s. 23 לבנה בכַדּוּרָהּ the moon on re-entering her periodical orbit (after nineteen years); (Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ בתקופתה, Bab. Ber. 59ᵇ בגבורתה). Ab. Zar. III, 1 כל שיש בידו … או כ׳ a statue holding in its hand … a ball (globe); ib. 41ᵃ כ׳ שתופש את עצמו … וככ׳ the ball (means symbolically) that he causes himself to be caught like a ball in behalf of the entire world (vicarious sacrifice); Num. R. s. 13; Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ bot. כ׳ שהעולם עשוי ככ׳ the ball symbolizes the world which has the shape of a ball; a. e.
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כַּדּוּר c. (b. h.; ball, globe . Tosef. Sabb. IX ( X), 6 כדי ליתן לתוך כ׳ וכ׳ as much as is required to stuff a small ball. Ib. X (XI), 10 המשחקין…
References
- Tosefta Shabbat 9
- Tosefta Shabbat 10:6
- Tosefta Shabbat 10:3
- Kohelet Rabbah 12:11:1
- Jastrow, כָּדַר 1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 14:4
- Pesikta Rabbati 3:1
- Vayikra Rabbah 23:8
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 9:2:13
- Berakhot 59b:1
- Mishnah Avodah Zarah 3:1
- Avodah Zarah 41a:4
- Bamidbar Rabbah 13:14
- Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah 3:1:16