water-cooled oil bath

פָּשַׁר(to divide, to spread, 1) to melt, dissolve. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassʿa, s. 4 (expl. ונמס, Ex. 16:21, cmp. פִּשְׁפָּש III) כיון … היה פוֹשֵׁי והולךוכ׳ when the sun shone upon it (the manna), it melted and formed rivulets which ran 2) to be stale, tepid. Tanḥ. Vayesheb 4 כוס פשור (prob. to be read פּוֹשֵׁר) a cup of wine mixed with stale water. Sifra Mtsorʿa, ch. I מים פושרים stale water (from pools), opp. מים חיים. Par. VIII, 9 (מים) המלוחים והפּוֹשְׁרִים salty water and pool water.In gen. פּוֹשְׁרִים, פּוֹשְׁרִין (sub. מים) tepid liquids. Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot., opp. צונין. Gen. R. s. 86 when his master said to him מזיג פ׳ והיו פ׳ mix the wine with tepid water, it was tepid, opp. רותחין. Ber.16b; Y. ib. II, 5b bot.; v. כָּיָה. Y.Nidd.II. beg.50c; a. fr.Y.Keth.X, end, 34a, v. Pi.Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי, v. Nithpa. Hif. הִפְשִׁיר 1) to make tepid; to temper, cool. Sabb.40b מפני שמַפְשִׁיר מים שעליו because (by standing against the fire after a cold bath) he tempers (warms) the water on his body. Ib. III, 5 (41a, sq.) כדי להַפְשִׁירָן enough to temper the cold water, opp. בשביל שיחמי to get hot. Y. ib. III, 6b top מותר להַפְשִׁיר במקום שהיד שולטת you may temper (cold water, on the Sabbath) by contact with a temperature which the hand can endure. Lev. R. s. 26 (ref. to Ez. 10:7) הִפְשִׁירָן ונתנןוכ׳ he lowered the temperature of the coals and handed them to him; Yalk. Kings 220; Tanḥ. Emor 3; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV (Yoma 77a נצטננו). Pesik. R. s. 12 (ref. to קָרְךָ, Deut. 25:18) אשר קֵירְךָ הִפְשִׁירְךָוכ׳ ‘who cooled thee, he (Amalek) made thee lukewarm, he made thee cold like water (so that others were encouraged to attack thee); a. fr. 2) (v. פְּשָׁרָה) to compromise. Y.Sot.v.20c bot. אברהם עשה … וה׳ עמו וכרות עמווכ׳ Abraham changed the evil inclination within him into good …, he compromised with it, (as we read, Neh. 9:8,) and he made a covenant with it (his heart); Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. והפסיד אלא (corr. acc.).Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11, v. infra. Nif. נִפְשַׁר to be dissolved; to be tempered. B. Kam.28b אפי׳ נִפְשָׁרָה even if the vessel fell apart (and its contents made the ground slippery). Sabb.40b לא בשביל שיבשל … שיִפָּשֵׁר not that it (the oil) be heated to boiling, but only that it be tempered (or be made more liquid). Pi. פִּישֵּׁר 1) to separate, tear loose, disengage. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 1 את מְפַשֵּׁר אותהוכ׳ thou disengagest it (the thorn sticking to thy garments) here, and it sticks there; Pesik. R. s. 10 beg. והוא מפשר אותהוכ׳ (not אותם). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. מְפַשְּׁרָןוכ׳ he may pick them (the thorns) out, … provided he does not tear the garment; Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11 מפשר בידו Var. (ed. Zuck. מפשיר). Pesik. R. s. 13 עמד ופִשְּׁרוֹ הימנו he stood up and tore it (the dog) away from him. Ib. זכור היאך פִּישַּׁרְתִּי הימךוכ׳ remember how I tore the dog away from thee; a. e. 2) to temper. Lam. R. to I, 12 יום אחד היה תרון … פִּשְּׁרוֹ the glowing wrath of the Lord lasted one day; if Israel had repented, he would have cooled it off. 3) to compromise, arbitrate. Y.B. Mets.VI, 11a top באותו שיכול לפַשֵּׁר in a case of seizure for service ( אנגריא), when he might have compromised (pay a certain amount and release the seized animal). Y.Snh.I, 18b bot. שנים שפִּישְּׁרוּוכ׳ when two judges have arbitrated, the parties cannot retract. Y.Keth.X, end, 34a (read:) פי׳ מן השני חזקהוכ׳ if he compromised with the second creditor, it is taken for granted that the first creditor has a right to seize the debtors property (without regard to the claims of the second); פי׳ מן הראשון … פי׳ if he compromised with the first creditor …, he has compromised (the compromise is binding, and the second creditor cannot seize that portion of the property which the first would have had a right to claim, v. Asheri to Keth.91b). Nithpa. נִתְפַּשֵּׁר to be disentangled; trnsf. to be acquitted, pardoned. Gen. R. s. 22 עשיתי תשובה ונִתְפַּשַּׁרְתִּי I repented and was pardoned; Lev. R. s. 10; Midr. Till. to Ps. 100; Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי (corr. acc.).

