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בֵּית־מִדְרַשׁ‏ n.m. school

school, study hall JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, JBAg, LJLA. TgJ Jud5:24 : מִנְשַיָא דִמשַמְשָן בְבָתֵי מִדרָשִין תִתבָרַך‏ may she be blessed more than the women who work in schools. FTP Gen24:62 : ויצחק הוה אתי מבית מדרשא דשם רובא‏ Isaac was coming back from the school of Great Shem. PJ Ex39:33 : בית מדרשיה דהוו תמן יתבין משה ואהרן ובנוי והוה מתרץ להון סדר כהונתא‏ his academy where Moses and Aaron and his sons were sitting organizing the priestly order.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 94a; DJBA: 214a; Jastrow: 736;

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