רִאשׁוֹן, preced.) first. ר׳ ר׳ one after the other. R. Hash. 17ᵃ, v. עָבַר; a. fr.—Gitt. V, 8 כהן קורא ר׳ וכ׳ a priest reads (from the Torah) the first, and after him &c. Ib. 59ᵇ לפתוח ר׳ ולברך ר׳ וליטול … ר׳ to be the first in opening a meeting, the first in saying the blessing &c., v. מָנָה I; a. v. fr.—Esp. a) ר׳ (or ר׳ לטומאה) first degree of uncleanness, original cause of uncleanness. Toh. II, 2 האוכל אוכל ר׳ ר׳ he who eats food of the first degree of uncleanness becomes himself unclean in the first degree. Ib. 3 הר׳ שבחולין טמא ומטמא secular food of the first degree of uncleanness is unclean and makes unclean. Ib. 4; a. v. fr.—b) ר׳ the person with whom a relationship begins, direct relative (brothers with reference to their respective issues). Snh. 28ᵃ, a. e., v. שֵׁנִי.—c) ר׳ (כלי) a vessel direct from the fire. Ḥull. 104ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. רִאשׁוֹנִים. Yoma III, 11 על הר׳ נאמר וכ׳ to the former was applied the verse &c. Sabb. 112ᵇ אם ר׳ בני וכ׳ if those before us were sons of angels, we are sons of men, and if those before us were sons of men, we are &c. Ib. 56ᵇ מקיש ר׳ לאחרונים the Scriptural text compares the predecessors to the successors. Erub. 64ᵇ דורות הר׳ the earlier generations; a. fr.—Fem. רִאשׁוֹנָה. Ned. 91ᵃ, v. מִשְׁנָה. Keth. 82ᵇ בר׳ in former days, originally. Ned. XI, 12 בר׳ היו אומרים וכ׳ originally the law was that &c.; a. fr.—[Y. Taan. II, 65ᵃ top בדִאשׁוֹנָהּ on its (the year’s) first day (R. Hash. 16ᵇ בתחילתה).]—Pl. רִאשׁוֹנוֹת. Ber. 13ᵃ משכחות את הר׳, v. צָרָה II. Ib. 34ᵃ ר׳ (שלש) the first three sections of the Prayer of Benedictions. B. Kam. 54ᵇ, v. דִּיבַּר; a. v. fr.