תּוֹלָדָה, birth, procreation, offspring.— Pl. תּוֹלָדוֹת. Gen. R. s. 12 שלשה דברים הללו … שלש ת׳ וכ׳ the following three things form the real creations of the world, and each of them delayed three days, and then produced offspring: the earth &c. Ib. לכל יש ת׳ … יש להן ת׳ וכ׳ all things have origins (mentioned in the Bible), heaven and earth have origins &c. Ib. כל מי שיש לו ת׳ וכ׳ whatever has an origin, dies and decays, is created, but does not create, but that which has no origin does not die &c. Num. R. s. 1412בעת שהעמיד ת׳ during the time of his begetting children. Y. Sot. VIII, 22ᶜ bot. שלישי לת׳ ורביעי וכ׳ he was the third in the order of birth, and the fourth in the order of accession; a. fr.
תּוֹלָדָה, secondary act, subspecies, opp. אב or עיקר, v. אָב II. Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵃ bot. שחיטה עיקר וחבורה ת׳ slaughtering is the primary act (forbidden on the Sabbath), and wounding is the secondary act. B. Kam. 2ᵃ הך … קרי לה ת׳ an act which was essential at the building of the Tabernacle is called ab, and one which was not essential, is called toladah; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. מדקתני אבות מכלל דאיכא ת׳ since the Mishnah speaks of main damages, we must conclude that there are also secondary ones; תּוֹלְדוֹתֵיהֶן כיוצא בהן וכ׳ are their subspecies subject to the same laws or not? Sabb. 2ᵇ הכא … תני אבות ותני ת׳ וכ׳ here (Sabb. I, 1) where the main subject is the Sabbath, the Mishnah specifies the main act and the secondary acts, &c.; Shebu. 5ᵃ; a. fr.
