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כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

כָּשוֹרָא, כְּשוֹ׳f. ( כשר; cmp. גִּשְׁרָא) joist, beam, post. Targ. Y. Gen. 19:8 (O. שָׁרִיתָא; h. text קֹרָה). Targ. 2 Kings 6:2 (ed. Lag. שדי, Var. שרי, כ׳); a. e.B. Kam.66b, v. טְלָלָא. Ib. 11a, v. זוּזָא I. Hor.3b כי היכי דנימטין שיבא מכ׳ in order that each of us may carry off a chip of the beam (that you may share the responsibility with me). Keth.17a אין דמיין עלייכי ככ׳ if they (the brides you carry in procession) are on your shoulders like a beam (awaking no sensual desire). Ib. 86b; B. Kam.98b כי כ׳ לצלמי like a beam fit for decorative mouldings (proverbial expression for straight and exact), v. גְּבִי. Kidd.80b מיחברי … כ׳וכ׳ ten persons combine to steal a beam and are not ashamed of one another; a. e.Pl. כְּשוֹרִין, כְּשוֹרֵי. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:11. Targ. Cant. 1:17 כְּשוֹרוֹהִי (some ed. כָּשְׁרוֹהִי); a. e.Sabb.67a ז׳ ציבי מז׳ כ׳ seven chips from seven beams. B. Kam.96a גובי ועברינהו כ׳ if one stole trunks and made them into joists (by trimming). Gitt.67b איעסק בכ׳ busied himself with carrying (or trimming) beams; a. e.Trnsf. lengthy slices of a radish. Sabb.108b במערבא מלחי כ׳ כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כִּישְׁרֵי, Ar. כִּשְׁרֵי, Var. כִּישֵׁי; Alf. פישרי) in Palestine they salt them (on the Sabbath) each slice by itself (just as they are eaten).

נָטַל(b. h.; cmp. טִלְטֵל) 1) to move, carry off; to receive, take. B. Mets.I, 1 זה נוֹטֵלוכ׳ the one (of the claimants) gets three shares Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. ומה שכר נָטְלוּ על כך what reward did they get for it?Sifra Shmini, beg. מסיני נטלו להם they got (their punishment) from Sinai. Sabb.151b טוֹל מהוכ׳ take away what thou hast put into me. Arakh.16b; B. Bath.15b טול קיסם מבין עיניך (Ag. Hatt. שיניך) remove the chip from between thy eyes (teeth); טול קורהוכ׳ remove the beam from Gitt.VI, 1 אף האומרת טול לי גטי even if she says, get me my letter of divorce (instead of ‘receive for me). Ib. 78a טְלִי גוטיךוכ׳ take up thy letter of divorce from the ground. Pesik. R. s. 26, end נָטַלְחִּי עיני I lifted up my eyes. Ber.II, 8 לא כל הרוצה לִיטּוֹל לו את השם יִטּוֹל Y. ed., not every one who desires to assume a name, may assume it, i. e. not every one has a right to consider himself superior to the masses (v. יוֹהֲרָא); a. v. fr.Part. pass. נָטוּל; f. נְטוּלָה removed. Ned.XI, 12 (if a woman says) נ׳ אני מן היהודים I will be removed from (keep no company with) Jews; … יפר … ותהא נ׳וכ׳ the husband may forbid the vow as far as it concerns himself, and (for the rest) let her be isolated Snh.21b נְטוּלֵי טחול persons