תּוֹרֵף, (תָּרַף = טָרַף; cmp. טִירְפָּא) that which makes a debt collectable from real estate, mortgage; trnsf. that passage in a document which makes it binding, e.g., in due bills, the last line stating the date of execution; in a letter of divorce, the names and especially the phrase הרי את מותרת לכל אדם (opp. טוֹפֵס q. v.). B. Mets. 7ᵇ אחד אדוק בטופס ואחד אדוק בת׳ … וזה נוטל ת׳ if (of those finding a due bill) one holds the ṭofes (upper portion), and the other the toref (the lower portion), the one gets the ṭofes, and the other the toref; expl. ib. לדמי וכ׳ a share in proportion to the value of a document without date (a personal debt) and of one with a date (mortgage). Y. Gitt. V, 47ᵇ top לא הספיק לכתוב תָּרְפּוֹ וכ׳ he had not yet written the execution of the sale, when &c. Ib. III, beg. 44ᶜ כתב תרפו בטופס if he filled out the blank (v. טוֹפֵס); ib. II, 44ᵇ bot. תרפו, a. טרפו. Bab. Gitt. 21ᵇ והוא ששייר מקום הת׳ provided he left the place for the toref (the last line) blank (to be filled out after the writing sheet is detached). Ib. אין כותבין ת׳ וכ׳ you must not write the toref (on material affixed to the ground), for fear that (if this be allowed) he may also have it signed (before detaching it); כתבו לת׳ וכ׳ but if he wrote the toref and detached the sheet afterward &c.; a. fr.