[45a - 50 lines; 45b - 42 lines]

1)[line 14]שר הבירהSAR HA'BIRAH- Rav Acha, the Minister of the Palace; this was his title (Rashi Kesuvos 88a)

2)[line 15]כפר עכוKEFAR AKO- a town near the port city of Ako (Ptolemais). While many Nochrim lived in Ako, Kefar Ako was a primarily Jewish town.

3)[line 15]פרוק הנהו שבוייתא דאתו מארמון לטבריאPARUK HANAHU SHEVUYAISA D'ASU ME'ARMON L'TEVERYA- (a) redeemed certain women captives who came from Armon to Tiberias; (b) according to YA'AVETZ, Rashi is Gores "ME'ARMON L'ANTUCHIYA" - from Armon (Armenia) to Antuchiya, the ancient capital of Syria, situated on the Orontes River

4)[line 20]רבותא למחשב גבריREVUSA L'MECHSHAV GAVREI?- Is it a great thing to cite authorities (lit. to enumerate people)?

5)[line 22]חלופי בר קפרא ועיילי זקני דרוםCHALUFEI BAR KAPARA V'AILEI ZIKNEI DAROM- remove bar Kapara and insert the Elders of the South in his place

6)[line 24]אמר רב יוסף רבי היאAMAR RAV YOSEF, REBBI HI- that is, the reason why I ruled that the child is a Mamzer is not because of the rulings of Rav and Rebbi Yochanan, but because Rebbi ruled that way, and his opinion carries more weight than any other.

7)[line 28]הולד מקולקלHA'VELAD MEKULKAL- the child is ruined (and may not marry anyone)

8)[line 42]גמלא במדי אקבא רקדאGAMLA B'MADAI, A'KABA RAKDA- a camel in Media can dance in a measuring container that holds a Kav, i.e. in Media anything is possible

9)[line 43]הא קבא והא גמלא והא מדי ולא רקדאHA KABA, V'HA GAMLA, V'HA MADAI, V'LO RAKDA!- here is the Kav measure, and here is the camel, and here is Media, and the camel is not dancing! i.e. you permit the child to everyone but refuse to let your daughter marry him

10)[line 44]אי מר לא יהיב ליה אחריני יהבי ליהIY MAR LO YAHIV LEI, ACHARINEI YAHAVEI LEI- if Rav does not give his daughter to him [in marriage], [there will always be] others [who] will give their daughters to him [in marriage]

11)[line 47]איטמרITAMAR- hide yourself (by going to a place where no one knows you)

12)[line 48]נסיב בת מינךNASIV BAS MINECH- marry a woman who is similar to you, who is the daughter of a Jewess and a Nochri

13)[line 48]או גליO GALI- either go into exile [to another city where people do not know you]

14)[line 49]בני בי מיכסיBNEI BEI MICHSEI- the people of Bei Michsei, possibly Makesin, a city on the Habor River, a tributary of the Euphrates River

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15)[line 3]אין לו תקנהEIN LO TAKANAH- (a) he cannot marry a Jewess, since he is a Mamzer (RASHI); (b) he cannot marry anyone, even a Mamzeres or maidservant, since he is part Mamzer and part Jew. All of his children will have the same status, also (RAMBAM Hilchos Isurei Bi'ah 15:5).

16)[line 27]ומנייהU'MANYEI- and appointed him

17)[line 28]בפורסי דבבלB'FURSEI D'VAVEL- (O.F. menestrel) among the Jewish officers of Bavel

18)[line 32]לשם אנתתאL'SHEM INTESA- [he made her immerse to become purified from the Tum'ah of Nidah] for the sake of being his wife

19)[line 37]בר ארמייתאBAR ARAMAISA- the son of a Nochris (because they claimed that his mother's conversion was invalid, since did not immerse)