Jastrow: סִפְרָא

סִפְרָא, סִי׳ ch., constr. סְפִר, סֵפֶר, 1) = h. סֵפֶר. Targ. Is. XXIX, 11, sq. Targ. Ex. XVII, 14. Targ. II Chr. XXXIV, 15; a. fr.—B. Mets. 85ᵇ bot. ס׳ דאדה"ר the book of Adam, v. סֵפֶר. Ber. 23ᵃ ס׳ דאגדתא a homiletical book, v. אֲגַדְתָּא; a. fr.—Esp. Biblical book; Pentateuch. Snh. 93ᵇ מאי טעמא לא איקרי ס׳ על שמיה why was the book (of Ezra) not named from him (Nehemiah)? Meg. 22ᵃ קרא בס׳ he read from the Law. B. Kam. 82ᵃ דנין … דשכיחי דאתו למקרא בס׳ court is held on Mondays and Thursdays, because they (the villagers) are accustomed to come (to town) for the reading of the Law; a. fr.—Pl. סִפְרַיָּא, סִפְרַיָּיא, סִפְרֵי, סִי׳. Targ. Koh. XII, 9; 12.—Y. Maasr. III, end, 51ᵃ וצווח להון ס׳ קוסמי called them (the books of Agadah) books of sorcery; a. fr. —2) ספרא דבי רב, or ס׳ Sifra (of the school), also called תּוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים, a halakhic commentary on Leviticus. Targ. I Chr. XI, 22.—Ber. 18ᵇ. Ib. 11ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. סִפְרֵי Sifré (d’Be Rab), a halakhic commentary on Numbers and Deuteronomy. Snh. 86ᵃ סתם סיפרא … ס׳ וכ׳ an anonymous tradition in Sifra belongs to R. Judah, in Sifré, to R. S.—Yoma 74ᵃ בשאר ס׳ דבי רב in a fragment of the books of Be Rab (ref. to Sifra Emor, Par. 11, ch. XIV).