Jastrow: רְאִיָּה

רְאִיָּה, רְאִיָּיה f. (רָאָה) 1) seeing, look, glance. B. Bath. 2ᵇ היזק ר׳ לאו וכ׳ the discomfort of being exposed to (a neighbor’s) sight is no claimable damage; ib. 3ᵃ; 59ᵇ. Nidd. 31ᵃ רְאִיַּית העיין the faculty of sight. Gen. R. s. 9 (ref. to Gen. I, 31) מלך … ר׳ אחת וכ׳ when a human king builds a palace, he casts one (examining) glance at the upper stories and another at the lower; אבל … ר׳ אחת but the Lord casts one look at both; העוה"ז … ר׳ אחת with one glance the Lord surveyed this world and the world to come; Yalk. ib. 15 בר׳. Lam. R. to V, 1 ר׳ מרחוק raah is used for looking from a distance, v. הַבָּטָה; a. fr.—Pl. רְאִיּוֹת, רְאִיּיוֹת. Ex. R. s. 3 (ref. to ראה ראיתי, Ex. III, 7) ואני רואה שתי ר׳, v. רָאָה; Tanḥ. Sh’moth 20; Ex. R. s. 42; a. e. —2) (sub. קרי, דם, זיבה &c.) feeling, affection, attack. Zab. I, 1 הרואה ר׳ אחת של זוב he who has had one attack of gonorrhœa. Ib. 6 מקצת הר׳ מהיום וכ׳ one of the attacks on one day, and another on the day after; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Nidd. 37ᵇ מטמיא בר׳ כבימים becomes unclean by a certain number of attacks (even if they all be on one day) as well as by a certain number of days. B. Kam. 24ᵃ קירבה רְאִיּוֹתֶיהָ if she had her attacks at short intervals; ריחקה ר׳ at long intervals; a. e. —3) (with ref. to Ex. XXIII, 17) appearance in the Temple, pilgrimage. Ḥag. I, 1 הכל חייבים בר׳ וכ׳ all (males) are under obligation to appear in the Temple, except &c. Ib. 2 הר׳ מעה כסף the pilgrim’s burnt-offering must be worth a m’ʿah of silver (v. רֵאָיוֹן). Ib. 7ᵃ (ref. to ראיון, Peah I, 1) רְאִיַּית פנים בעזרה it means the appearance in the Temple (has no limits, you may visit the Temple during the festive season as often as you desire); (another opinion) ראיית פנים בקרבן it means the visit connected with a sacrifice (and you must offer a sacrifice as often as you appear); Y. Peah I, 15ᵃ bot. [read:] מתניתן בר׳ פנים אבל ר׳ קרבן יש לה שיעור the Mishnah in saying that reayon has no limits refers to the number of appearances, but as regards the visit attended with sacrifice, it has a limit (as to the minimum value of the sacrifice). Ḥag. 6ᵃ עולה … עולת ר׳ הואי the burnt-offering which the Israelites brought in the desert (Ex. XXIV, 15) was the offering of appearance before God; a. fr.