פָּשַׁר(to divide, to spread, 1) to melt, dissolve. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassʿa, s. 4 (expl. ונמס, Ex. 16:21, cmp. פִּשְׁפָּש III) כיון … היה פוֹשֵׁי והולךוכ׳ when the sun shone upon it (the manna), it melted and formed rivulets which ran 2) to be stale, tepid. Tanḥ. Vayesheb 4 כוס פשור (prob. to be read פּוֹשֵׁר) a cup of wine mixed with stale water. Sifra Mtsorʿa, ch. I מים פושרים stale water (from pools), opp. מים חיים. Par. VIII, 9 (מים) המלוחים והפּוֹשְׁרִים salty water and pool water.In gen. פּוֹשְׁרִים, פּוֹשְׁרִין (sub. מים) tepid liquids. Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot., opp. צונין. Gen. R. s. 86 when his master said to him מזיג פ׳ והיו פ׳ mix the wine with tepid water, it was tepid, opp. רותחין. Ber.16b; Y. ib. II, 5b bot.; v. כָּיָה. Y.Nidd.II. beg.50c; a. fr.Y.Keth.X, end, 34a, v. Pi.Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי, v. Nithpa. Hif. הִפְשִׁיר 1) to make tepid; to temper, cool. Sabb.40b מפני שמַפְשִׁיר מים שעליו because (by standing against the fire after a cold bath) he tempers (warms) the water on his body. Ib. III, 5 (41a, sq.) כדי להַפְשִׁירָן enough to temper the cold water, opp. בשביל שיחמי to get hot. Y. ib. III, 6b top מותר להַפְשִׁיר במקום שהיד שולטת you may temper (cold water, on the Sabbath) by contact with a temperature which the hand can endure. Lev. R. s. 26 (ref. to Ez. 10:7) הִפְשִׁירָן ונתנןוכ׳ he lowered the temperature of the coals and handed them to him; Yalk. Kings 220; Tanḥ. Emor 3; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV (Yoma 77a נצטננו). Pesik. R. s. 12 (ref. to קָרְךָ, Deut. 25:18) אשר קֵירְךָ הִפְשִׁירְךָוכ׳ ‘who cooled thee, he (Amalek) made thee lukewarm, he made thee cold like water (so that others were encouraged to attack thee); a. fr. 2) (v. פְּשָׁרָה) to compromise. Y.Sot.v.20c bot. אברהם עשה … וה׳ עמו וכרות עמווכ׳ Abraham changed the evil inclination within him into good …, he compromised with it, (as we read, Neh. 9:8,) and he made a covenant with it (his heart); Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. והפסיד אלא (corr. acc.).Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11, v. infra. Nif. נִפְשַׁר to be dissolved; to be tempered. B. Kam.28b אפי׳ נִפְשָׁרָה even if the vessel fell apart (and its contents made the ground slippery). Sabb.40b לא בשביל שיבשל … שיִפָּשֵׁר not that it (the oil) be heated to boiling, but only that it be tempered (or be made more liquid). Pi. פִּישֵּׁר 1) to separate, tear loose, disengage. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 1 את מְפַשֵּׁר אותהוכ׳ thou disengagest it (the thorn sticking to thy garments) here, and it sticks there; Pesik. R. s. 10 beg. והוא מפשר אותהוכ׳ (not אותם). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. מְפַשְּׁרָןוכ׳ he may pick them (the thorns) out, … provided he does not tear the garment; Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11 מפשר בידו Var. (ed. Zuck. מפשיר). Pesik. R. s. 13 עמד ופִשְּׁרוֹ הימנו he stood up and tore it (the dog) away from him. Ib. זכור היאך פִּישַּׁרְתִּי הימךוכ׳ remember how I tore the dog away from thee; a. e. 2) to temper. Lam. R. to I, 12 יום אחד היה תרון … פִּשְּׁרוֹ the glowing wrath of the Lord lasted one day; if Israel had repented, he would have cooled it off. 3) to compromise, arbitrate. Y.B. Mets.VI, 11a top באותו שיכול לפַשֵּׁר in a case of seizure for service ( אנגריא), when he might have compromised (pay a certain amount and release the seized animal). Y.Snh.I, 18b bot. שנים שפִּישְּׁרוּוכ׳ when two judges have arbitrated, the parties cannot retract. Y.Keth.X, end, 34a (read:) פי׳ מן השני חזקהוכ׳ if he compromised with the second creditor, it is taken for granted that the first creditor has a right to seize the debtors property (without regard to the claims of the second); פי׳ מן הראשון … פי׳ if he compromised with the first creditor …, he has compromised (the compromise is binding, and the second creditor cannot seize that portion of the property which the first would have had a right to claim, v. Asheri to Keth.91b). Nithpa. נִתְפַּשֵּׁר to be disentangled; trnsf. to be acquitted, pardoned. Gen. R. s. 22 עשיתי תשובה ונִתְפַּשַּׁרְתִּי I repented and was pardoned; Lev. R. s. 10; Midr. Till. to Ps. 100; Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי (corr. acc.).