שְׂרָרָה, (שָׂרַר) rulership, authority, office. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ לומר שכל ש׳ שניתנה וכ׳ to indicate that what authority is given to a man, is given by the Law. Lev. R. s. 20 (in the prayer of the high priest on the Day of Atonement) ואל יגביהו ישראל ש׳ וכ׳ and let Israel not assume high power one over the other; רבנן דקסרין … שלא יגביהו ש׳ the Rabbis of Cæsaræa say, (he prayed,) ‘concerning our brethren in Cæsaræa, that they may not assume authority’; Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ top. Ib. VI, 43ᵈ top שברח מן הש׳ who fled in order not to take an office; ib. שלא נכנס לש׳ who did not enter office. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ top אדם שהוא עתיד להנהיג ש׳ וכ׳ a man (Joshua) designated to exercise rulership over six hundred thousand men, does not know how to distinguish &c.? Cant. R. to IV, 7 מת ראובן נתנה ש׳ וכ׳ when Ruben died, the leadership was offered to Simeon; Num. R. s. 13⁸. Shek. V, 2 אין עושין ש׳ על הצבור פחות משנים Y. ed. (Mish. בממון פחות וכ׳) no office for communal (money) affairs must be created with less than two officers; B. Bath. 8ᵇ שְׂרָרוּת; a. fr.—V. סְרָרָה.