Jastrow: מוּקְצֶה

מוּקְצֶה m. (Part. Hof. of קָצָה) [cut off, set aside, stored away,] 1) a space back of the dwelling, containing stored up wood, cattle in sheds &c. Erub. II, 3; ib. 22ᵃ. Ib. X, 8. Bets. IV, 1 עצים שבמ׳ wood in the muktseh (stored for the winter); a. e. —2) store of fruits. Maasr. III, 2. Ib. I, 5 עד שיעשה מ׳ until the melon is stored away. Y. Ter. II, 41ᵈ top היה נוטל … מן המ׳ על וכ׳ he took ten dry figs from the storage as tithes for ninety in the basket (designated for immediate use, v. כַּלְכָּלָה); (Men. 54ᵇ; 55ᵃ מקצוע). —3) (sub. כלי) the tool specially intended (for cutting figs). Shebi. VIII, 6, v. חַרְבָּה; [Maim. the shed where figs are spread for drying.]. —4) an animal set aside (in a shed) for a sacrifice. Tem. 28ᵇ מ׳ לשבע שנים set aside until it would be seven years old. Ib. 29ᵃ מניין למ׳ מן התורה where in the Torah is muktseh intimated? (misunderstood by Abbaye as meaning, ‘where is it intimated that an animal must be kept in an enclosed space for some time before it can be offered on the altar?’—and corrected as meaning, ‘where is it intimated that an animal designated for idolatry is forbidden for the Jewish altar?’).—Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 10 איזה מ׳ מ׳ לע"ז וכ׳ what is meant by m. (as forbidden for the altar)? That which has been set aside (in a special place designated for the purpose) for idolatrous use, but if one merely devoted it by word of mouth &c. Tem. VI, 1. Tosef. l. c. 9 מאימתי נקרא מ׳ משנעשה וכ׳ when is an animal called m. (for idolatry)? From the time that an act (of dedication) has been done with it; Tem. 29ᵃ (בו) אין מ׳ אסור אלא עד שיעבדו (v. Rashi’s first interpret.; second interpret.:) a m. remains forbidden only until it has been used for some work (whereby its designation for the idolatrous altar is annulled). Ib. אין מ׳ אסור … מעשה a m. remains forbidden only until some act (as shearing its wool or some work) has been done with it; a. e.—4) (Sabbath law) muktseh, that which is not counted on for use on the Sabbath or Holy Day (v. מוּכָן s. v. כּוּן, a. הַזְמָנָה); forbidden for use or handling. Bets. 2ᵃ מאי טעמייהו דב"ש מ׳ הוא what reason had Beth Shammai (to permit the egg laid on the Holy Day by a hen which is kept for laying eggs and can, therefore, not be used for consumption on that day)? Is it not muktseh? Ib. דאית ליה מ׳ אית ליה נולד he who forbids m. forbids also nolad (v. יָלַד). Sabb. 44ᵃ מ׳ מחמת מיאוס not counted on (and therefore forbidden to handle) on account of its repulsiveness (e. g. an old clay candlestick); מ׳ מחמת איסור m. in consequence of a ritual prohibition (e. g. a candlestick which on the entrance of the Sabbath could not be moved because a light was burning on it). Ib. 157ᵃ מ׳ מחמת חסרון כיס not counted on for use on the Sabbath because the object is too expensive for a use for which it is not originally made; a. fr.—Pl. מוּקְצִים, מוּקְצִין set apart, chosen. Sifré Num. 85 (ref. to בקצה, Num. XI, 1) במ׳ שבהם the fire seized the distinguished among them (with ref. to קצין, Jud. XI, 11; Yalk. Num. 732 בקצינים).—Fem. מוּקְצָה, pl. מוּקְצוֹת. Sabb. 43ᵇ והא מ׳ נינהו are they not muktseh (because they are not intended for human food)?