סְתִירָה II f. (סָתַר II) tearing down, destruction. Meg. 31ᵇ סְתִירַת זקנים … ס׳ the tearing down of the old is building, the building of the young is tearing down; Ned. 40ᵃ; Tosef. Ab. Zar. I, 19. Tosef. Men. IX, 14 ושל ס׳ מכל מקום ed. Zuck. (Var. סְתוֹר or סִתּוּר) and wood of any kind taken from a torn-down building (or a broken vessel; v. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., Par. 4, ch. VI; Men. 22ᵃ עצים … שלא נשתמש בהן הדיוט).—Trnsf. discontinuance; cancelling. Y. Naz. II, end, 52ᵇ סתירת תער כס׳ ממש the interruption of a Nazarite’s vow brought about by cutting his hair, is like a real annulment (so that he has to begin his nazariteship anew). Ib. V, 55ᵇ top לס׳ שלש for cancelling the nazariteship (the obligation to begin it over again), the cutting of at least three hairs is required; v. סָתר II.
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סְתִירָה II f. (סָתַר II) tearing down, destruction . Meg. 31ᵇ סְתִירַת זקנים … ס׳ the tearing down of the old is building, the building of the young…
References
- Megillah 31b:12
- Nedarim 40a:7
- Tosefta Avodah Zarah 1:19
- Tosefta Menahot 9:14
- Jastrow, סְתוֹר 1
- Menachot 22a:2-3
- Jerusalem Talmud Nazir 2:10:3
- Jastrow, סָתַר II 1