who had their milt cut out (to make them fast runners).V. נְטוּלָה. 2) (sub. מים) to pour water over ones hands for purification; נ׳ לידים, (ellipt.) נ׳ ידים, or only נ׳ to wash the hands before and after meals, before prayer Tosef.Yad.I, 1 מי רביעית נוֹטְלִין לידיםוכ׳ (Var. ed. Zuck., a. Mish. ib. I, 1 נותנין) a quantity of one fourth of a Log of water may be used for pouring over the hands of one person Ib. 13 הנוֹטֵל לידים הנוטל מתכוין והנותןוכ׳ if a person had his hands washed, himself having the intention (of purification), while he who poured it had not. Ib. 2; Mish. ib. II, 3 נ׳ את הראשונים if he began to use the water for washing before the meal (v. מַיִם). Ḥull.107a נוטלין ממנו לידים you may use it for washing the hands; Tosef. l. c. 6. Ber.VIII, 2. Ib. 51a אל חִּטּוֹל ידיך ממיוכ׳ have not water poured over thy hands by one who has not washed his hands Ḥull.105a נוטלין … בכלי you must wash over a vessel (receiving the water); ע״ג קרקע on the floor; a. v. fr. Nif. נִיטַּל 1) to be handled. Sabb.XVII, 1 (122b) כל הכלים נִיטְּלִין בשבת all vessels (implements, utensils) may be handled on the Sabbath. Ib. 43a, a. e. אין כלי נ׳ אלא לדבר הנ׳ בשבת a utensil must not be handled on the Sabbath except for the protection of a thing which may be used on the Sabbath. Par. V, 9 והן יכולות להִנָּטֵלוכ׳ and they can be handled simultaneously; a. fr. 2) to be removed, be gone. Ḥull.III, 1; 2, v. כָּבֵר III. Ohol. II, 3 כדי שיִנָּטֵל מן כ׳ as much of it as, if cut out from the skull of a living being, would cause death; a. fr. 3) to be used for washing hands. Tosef.Yad.II, 7 לא נִטְּלוּ מן הכלי the water was not poured directly from the vessel; לא ניטלו מן הרביעית not poured from a vessel containing one fourth of a Log; a. fr. Hif. הִטִּיל 1) to throw; to put; to hang on, attach. Gitt.V, 9 משתַּטּיל המים from the time she pours water on the flour. Yoma III, 2 המַטִּיל מים who urinates. Men.40b ה׳ לבעלתוכ׳ if he attached the fringe (תְּכֵלֶת) to a three-cornered garment. Sabb.42b להַטִּיל ביצתה to lay her eggs; a. fr. 2) (of plants) to assume the shape of, to develop. Maasr. I, 2 משיַטִּילוּ שאור, v. שְׂאוֹר; ib. משיטילו גידין, v. גִּיד. Hof. הוּטָּל to be thrown; to lie. Part. מוּטָּל, f. מוּטֶּלֵת; pl. מוּטָּלִים, מוּטָּלִין; מוּטָּלוֹת a) lying. Kidd.82b מ׳ ברעב lies prostrated from starvation. Ber.III, 1 מי שמתו מ׳ לפניו he whose dead relative lies before him; ib. 18a כיון שמ׳ עליו לקוברו כמ׳וכ׳ since the duty of burying rests upon him, it is the same as if the body were lying before him. Yeb.37b, a. fr. ממו‌‌ן המ׳ בספק, v. סָפֵק; a. fr.b) מוּטֶּלֶת a garment provided with show-fringes. Men. l. c. הטיל למ׳ if he attached additional fringes to a garment provided ; a. fr.

