Jastrow: סֵדֶר

סֵדֶר m. (b. h. סְדָרִים pl.; סָדַר) row, pile, arrangement, order, succession. Num. R. s. 4 ו׳ חלות לס׳ זה וכ׳ six cakes in one pile and six in the other. Yoma V, 7 כל … האמור על הס׳ וכ׳ as to all the acts for the Day of Atonement here told in their consecutive order, if he advanced (changed the order) &c. Sifra Tsav, Mill. הסדיר את הקרבנות כסִידְרָן the text arranges the sacrificial functions in their proper succession. Yoma 73ᵃ sq. דוד שאל שלא כס׳ David did not put his questions (I Sam. XXIII, 11) in their natural order. Meg. III, 4 חוזרין לכסִדְרָן the regular reading (interrupted during the four distinguished Sabbaths, v. פָּרָשָׁה) is resumed. Ib. 30ᵇ לס׳ פרשיות הוא חוזר the regular order of the Pentateuch sections is resumed; לס׳ הפטרות וכ׳ the regular order of Haftaroth is resumed; a. v. fr.—ס׳ זרעים the Order of Seeds, the first Order of the Mishnah; ס׳ מועד the Order of Festivals, the second Order of the Mishnah &c. Sabb. 31ᵃ; a. fr.—Keth. 106ᵃ ס׳ (ד)אליהו, v. אֵלִיָּהוּ.—Esth. R. to I, 9 ראש הס׳ as the first words of a pericope (Lev. R. s. 3 ראש סדרא).—Pl. סְדָרִים, constr. סִדְרֵי, סִי׳.—סדרי משנה, v. מִשְׁנָה.—Keth. 103ᵇ ס׳ חכמה orders (rules) of wisdom; ס׳ נשיאות rules for the conduct of the Nasi’s office. Sabb. 53ᵇ ס׳ בראשית the order of nature; a. fr.—Esp. regular homilies on the weekly portion. Sot. 49ᵃ (ref. to Job X, 22) אם יש סדרים תופיע וכ׳ but if regular homilies are held, it (the earth) will come forth bright out of the dark.