Jastrow: עֲבוֹדָה

עֲבוֹדָה f. (b. h. עֲבֹדָה; עָבַד) work, labor, service, attendance, esp. 1) (in agric.) space required for attending to a plant. Kil. VI, 1, a. e. (כדי ע׳) נותנין לו את עֲבוֹדָתוֹ we must allow it (the vine) its space (within which no other seed should be planted). Ib. וכמה היא עֲבוֹדַת הגפן and how large is the space for the vine? B. Bath. 83ᵃ כדי עבודת הכרם as much space as is required for attending to the vineyard. Tosef. Kil. II, 7 עבודת ירק בירק אחר the space to be left between one vegetable and another; a. fr. —2) service, agricultural implements, working cattle &c. Gen. R. s. 42 (ref. to אָכְלָם, Gen. XIV, 11) זו ע׳ this means their agricultural service. this means their agricultural service. —3) manual labor; servitude, service. Men. 109ᵇ, v. שֵׁירוּת. R. Hash. 11ᵃ בר"ה בטלה ע׳ מאבותינו וכ׳ on the New Year’s Day (prior to going out of Egypt) our ancestors in Egypt were freed from servitude; a. e. —4) divine service, priest’s service; worship. Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵈ top וייפסל מן הע׳ and he (the priest) will be made unfit for service. Tosef. Shek. III, 26; Ḥull. 24ᵃ כ"ה ללמוד ושלשים לע׳ twenty-five years is the age for apprenticeship, and thirty years for practical service. Ib. הע׳ בכתף the service of carrying the Tabernacle on the shoulder. Men. l. c. אלמדך סדר ע׳ I will teach thee the order of the priestly service. Yoma 32ᵃ המשנה מע׳ לע׳ he who goes from one function of the Temple service to another. Ib. עבודת היום בבגדי וכ׳ the special service of the Day of Atonement is performed in white garments. Ib. 39ᵇ הגרלה לאו ע׳ היא casting lots is no special function. Ib. III, 3 אין אדם נכנס לעזרה לע׳ וכ׳ no one must enter the Temple court for worship, unless &c. Snh. VII, 6 (60ᵇ) זו היא עֲבוֹדָתוֹ (not עבודתה) this is the form of worshipping that deity; a. fr.—Trnsf. the emoluments of the officiating priest. B. Kam. 109ᵇ, sq. עֲבוֹדָתָהּ ועורה וכ׳ (not עבודתו) the gifts for officiating at its offering and its hide belong to &c.—In gen. divine worship, prayer. Ab. I, 2. Taan. 2ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XI, 13) איזו היא ע׳ שבלב … זו תפלה what is meant by the service of the heart? Prayer. Arakh. 11ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXVIII, 47) איזו היא ע׳ … זה שירה what is the service in joy and cheerfulness of the heart? It is song. Ib. (ref. to Num. IV, 47) איזו היא ע׳ שצריכה ע׳ וכ׳ what service is that which requires (accompanies) sacrificial service? It is song; a. fr.—הָעֲ׳ by the worship!, for ‘by God!’ Yeb. 32ᵇ. Sifra K’dosh., Par. 2, ch. IV; a. fr.—Esp. ‘Ăbodah, the first of the last three sections of the Prayer of Benedictions (תְּפִלָּה), containing the prayer for the restoration of the Temple service. Ber. 29ᵇ טעה … בע׳ חוזר לע׳ if he failed to insert the prayer for the New Moon Day in the ʻĂbodah, he must begin the ʻĂ. anew; נזכר בהודאה חוזר לע׳ if he recalls the omission while reading the Hodaah (the second of the last three sections), he must begin &c. Y. ib. IV, 8ᵃ bot. כל דבר שהוא לַבָּא אומרה בע׳ whatever prayer refers to the future is inserted in the ‘A.—Meg. 18ᵃ כיון שבאת תפלה באת ע׳ when you speak of prayer (praying that your prayer be acceptable), comes the prayer for the restoration of the Temple service. Ib. ע׳ והודאה חדא וכ׳ ʻĂb. and Hodaah are one thing (belong together); a. fr. —5) ע׳ זָרָה (abbrev. ע"ז) idolatry, mostly used for idol, heathen deity, interch. in editions with עֲבוֹדַת אֱלִילִים (abbrev. ע"א) and עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת (abbrev. עכ"ום, עכומ"ז). B. Bath. 110ᵃ תעשה כהן לע"א thou (Jonathan, grandson of Moses) to be a priest of idolatry?; כך מקובלני … ישכיר אדם עצמו לע"ז וכ׳ I have a tradition from my grandfather, a man should rather hire himself out for ‘strange service’, than be dependent on man; הוא סבר לע"ז ממש … אלא ע׳ שזרה לו he thought it meant real strange service (idolatry), but it means ‘for labor strange to him’ (beneath his station). Snh. V, 1 (40ᵃ) העובד עכ"ום את מי עבד וכ׳ (Mish. ed. העובד כוכבים וכ׳) in the case of one accused of idolatry, (the witnesses are asked,) whom (what special deity) did he worship? and in what manner did he worship? Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ בתי ע"א idolatrous temples (and fairs connected therewith); a. v. fr.—‘Ăbodah Zarah, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli a. Y’rushalmi, of the Order of N’ziḳin.—Pl. עֲבוֹדוֹת. Sifra Sh’mini, Milluim בשעה קלה למדו שבעה ע׳ וכ׳ in a short moment they iearned seven sacrificial functions: the slaughtering &c. Yoma 47ᵇ זו היא מע׳ קשות וכ׳ this is one of the difficult services (manipulations) in sacrificial rites. Ib. 32ᵃ וחמש ע׳ הן וכ׳ and there were five rites (on the Day of Atonement): the daily morning sacrifice &c.; a. fr.