נָטַל(b. h.; cmp. טִלְטֵל) 1) to move, carry off; to receive, take. B. Mets.I, 1 זה נוֹטֵלוכ׳ the one (of the claimants) gets three shares Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. ומה שכר נָטְלוּ על כך what reward did they get for it?Sifra Shmini, beg. מסיני נטלו להם they got (their punishment) from Sinai. Sabb.151b טוֹל מהוכ׳ take away what thou hast put into me. Arakh.16b; B. Bath.15b טול קיסם מבין עיניך (Ag. Hatt. שיניך) remove the chip from between thy eyes (teeth); טול קורהוכ׳ remove the beam from Gitt.VI, 1 אף האומרת טול לי גטי even if she says, get me my letter of divorce (instead of ‘receive for me). Ib. 78a טְלִי גוטיךוכ׳ take up thy letter of divorce from the ground. Pesik. R. s. 26, end נָטַלְחִּי עיני I lifted up my eyes. Ber.II, 8 לא כל הרוצה לִיטּוֹל לו את השם יִטּוֹל Y. ed., not every one who desires to assume a name, may assume it, i. e. not every one has a right to consider himself superior to the masses (v. יוֹהֲרָא); a. v. fr.Part. pass. נָטוּל; f. נְטוּלָה removed. Ned.XI, 12 (if a woman says) נ׳ אני מן היהודים I will be removed from (keep no company with) Jews; … יפר … ותהא נ׳וכ׳ the husband may forbid the vow as far as it concerns himself, and (for the rest) let her be isolated Snh.21b נְטוּלֵי טחול persons who had their milt cut out (to make them fast runners).V. נְטוּלָה. 2) (sub. מים) to pour water over ones hands for purification; נ׳ לידים, (ellipt.) נ׳ ידים, or only נ׳ to wash the hands before and after meals, before prayer Tosef.Yad.I, 1 מי רביעית נוֹטְלִין לידיםוכ׳ (Var. ed. Zuck., a. Mish. ib. I, 1 נותנין) a quantity of one fourth of a Log of water may be used for pouring over the hands of one person Ib. 13 הנוֹטֵל לידים הנוטל מתכוין והנותןוכ׳ if a person had his hands washed, himself having the intention (of purification), while he who poured it had not. Ib. 2; Mish. ib. II, 3 נ׳ את הראשונים if he began to use the water for washing before the meal (v. מַיִם). Ḥull.107a נוטלין ממנו לידים you may use it for washing the hands; Tosef. l. c. 6. Ber.VIII, 2. Ib. 51a אל חִּטּוֹל ידיך ממיוכ׳ have not water poured over thy hands by one who has not washed his hands Ḥull.105a נוטלין … בכלי you must wash over a vessel (receiving the water); ע״ג קרקע on the floor; a. v. fr. Nif. נִיטַּל 1) to be handled. Sabb.XVII, 1 (122b) כל הכלים נִיטְּלִין בשבת all vessels (implements, utensils) may be handled on the Sabbath. Ib. 43a, a. e. אין כלי נ׳ אלא לדבר הנ׳ בשבת a utensil must not be handled on the Sabbath except for the protection of a thing which may be used on the Sabbath. Par. V, 9 והן יכולות להִנָּטֵלוכ׳ and they can be handled simultaneously; a. fr. 2) to be removed, be gone. Ḥull.III, 1; 2, v. כָּבֵר III. Ohol. II, 3 כדי שיִנָּטֵל מן כ׳ as much of it as, if cut out from the skull of a living being, would cause death; a. fr. 3) to be used for washing hands. Tosef.Yad.II, 7 לא נִטְּלוּ מן הכלי the water was not poured directly from the vessel; לא ניטלו מן הרביעית not poured from a vessel containing one fourth of a Log; a. fr. Hif. הִטִּיל 1) to throw; to put; to hang on, attach. Gitt.V, 9 משתַּטּיל המים from the time she pours water on the flour. Yoma III, 2 המַטִּיל מים who urinates. Men.40b ה׳ לבעלתוכ׳ if he attached the fringe (תְּכֵלֶת) to a three-cornered garment. Sabb.42b להַטִּיל ביצתה to lay her eggs; a. fr. 2) (of plants) to assume the shape of, to develop. Maasr. I, 2 משיַטִּילוּ שאור, v. שְׂאוֹר; ib. משיטילו גידין, v. גִּיד. Hof. הוּטָּל to be thrown; to lie. Part. מוּטָּל, f. מוּטֶּלֵת; pl. מוּטָּלִים, מוּטָּלִין; מוּטָּלוֹת a) lying. Kidd.82b מ׳ ברעב lies prostrated from starvation. Ber.III, 1 מי שמתו מ׳ לפניו he whose dead relative lies before him; ib. 18a כיון שמ׳ עליו לקוברו כמ׳וכ׳ since the duty of burying rests upon him, it is the same as if the body were lying before him. Yeb.37b, a. fr. ממו‌‌ן המ׳ בספק, v. סָפֵק; a. fr.b) מוּטֶּלֶת a garment provided with show-fringes. Men. l. c. הטיל למ׳ if he attached additional fringes to a garment provided ; a. fr.

