Jastrow: שִׁינּוּי

שִׁינּוּי, שִׁנּ׳ m. (שָׁנָה) change. Gen. R. s. 44 ש׳ השם change of name; ש׳ מקום change of residence. Sabb. 114ᵃ top ש׳ בגדים change of dress (for the Sabbath, for prayer &c.). Keth. 110ᵇ, a. e. ש׳ וסת, v. וֶסֶת; a. fr.—Esp. (law) change of form (and name) effected on an illegitimately obtained object, by which the present possessor is privileged to retain the object and pay its value. B. Kam. 65ᵇ נעשה ש׳ בידו וקנאו the change (from calf to ox) happened while the animal was in his possession, and he has obtained ownership. Ib. וניקנינהו בש׳ השם may he not have obtained the ownership of it through the change of name? Ib. ש׳ במקומו עומד (not עומדת) the change stands in its (the original’s) place, i.e. the change of form or name of an object does not affect its legal status; ib. 93ᵇ; ib. 68ᵃ ש׳ במקומה עומד. Ib. 66ᵇ ש׳ מעשה (= ש׳ ע"י מעשה) a change brought about by human action. Ib. 68ᵃ, a. fr. ש׳ רשות change of possession (by transfer of the object to a third person). Ib. 93ᵇ ש׳ דרבנן a change which gives the right of ownership by rabbinical ordinance, i.e. ש׳ החוזר לברייתו (ib. 67ᵃ) a change (of name) which can be undone by restoring the object to its original condition; ש׳ דאורייתא a change which gives the right of ownership by Biblical law, i.e. a change which cannot be undone; a. fr.—Men. 43ᵃ וסימנך ש׳ שקר ש׳ אמת and the mnemonical word (to remember which change proves the color to be genuine (תכלת), and which proves it to be adulterated) is ‘a false change’ (one who changes his word for evil is a bad man), ‘a true change’ (one who changes his word to do better than he has promised).—Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., ch. XIX, Par. 11; Meïl. 18ᵃ, v. שִׁיקּוּר I.—Pl. שִׁינּוּיִים, שִׁינּוּיִין. B. Kam. 65ᵇ (ref. to גם, Deut. XXIII, 19) לרבות שִׁינּוּיֵיהֶם this serves to include in the prohibition these objects even when they have been changed in form; Tem. 30ᵇ; a. e.