צָרָה I, [nearest,] associate wife, rival (cmp. רֵעַ). Yeb. I, 2 כשם שבתו פטורה כך צָרָתָהּ פטורה as a man’s daughter (who was the wife of his brother that died without issue) is exempt from marrying the yabam (her father), so is her associate exempt. Ib. הלכה צָרַת בתו … כשם שצָרַת בתו פטורה כך צרת צרתה פטורה if this his daughter’s associate marries a second brother of his who has another wife besides her, and he dies (without issue): as his daughter’s former associate is exempt, so is the latter’s present associate exempt; a. v. fr.—Snh. 103ᵇ; Yoma 9ᵇ; Num. R. s. 7 מסכה צ׳, v. מַסֵּכָה I. Midr. Till. to Ps. CI ועבר בים צ׳ זה צלמו של מיכה ‘and a rival crossed the sea’ (Zech. X, 11) , that means the image of Micah; Num. R. s. 16, end; Mekh. Bo, s. 14.—Yoma 19ᵇ, v. צְרֵדָה.—Pl. צָרוֹת. Yeb. I, 1 צרותיהן, חמש … פוטרות נָרוֹתֵיהֶן צ׳ fifteen women (married severally to the brother of a man with whom marriage is forbidden) cause the exemption from yibbum (יִבּוּם) of their associates and eventually the associates of their associates. Ib. 4 בית שמאי מתירין הצ׳ לאחים the school of Shammai allows the rivals of a woman forbidden on account of consanguinity to be married to one of the brothers of the deceased (without issue); a. fr.