פָּסַל(b. h.) 1) to cut, chip, hew, trim. Tanḥ. ʿEḳeb 9 (ref. to Koh. 3:5) עת היה לִפְסוֹל שניוכ׳ the time came to hew other two tablets (in place of the broken). Ib. מתחת כסא הכבוד פְּסָלָן he hewed them from under the throne of glory. Ab. Zar.52a (ref. to Deut. 7:25) משפְּסָלוֹ נעשה אלוה as soon as a gentile has done chiselling on it, it becomes a deity (an idol forbidden to Jews for any use); ib. פסלו לאלוה לאוכ׳ when the gentile has hewed it for a god, thou shalt not covet it; פסלו מאלוה ולקחת לך when he chips it so as to unfit it as an idol (v. infra), thou mayest take it unto thyself; a. e.Part. pass. פָּסוּל; f. פְּסוּלָה; pl. פְּסוּלִים, פְּסוּלִין; פְּסוּלוֹת a) chiselled, chipped. Lev. R. s. 22 אבנים פ׳ chipped stones (unfit for the altar); a. e.b) (cmp. פָּגַם) defective, unfit, disqualified, v. פָּסוּל. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּל) to disqualify, to be the cause of disqualification of; to declare unfit. Ḥull.III, 12 פּוֹסְלִין, v. כָּשֵׁר I. Ab. Zar. l. c. מניין לנכרי שפּוֹסֵל אלוהו how will you prove that a gentile can cancel his deity (by disfiguring it)? Kidd.70a אוי לו לפוסל את זרעו ולפוגםוכ׳ woe to him who causes his descendants to be disqualified and his family to be tarnished. Ib. כל הפוסל פסול he who tarnishes (casts suspicion on the purity of a family) is himself tarnished (of spurious descent); במומו פוסל he charges others with his own defect. Ex. R. s. 1 החזירתו … ופ׳ את כלן she (Pharaohs daughter) took him (the infant Moses) around to all Egyptian women to give him suck, but he rejected all of them (refused to take their breasts); ולמה פְסָלָן and why did he reject them? Snh.III, 1 זה פוֹסֵל דיינו של זהוכ׳ each has a right to reject the judge chosen by the other; אם היו כשרים … אינו יכול לפוֹסְלָן if they are fit (not legally disqualified) or authorized, he cannot reject them. Ib. זה פוסל עדיווכ׳ every witness in a case may help by his testimony to disqualify the opposing partys witnesses. R. Hash. I, 7 קבלו … ופָסְלוּוכ׳ they accepted as witnesses himself and his son, and rejected his slave. Mikv. II, 4 פּוֹסְלִין את המקוה are sufficient to make the pond unfit for ritual immersion. Ib. VII, 5 לא פְסָלוּהוּ they do not make the blood unfit. Zeb.I, 4 המחשבה פוֹסֶלֶת the improper intention makes the sacrifice unfit. Succ.II, 7, a. e. בית שמאי פוסלין the school of Sh. declares such a Succah to be ritually unfit; a. v. fr.Trnsf. to cancel, abrogate. B. Kam.97a פְּסָלַתּוּ מלכות the government cancelled the coin; פסלתו מדינה the inhabitants of the district refused to pass it.Gen. R. s. 30, beg. כל מקום שנאמר אלה פ׳ את הראשוניםוכ׳ wherever the Biblical text has ‘these, it is meant to cancel (exclude) the preceding; wherever it has ‘and these, it is to add to the preceding; Ex. R. s. 1 אלה תולדות … פ׳וכ׳ ‘these are the origins of heaven and earth (Gen. 2:4), this excludes the time of chaos; a. fr. Nif. נִפִסַל 1) to be hewn, sculptured. Sifra Kdosh. beg. פסל על שהם נִפְסָלִין idols are named pesel, because they are sculptured; (Yalk. Lev. 604 פסולין). 