מַרְפֵּא m. (b. h.; רָפָא) healing, recovery. Keth. 103ᵃ לשון חכמים מ׳ (v. Prov. XII, 18) the tongue of the wise teaches medicine (indirectly, ref. to Pes. II, 7).—Esp. ‘your health’, a wish uttered to one sneezing. Tosef. Sabb. VII (VIII), 5 האומר מ׳ הרי זה וכ׳ (not האמר) to say marpé is a superstitious practice (v. אֱמוֹרִי). Ib. לא אמר מ׳ מפני וכ׳ did not say m. (at college), because it is an interruption of study; Ber. 53ᵃ
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מַרְפֵּא m. (b. h.; רָפָא ) healing, recovery . Keth. 103ᵃ לשון חכמים מ׳ (v. Prov. XII, 18 ) the tongue of the wise teaches medicine (indirectly,…
References
- Jastrow, רָפָא 1
- Ketubot 103a:22
- Proverbs 12:18
- Mishnah Pesachim 2:7
- Tosefta Shabbat 7
- Tosefta Shabbat 8:5
- Jastrow, אֱמוֹרִי 1
- Berakhot 53a:25