מַזֶּה II m. (נָזָה) the priest appointed to do the sprinkling (Num. XIX, 21). Tosef. Par. XII (XI), 12.—Trnsf. priest, man of distinction. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵈ top מי שהוא מ׳ בן מ׳ יזה וכ׳ let him sprinkle (occupy the office) who is a sprinkler, son of a sprinkler (a scholar of scholarly ancestry); dare he who is neither himself a sprinkler … say to him who is …, Thy water is plain cave water, and thy ashes mere ashes from the stove (thy decisions are of no legal value)?; Y. Taan. IV, 67ᵈ; Ber. 28ᵃ; cmp. מַדָּא.
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מַזֶּה II m. ( נָזָה ) the priest appointed to do the sprinkling ( Num. XIX, 21 ). Tosef. Par. XII (XI), 12 .—Trnsf. priest, man of distinction . Y.…
References
- Jastrow, נָזָה 1
- Numbers 19:21
- Tosefta Parah 12:6
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 4:1:33
- Jerusalem Talmud Taanit 4:1:16
- Berakhot 28a:12
- Jastrow, מַדָּא 1