2) to be disqualified, made unfit, declared unfit. Zeb.I, 4 הזבח נ׳ ארבעהוכ׳ a sacrifice may become unfit by improper actions in four stages, at the slaughtering Pes.15b; 45b הפת … ונִפְסְלָה מלאכול if bread becomes mouldy and unfit for man to eat. Toh. VIII, 6 עד שיִפָּסֵל מאוכל הכלב until it becomes unfit for a dog to eat; Y.Ḥall.IV, 60a top עד שתִּפְסוֹל. Men.100a, v. פְּסוֹל. Num. R. s. 6 end לא היו נִפְסָלִים אלא בקול they (the Levites) became unfit for service only when they lost their voice for song. B. Kam.IX, 2 נִפְסְלָה מעל גבי המזבח became unfit for the altar; a. fr.Trnsf. to be cancelled, abrogated. B. Kam. l. c. (גזל) מטבע ונ׳ if one stole a coin, and it was invalidated (before he made the restitution). Snh.104b (expl. סִלָּה, Lam. 1:15) כאדם שאומר לחברו נפסלה מטבע זו as one says to his neighbor, this coin is worthless; v. סָלָא; a. e. Pi. פִּיסֵּל to cut off dry twigs, to trim. Shebi. II, 3 מְפַסְּלִין עדוכ׳ (in the ante-Sabbatical year) you may trim trees up to New Year, v. פִּיסּוּל. Mikv. IX, 7 מְפַסְּלי אילנות trimmers of trees. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top; a. e.Yalk. Deut. 942 מְפַסְּלוֹ במעצד he chips it (the crooked staff) with the adze; Sifré ib. 308 מפתלו (corr. acc.). Hif. הִפְסִיל to find fault, to speak contemptuously. Koh. R. to XI, 9 שהיה מַפְסִיל בנשיםוכ׳ who used to find fault with women (considering none good enough for him as wife), and was a profligate.(Part. pass. מוּפְסָל, v. next w.

פָּסַל(b. h.) 1) to cut, chip, hew, trim. Tanḥ. ʿEḳeb 9 (ref. to Koh. 3:5) עת היה לִפְסוֹל שניוכ׳ the time came to hew other two tablets (in place of the broken). Ib. מתחת כסא הכבוד פְּסָלָן he hewed them from under the throne of glory. Ab. Zar.52a (ref. to Deut. 7:25) משפְּסָלוֹ נעשה אלוה as soon as a gentile has done chiselling on it, it becomes a deity (an idol forbidden to Jews for any use); ib. פסלו לאלוה לאוכ׳ when the gentile has hewed it for a god, thou shalt not covet it; פסלו מאלוה ולקחת לך when he chips it so as to unfit it as an idol (v. infra), thou mayest take it unto thyself; a. e.Part. pass. פָּסוּל; f. פְּסוּלָה; pl. פְּסוּלִים, פְּסוּלִין; פְּסוּלוֹת a) chiselled, chipped. Lev. R. s. 22 אבנים פ׳ chipped stones (unfit for the altar); a. e.b) (cmp. פָּגַם) defective, unfit, disqualified, v. פָּסוּל. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּל) to disqualify, to be the cause of disqualification of; to declare unfit. Ḥull.III, 12 פּוֹסְלִין, v. כָּשֵׁר I. Ab. Zar. l. c. מניין לנכרי שפּוֹסֵל אלוהו how will you prove that a gentile can cancel his deity (by disfiguring it)? Kidd.70a אוי לו לפוסל את זרעו ולפוגםוכ׳ woe to him who causes his descendants to be disqualified and his family to be tarnished. Ib. כל הפוסל פסול he who tarnishes (casts suspicion on the purity of a family) is himself tarnished (of spurious descent); במומו פוסל he charges others with his own defect. Ex. R. s. 1 החזירתו … ופ׳ את כלן she (Pharaohs daughter) took him (the infant Moses) around