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ישעיהו י״ד:כ״ג

וְטֵאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֔ד נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ {ס}

Isaiah 14:23

I will sweep it with a broom of extermination—declares the LORD of Hosts.

מלכים א י״ד:י׳

וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־יָרׇבְעָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל עַד־תֻּמּֽוֹ׃

I Kings 14:10

I will sweep away the House of Jeroboam utterly, as dung is swept away.

שופטים ה׳:כ״א

(כא) נַ֤חַל קִישׁוֹן֙ גְּרָפָ֔ם נַ֥חַל קְדוּמִ֖ים נַ֣חַל קִישׁ֑וֹן תִּדְרְכִ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י עֹֽז׃

Judges 5:21

(21) The torrent Kishon swept them away,
The raging torrent, the torrent Kishon.

March on, my soul, with courage!

רש"י על שופטים ה׳:כ״א

(א) גרפם. טאטם מן העולם, כמגרפה זו שגורפת את האפר מן הכירה:

Rashi on Judges 5:21

(1) Swept them away. It brushed them from the world like a broom which brushes ashes from an oven.

ראש השנה כ״ו ב:ה׳

לָא הֲווֹ יָדְעִי רַבָּנַן מַאי ״וְטֵאטֵאתִיהָ בְּמַטְאֲטֵא הַשְׁמֵד״. יוֹמָא חַד שַׁמְעוּהָ לְאַמְּתָא דְבֵי רַבִּי דַּהֲווֹת אָמְרָה לַחֲבֶירְתַּהּ: שְׁקוּלִי טָאטִיתָא וְטַאטִי בֵּיתָא.

Rosh Hashanah 26b:5

It is further related that the Sages did not know the meaning of the words in the verse: “And sweep it [vetetetiha] with the broom [matatei] of destruction” (Isaiah 14:23). One day they heard the maidservant in Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi’s house saying to her workmate: Take a broom [tateita] and sweep [ta’ati] the house,” and they understood the meaning of these words.

מגילה י״ח א:כ״ט

לָא הֲווֹ יָדְעִי רַבָּנַן מַאי ״וְטֵאטֵאתִיהָ בְּמַטְאֲטֵא הַשְׁמֵד״. שַׁמְעוּהָ לְאַמְּתָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי דַּהֲווֹת אָמְרָה לַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ: שְׁקוּלִי טָאטִיתָא וְטַאטִי בֵּיתָא.

Megillah 18a:29

And similarly, the Sages did not know what is meant by the word matatei in the verse: “And I will tatei it with the matatei of destruction” (Isaiah 14:23). One day they heard the maidservant in Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi’s house saying to her friend: Take a tateita and tati the house, from which they understood that a matatei is a broom, and the verb tati means to sweep.

שבת קכ״ד ב:ז׳

אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אָשֵׁי אָמַר רַב: מַכְבֵּדוֹת שֶׁל מֵילָת — מוּתָּר לְטַלְטְלָן בְּשַׁבָּת, אֲבָל שֶׁל תְּמָרָה — לָא.

Shabbat 124b:7

Rabbi Abba said that Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Ashi said that Rav said: With regard to brooms made of fine wool garments, it is permitted to move them on Shabbat because it is permitted to use them. However, brooms made of date-palm fronds, no, they may not be moved. It is prohibited to fill holes in the ground.

משנה תורה, הלכות שבת כ״ו:ב׳

(ב) מִכְבָּדוֹת שֶׁל תְּמָרָה וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן שֶׁמְּכַבְּדִין בָּהֶן אֶת הַקַּרְקַע הֲרֵי הֵן כִּכְלִי שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ לְהֶתֵּר שֶׁהֲרֵי מֻתָּר לְכַבֵּד בְּשַׁבָּת.

Mishneh Torah, Sabbath 26:2

(2) Brooms made of date branches and the like, which are used to sweep the ground, are considered utensils that are used for a permitted purpose, since sweeping is permitted on the Sabbath.

סוכה ל״ב א:ה׳

נִפְרְצוּ עָלָיו כּוּ׳. אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: נִפְרְצוּ — דְּעָבֵיד כִּי חוּפְיָא. נִפְרְדוּ — דְּאִיפָּרוּד אִפָּרוֹדֵי.

Sukkah 32a:5

§ The mishna continues: If the palm leaves were severed from the spine of the lulav, it is unfit; if its leaves were spread, it is fit. Rav Pappa said: Severed means that the leaves are completely detached from the spine, and one ties them to the lulav, so that the lulav is made like a broom. Spread means that the leaves remain attached but are merely separated from the spine in that they jut outward.

הכשרת האברכים ט׳:ס״ד

(סד) ואגב עוד דבר הנחוץ לך הרווחת בדברינו אלו, כי גם את סתם זרם המחשבות לא של תאוות רק של רשות השוטפות בך בתפילתך ומבלבלות אותך תוכל במטאטא זה לטאטאה וממך להרחיק.

Hakhsharat HaAvrekhim 9:64

(64) There is another ability which is crucial to you that you have gained from our discussion. Now you have a broom with which to sweep away unwanted thoughts, not unwarranted desires, but permitted, everyday thoughts that flow through your mind and confuse you when you are trying to pray.

פסחים ב׳ א:א׳

מַתְנִי׳ אוֹר לְאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר בּוֹדְקִין אֶת הֶחָמֵץ לְאוֹר הַנֵּר.

Pesachim 2a:1

MISHNA: On the evening [or] of the fourteenth of the month of Nisan, one searches for leavened bread in his home by candlelight.

משנה תורה, הלכות חמץ ומצה ב׳:ד׳

(ד) אֵין בּוֹדְקִין לֹא לְאוֹר הַלְּבָנָה וְלֹא לְאוֹר הַחַמָּה וְלֹא לְאוֹר הָאֲבוּקָה אֶלָּא לְאוֹר הַנֵּר.

Mishneh Torah, Leavened and Unleavened Bread 2:4

(4) We do not search [for chametz] by the light of the moon, the light of the sun, or the light of a torch; only by the light of a candle.

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