תּוֹכֵחָה, reproof, admonition, threat of punishment. Arakh. 16ᵇ תמיהני … שמקבל ת׳ I wonder whether in this generation there is one that accepts admonition; Sifra K’dosch., Par. 2, ch. IV. Arakh. l. c. עד היכן ת׳ וכ׳ how far must you go in reproving your neighbor (Lev. XIX, 17)? Until he strikes you. Lev. R. s. 27 (ref. to Is. I, 18) זו תשובה וזו ת׳ is this an argument, and this a threat?; Tanḥ. Emor 10; Yalk. Mic. 554. Ḥag. 4ᵇ (ref. to Gen. XLV, 3) ומה ת׳ של בשר ודם כך ת׳ וכ׳ if the rebuke of a human being has such an effect, how much greater ought to be the effect of God’s rebuke!; a. fr.—Pl. תּוֹכָחוֹת. Tam. 28ᵃ יאהב את הת׳ שכל זמן שת׳ וכ׳ let man love reproofs, for as long as reproofs are in the world, ease of mind comes upon the world, good, and blessing &c. Deut. R. s. 1 ראויין היו הת׳ וכ׳ the rebukes (threats of punishment) should have been pronounced through Balaam, and the blessings through Moses; ib. יוכיחן משה … והת׳ ביד ישראל let Moses who loves them rebuke them, and Balaam who hates them, bless them in order that the blessings and the rebukes be made certain in Israel’s hand; Yalk. ib. 795. Deut. R. l. c. הואיל וקבלו עליהן תּוֹכְחוֹתֶיךָ וכ׳ because they accepted thy (Moses’) rebukes, thou must bless them; a. fr.