to all Egyptian women to give him suck, but he rejected all of them (refused to take their breasts); ולמה פְסָלָן and why did he reject them? Snh.III, 1 זה פוֹסֵל דיינו של זהוכ׳ each has a right to reject the judge chosen by the other; אם היו כשרים … אינו יכול לפוֹסְלָן if they are fit (not legally disqualified) or authorized, he cannot reject them. Ib. זה פוסל עדיווכ׳ every witness in a case may help by his testimony to disqualify the opposing partys witnesses. R. Hash. I, 7 קבלו … ופָסְלוּוכ׳ they accepted as witnesses himself and his son, and rejected his slave. Mikv. II, 4 פּוֹסְלִין את המקוה are sufficient to make the pond unfit for ritual immersion. Ib. VII, 5 לא פְסָלוּהוּ they do not make the blood unfit. Zeb.I, 4 המחשבה פוֹסֶלֶת the improper intention makes the sacrifice unfit. Succ.II, 7, a. e. בית שמאי פוסלין the school of Sh. declares such a Succah to be ritually unfit; a. v. fr.Trnsf. to cancel, abrogate. B. Kam.97a פְּסָלַתּוּ מלכות the government cancelled the coin; פסלתו מדינה the inhabitants of the district refused to pass it.Gen. R. s. 30, beg. כל מקום שנאמר אלה פ׳ את הראשוניםוכ׳ wherever the Biblical text has ‘these, it is meant to cancel (exclude) the preceding; wherever it has ‘and these, it is to add to the preceding; Ex. R. s. 1 אלה תולדות … פ׳וכ׳ ‘these are the origins of heaven and earth (Gen. 2:4), this excludes the time of chaos; a. fr. Nif. נִפִסַל 1) to be hewn, sculptured. Sifra Kdosh. beg. פסל על שהם נִפְסָלִין idols are named pesel, because they are sculptured; (Yalk. Lev. 604 פסולין). 2) to be disqualified, made unfit, declared unfit. Zeb.I, 4 הזבח נ׳ ארבעהוכ׳ a sacrifice may become unfit by improper actions in four stages, at the slaughtering Pes.15b; 45b הפת … ונִפְסְלָה מלאכול if bread becomes mouldy and unfit for man to eat. Toh. VIII, 6 עד שיִפָּסֵל מאוכל הכלב until it becomes unfit for a dog to eat; Y.Ḥall.IV, 60a top עד שתִּפְסוֹל. Men.100a, v. פְּסוֹל. Num. R. s. 6 end לא היו נִפְסָלִים אלא בקול they (the Levites) became unfit for service only when they lost their voice for song. B. Kam.IX, 2 נִפְסְלָה מעל גבי המזבח became unfit for the altar; a. fr.Trnsf. to be cancelled, abrogated. B. Kam. l. c. (גזל) מטבע ונ׳ if one stole a coin, and it was invalidated (before he made the restitution). Snh.104b (expl. סִלָּה, Lam. 1:15) כאדם שאומר לחברו נפסלה מטבע זו as one says to his neighbor, this coin is worthless; v. סָלָא; a. e. Pi. פִּיסֵּל to cut off dry twigs, to trim. Shebi. II, 3 מְפַסְּלִין עדוכ׳ (in the ante-Sabbatical year) you may trim trees up to New Year, v. פִּיסּוּל. Mikv. IX, 7 מְפַסְּלי אילנות trimmers of trees. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top; a. e.Yalk. Deut. 942 מְפַסְּלוֹ במעצד he chips it (the crooked staff) with the adze; Sifré ib. 308 מפתלו (corr. acc.). Hif. הִפְסִיל to find fault, to speak contemptuously. Koh. R. to XI, 9 שהיה מַפְסִיל בנשיםוכ׳ who used to find fault with women (considering none good enough for him as wife), and was a profligate.(Part. pass. מוּפְסָל, v. next w.