Jastrow: קְטָטָה

קְטָטָה f. (preced.; cmp. meanings of חסד, חרף &c.) quarrel, dispute, discord, opp. שלום. Yeb. XV, 1 ק׳ בינו לבינה וכ׳ if there had been a dispute between husband and wife (at the time of, or before his alleged death) &c. Y. ib. 14ᵈ top לא קדשתני … אין זה ק׳ if she had said (at the time of the dispute), thou hast never betrothed me …, this is not a dispute (on account of which her statement concerning her husband’s death is to be rejected); קידשתני … הרי זה ק׳ thou didst betroth me, but thou hast divorced me and not given me my ḳ’thubah, that is a dispute (which makes her untrustworthy); Bab. ib. 116ᵃ. Ib. מאי טעמא דק׳ what is the reason that her statement is disbelieved in the case of a dispute? Ib.ᵇ דארגיל הוא ק׳ (Tosaf. דארגיל בה ק׳ when he was in the habit of quarrelling (whereas she loved him). Ib. עד אחד בק׳ מהו if there is one witness testifying to the husband’s death, is it sufficient also if disunion was known to have existed between them? Ib. כיון דאית ליה ק׳ וכ׳ because there has been discord between them, (we apprehend that) she will not be careful to ascertain her husband’s death, and get married again. Sabb. 130ᵃ מצוה שקבלו עליהם בק׳ a law that the Israelites accepted under quarrel (protest) &c., opp. בשמחה. Pesik. R. s. 38 אם היתה ק׳ וכ׳ if there has been a quarrel between a man and his neighbor, how can he obtain forgiveness on the Day of Atonement? Gen. R. s. 8 שלום … דכוליה ק׳ Peace said (to God), let him (man) not be created, for he will be all quarrel. Koh. R. to IV, 9 (when he saw two men walking on the road, he said) שלום לכון מרי ק׳ peace to you, men of quarrel (sure to have a dispute); a. e.