Jastrow: נְעִילָה

נְעִילָה f. (נָעַל) 1) closing, shutting. Y. Erub. III, 21ᵃ היא קשירה היא נ׳ tying a door (the stem קשר) means the same as shutting (the stem נעל). Num. R. s. 14 (play on נעלי, Ps. LX, 10) בנְעִילַת גרונו by tying up his throat (strangulation).—נעילת שערים the time of closing the Temple gates; (sub. תְּפִלַּת) the concluding prayer on the Day of Atonement, on public fasts and Maʿămadoth (v. מַעֲמָד); the prayer called N’ʿilah (נְעִילָה). Taan. IV, 1 בשחרית … בנ׳ ש׳ during the morning prayer, the Musaf, the Minḥah and the N’ʿilah. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᶜ top אימתי הוא נ׳ when is the time for the N.? בנעילת שערי שמים when the gates of heaven are closed (sunset); בנ׳ שערי היכל when the Temple gates are closed. Ib. דנצלי נ׳ שערים that we may offer the N. prayer. Ib. נ׳ פוטרת וכ׳; Yoma 87ᵇ תפלת נ׳ וכ׳ the concluding prayer exempts from reading the evening prayer; a. fr.—Trnsf. locking up, interruption of business. Cant. R. to VII, 2 (play on בנעלים, ib.) שתי נעלים נ׳ בפסח ונ׳ בחג two cessations of business, one shutting up on Passover, and one &c. —2) נעילת הסנדל (or נעילה) putting on sandals, wearing shoes. Yoma VIII, 1. Ib. 74ᵃ; M. Kat. 15ᵇ; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 100 נ׳ רשות wearing shoes (by the mourner on the Sabbath) is a matter of choice, v. נת"ר.