Jastrow: תְּפִיסָה

תְּפִיסָה, תְּפִישָׂה f. (תָּפַס) 1) seizing, taking hold, possession; grasp, manipulation. Keth. 84ᵇ top ור"ע ת׳ … כלל and according to R. Akiba does possession have no legal effect at all? Ḥull. 44ᵃ עד כדי תְפִיסַת יד as much space as is covered by a grasp of the hand. Ned. V, 3 (46ᵃ) אם יש לו בהן תפיסת יד (Y. ed. פוסתת̇) if he has an interest in them (the bath, or the wine or oil press which he has rented out); ib. 46ᵇ וכמה ת׳ יד וכ׳ and how large must that interest be?… One-half, or one-third, or one-fourth. Ab. Zar. III, 5 מפני מה … שיש בה תפיסת ידי אדם (Y. ed. תְּפִישַׂת) why is it forbidden to make use of the wood of an Asherah (it being a natural object)? Because the hands of men had something to do with it (they planted it). Ib. 50ᵃ שתים בת׳ לו two stones (of a merculis) within a grasp’s distance (four cubits). Tosef. Ḥull. VIII, 5 לא … שכולן ת׳ אחת (not שכולי) they forbid (two guests in an inn at the same table to eat, the one meat, and the other cheese) only when all of it is handled together; Ḥull. 107ᵇ ת׳ אחת סלקא דעתך you cannot mean really handled together (wrapped together); אלא כעין ת׳ אחת but it means, with the appearance of belonging together. Tosef. Ter. III, 7 כל בית הגיתות תפו׳ אחת ed. Zuck. (Var. תפי׳) the whole wine-press room may be considered one concern; כיצד גת אחת … בזמן שכולן ת׳ אחת וכ׳ in what way? If there is one vat for two pits, or …, as long as they are all worked at the same time, you may take T’rumah or tithes from one for the other; אין כולם ת׳ אחת וכ׳ if they are not all worked at the same time, you cannot &c. Ib. כל בית הבד ת׳ אחת the whole oil press room may be considered one concern; a. fr.—Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת קורצין, v. קְווּצּוֹת.—Pl. תְּפִיסוֹת, תְּפִישׂ׳, תְּפוּ׳. Ab. Zar. 8ᵇ שתי ת׳ תפסה רומי וכ׳ twice Rome seized the empire (in the east), once in the days of queen Cleopatra, and once in the days of the Greeks. Ib. 50ᵃ בשתי ת׳ at a distance of two grasps (eight cubits), v. supra. Y. Ter. II, 41ᵇ bot. שהיה בלבו תפושה אחת … שתי תפוש׳ when he had intended to treat the wine in the press room as one concern, but reconsidered it in favor of two concerns; a. e. —2) being taken, detention. Num. R. s. 1318 שהיו מפשפשים … תפיסת מצרים they examined their own deeds to find out why the detention in Egypt had happened to them; a. e. —3) v. תְּפוּסָה