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פּוֹעֵלm. (preced.) laborer, hired man, employee. B. Mets.II, 9 (30b) ( בטל) היה בטל מסלע … כפ׳ if by taking charge of a lost animal he neglected his usual work to the extent of losing one Sela, he cannot say, give me one Sela, but he (the owner) pays him as he would pay an (idle) laborer, expl. ib. 31b כפ׳ בטל של אותה מלאכחוכ׳ like an idle laborer at the kind of work in which he was interrupted, i. e. as much as a laborer in that line would ask for stopping work for which he was engaged (which would be less than he would earn by working); (oth. opin.: as much as a laborer out of work would take rather than be idle); ib. V, 4. Ib. 77a יד פ׳ על העליונה the laborer is at an advantage (v. יָד); יד פ׳ על התחתונה the laborer is at a disadvantage. Ib. 83b top פ׳ בכניסתו משלו the time needed for the laborer to go home from his work is part of his free time, i. e. must not be deducted from the hours belonging to the employer (v. הוֹצָאָה); Gen. R. s. 72; a. fr.Pl. פּוֹעֲלִים, פּוֹעֲלִין. B. Mets.VII, 1. Ib. 89b; a. fr.Ab. II, 15 היום … הפ׳ עצלים the day (of life) is short, the work large, and the workingmen (of the Lord) are lazy.Pirké dR. El. ch. XIX (ref. to Ps. 92:8) והציצו כל פּוֹעֲלֵי צורתוכ׳ and all workers of similitudes of sun and moon shall see that they and their work are vanity.Ned.62b, v. preced. w.

פּוֹעֵלm. (preced.) laborer, hired man, employee. B. Mets.II, 9 (30b) ( בטל) היה בטל מסלע … כפ׳ if by taking charge of a lost animal he neglected his usual work to the extent of losing one Sela, he cannot say, give me one Sela, but he (the owner) pays him as he would pay an (idle) laborer, expl. ib. 31b כפ׳ בטל של אותה מלאכחוכ׳ like an idle laborer at the kind of work in which he was interrupted, i. e. as much as a laborer in that line would ask for stopping work for which he was engaged (which would be less than he would earn by working); (oth. opin.: as much as a laborer out of work would take rather than be idle); ib. V, 4. Ib. 77a יד פ׳ על העליונה the laborer is at an advantage (v. יָד); יד פ׳ על התחתונה the laborer is at a disadvantage. Ib. 83b top פ׳ בכניסתו משלו the time needed for the laborer to go home from his work is part of his free time, i. e. must not be deducted from the hours belonging to the employer (v. הוֹצָאָה); Gen. R. s. 72; a. fr.Pl. פּוֹעֲלִים, פּוֹעֲלִין. B. Mets.VII, 1. Ib. 89b; a. fr.Ab. II, 15 היום … הפ׳ עצלים the day (of life) is short, the work large, and the workingmen (of the Lord) are lazy.Pirké dR. El. ch. XIX (ref. to Ps. 92:8) והציצו כל פּוֹעֲלֵי צורתוכ׳ and all workers of similitudes of sun and moon shall see that they and their work are vanity.Ned.62b, v. preced. w.

פָּלַג(b. h.) to separate, split. Hif. הִפְלִיג 1) to part, go away. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. ומצאו שה׳ אף הואה׳ (not עוד) and finding that he (the friend that had knocked at the door) had withdrawn, he withdrew likewise.Esp. to go to sea (cmp. פִּילָגוֹס). Erub.IV, 1 הִפְלִיגָה ספינתם בים their ship went out on the open sea. Sabb.19a אין מַפְלִיגִין בספינהוכ׳ you must not start on a sea-voyage less than three days before the Sabbath; Num. R. s. 16, beg. אין מפליגין בספינה בים הגדול (contrad. to פָּרַש along the sea coast). 2) ה׳ ממלאכה (or sub. ממלאכה) to rest from work; to pause. Lev. R. s. 30 לכשיַפְלִיג, v. לָקַש. Tosef.Ber.IV, 21 הִפְלִיגוּ צריכיןוכ׳ (not צריך) when the laborers take a recess, they must say the benediction for what they have been eating while at work. Y.Yoma III, 40b bot. להפליג, v. הֶפְלֵג. 3) to divert, put off; to discard. Bab. ib. 66b לא מפני שהִפְלִיגָן בדבריםוכ׳ (he made an evasive reply) not because he desired to divert their minds with words (counterquestions), but because he never said anything that he had not heard from his teacher; Tosef.Yeb.III, 4; Succ.27b. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. אם שאלו … יַפְלִיגֶינּוּ כשם שה׳וכ׳ if he asks him whither he is going, let him put him off (state a distant destination), as did Jacob to Esau; Tosef. ib. III, 4 מַפְלִיגוֹ. Tosef.Gitt.VII (V), 8 כל תנאי אפשר … לא נתכוון זה אלא להַפְלִיגָהּ whenever an impossibility is made the condition of a letter of divorce, he (the husband) has had only the intention to divert her mind; Y.B. Mets.VII, end, 11c (corr. acc.). Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d כיון שה׳ דעתו ממנה when he turns his attentions from her (makes her feel that he does not intend to marry her). Gen. R. s. 17 ראה … והִפְלִיגָהּ ממנו when he saw her full mucus and blood, he kept her away from him; a. fr. 4) to reject, disregard, discard. Pesik. R. s. 31 היתה פושעת … ומַפְלֶגֶת את גזירותיו she was careless about his honor and disregarded his decrees, Ib. s. 3 (read:) כל זמן … הוא מַפְלִיגוכ׳ as long as his teacher is alive, he (the pupil) is careless, (saying) whenever it be needed, here is my teacher Ab. IV, 3 אל תהי מפליג לכל דבר discard nothing (saying, this will never happen). Gen. R. s. 8 ה׳ דרכן של רשעיםוכ׳ he removed the way of the wicked out of his sight (disregarded the evil doings of the future man); Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 ed. Bub. (oth. ed. פִּילֵּג Pi.); a. e. 5) to decline from the road. Gen. R. s. 48 אם אני רואה אותן שהִפְלִיגוּ את דרכםוכ׳ when I see that they wend their way hither ; וכיון שדאה אותם שהפליגו and when he saw that they were declining; Yalk. ib. 82.Trnsf. to be mistaken. Bekh.43b bot. הִיפְלַגְתָּ thou art mistaken (Rashi: thou hast gone too far, v. infra); Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 הִפְלַגְתָּה.Kob. B. to XI, 9 אל תַּפְלִיג עצמך בדברי תורה do not go thy own way in the interpretation of the Law (cling to tradition). 6) ה׳ עצמו ( to withdraw ones self, to be reserved, speak in indefinite and general terms, opp. פרסם עצמו to reveal ones self, speak in definite terms. Midr. Sam. ch. XIV (ref. to 1 Sam. 9:15, sq.) לשעבר לא אלא עד שלא הגיע הקץהקב״ה מפליג עצמו … מפרסם עצמו did the Lord never before reveal anything to Samuel? But before the proper time has come, the Lord speaks reservedly, when the time has come, he reveals himself clearly (‘to-morrow)7) to differ. Yalk. Jer. 320 מי שמפליג על דבריו של אל who opposes the words of God. Y.Pes.V, 32c bot. ומה מַפְלִיגִין and wherein do they differ?; a. e.8) to go too far. Y.Nidd.I, beg.48d, v. פָּרַז. Bekh.43b bot.; Sifra Emor l. c., v. supra.Part. pass. מוּפְלָג a) removed; far. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 5, ch. VIII מ׳ מנידתה some time after her menstruation, opp. סמוך; Nidd.73a מ׳ לנדתה. Gen. R. s. 44, v. אחַר; a. e.b) distinguished, special expert. Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9, v. מוּפְלָא.Erub.63a דמופלג, v. next w. Pi. פִּלֵּג to remove, disregard. Midr. Till. to Ps. 1, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְפַּלֵּג to be divided, go apart. Gen. R. s. 15 וכל מימי בראשית מִתְפַּלְּגִין מתחתיו and all the waters of creation started from under it; Midr. Till. to Ps. 1; Y.Ber.I, 2c bot., v. פִּילּוּג.

פָּלַג(b. h.) to separate, split. Hif. הִפְלִיג 1) to part, go away. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. ומצאו שה׳ אף הואה׳ (not עוד) and finding that he (the friend that had knocked at the door) had withdrawn, he withdrew likewise.Esp. to go to sea (cmp. פִּילָגוֹס). Erub.IV, 1 הִפְלִיגָה ספינתם בים their ship went out on the open sea. Sabb.19a אין מַפְלִיגִין בספינהוכ׳ you must not start on a sea-voyage less than three days before the Sabbath; Num. R. s. 16, beg. אין מפליגין בספינה בים הגדול (contrad. to פָּרַש along the sea coast). 2) ה׳ ממלאכה (or sub. ממלאכה) to rest from work; to pause. Lev. R. s. 30 לכשיַפְלִיג, v. לָקַש. Tosef.Ber.IV, 21 הִפְלִיגוּ צריכיןוכ׳ (not צריך) when the laborers take a recess, they must say the benediction for what they have been eating while at work. Y.Yoma III, 40b bot. להפליג, v. הֶפְלֵג. 3) to divert, put off; to discard. Bab. ib. 66b לא מפני שהִפְלִיגָן בדבריםוכ׳ (he made an evasive reply) not because he desired to divert their minds with words (counterquestions), but because he never said anything that he had not heard from his teacher; Tosef.Yeb.III, 4; Succ.27b. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. אם שאלו … יַפְלִיגֶינּוּ כשם שה׳וכ׳ if he asks him whither he is going, let him put him off (state a distant destination), as did Jacob to Esau; Tosef. ib. III, 4 מַפְלִיגוֹ. Tosef.Gitt.VII (V), 8 כל תנאי אפשר … לא נתכוון זה אלא להַפְלִיגָהּ whenever an impossibility is made the condition of a letter of divorce, he (the husband) has had only the intention to divert her mind; Y.B. Mets.VII, end, 11c (corr. acc.). Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d כיון שה׳ דעתו ממנה when he turns his attentions from her (makes her feel that he does not intend to marry her). Gen. R. s. 17 ראה … והִפְלִיגָהּ ממנו when he saw her full mucus and blood, he kept her away from him; a. fr. 4) to reject, disregard, discard. Pesik. R. s. 31 היתה פושעת … ומַפְלֶגֶת את גזירותיו she was careless about his honor and disregarded his decrees, Ib. s. 3 (read:) כל זמן … הוא מַפְלִיגוכ׳ as long as his teacher is alive, he (the pupil) is careless, (saying) whenever it be needed, here is my teacher Ab. IV, 3 אל תהי מפליג לכל דבר discard nothing (saying, this will never happen). Gen. R. s. 8 ה׳ דרכן של רשעיםוכ׳ he removed the way of the wicked out of his sight (disregarded the evil doings of the future man); Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 ed. Bub. (oth. ed. פִּילֵּג Pi.); a. e. 5) to decline from the road. Gen. R. s. 48 אם אני רואה אותן שהִפְלִיגוּ את דרכםוכ׳ when I see that they wend their way hither ; וכיון שדאה אותם שהפליגו and when he saw that they were declining; Yalk. ib. 82.Trnsf. to be mistaken. Bekh.43b bot. הִיפְלַגְתָּ thou art mistaken (Rashi: thou hast gone too far, v. infra); Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 הִפְלַגְתָּה.Kob. B. to XI, 9 אל תַּפְלִיג עצמך בדברי תורה do not go thy own way in the interpretation of the Law (cling to tradition). 6) ה׳ עצמו ( to withdraw ones self, to be reserved, speak in indefinite and general terms, opp. פרסם עצמו to reveal ones self, speak in definite terms. Midr. Sam. ch. XIV (ref. to 1 Sam. 9:15, sq.) לשעבר לא אלא עד שלא הגיע הקץהקב״ה מפליג עצמו … מפרסם עצמו did the Lord never before reveal anything to Samuel? But before the proper time has come, the Lord speaks reservedly, when the time has come, he reveals himself clearly (‘to-morrow)7) to differ. Yalk. Jer. 320 מי שמפליג על דבריו של אל who opposes the words of God. Y.Pes.V, 32c bot. ומה מַפְלִיגִין and wherein do they differ?; a. e.8) to go too far. Y.Nidd.I, beg.48d, v. פָּרַז. Bekh.43b bot.; Sifra Emor l. c., v. supra.Part. pass. מוּפְלָג a) removed; far. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 5, ch. VIII מ׳ מנידתה some time after her menstruation, opp. סמוך; Nidd.73a מ׳ לנדתה. Gen. R. s. 44, v. אחַר; a. e.b) distinguished, special expert. Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9, v. מוּפְלָא.Erub.63a דמופלג, v. next w. Pi. פִּלֵּג to remove, disregard. Midr. Till. to Ps. 1, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְפַּלֵּג to be divided, go apart. Gen. R. s. 15 וכל מימי בראשית מִתְפַּלְּגִין מתחתיו and all the waters of creation started from under it; Midr. Till. to Ps. 1; Y.Ber.I, 2c bot., v. פִּילּוּג.

זוּלch. sam(זול Ito be of slight value, to be cheap; to be despicable, mean); perf. זָל, Part. זִיל, זֹול 1) to disregard. Targ. Y. II Gen. 16:5 (perh. fr. זְלַל). 2) to be worthless, cheap. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:68 בדמין זֹולִין for a low price.B. Mets.77a זל עבידתא (sub שכר) labor has become cheaper. Ib. זל עביד׳ מעיקרא labor was originally cheap. Ib. זיל עביד׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40). Ber.63a (prov.) זָלָא קמץ קניה Ms. M. (ed. זָלַת קבוץ קנה מינה, Ar. קפוץ) if a thing is cheap, be quick and buy it. B. Mets.64a bot. אי יקרא אי זילאוכ׳ whether it will rise or fall, it shall be in my possession (gain or loss shall be mine). Ab. Zar.70a זִילָה עלייהו she is contemptible in their sight. B. Bath. 110a זִילָא בי מילתא such occupation is beneath my dignity. Yeb.63a זַבֵּינ ולא תֵיזוּל sell (part of thy clothes to start a business) in order not to be disgraced by poverty; (oth. explan., v. next w.). Af. אוֹזִיל to sell cheap, make easy terms. B. Mets.77a אוֹזִילו אינהו גביה זוזאוכ׳ at the start they had agreed to work for one zuz less (than the market price of labor), and wages were generally reduced afterwards. Ib. b אוֹזְלֵי מוֹזִילוכ׳ he will lower the price and sell (some of his movable goods in order to raise money). Ib. 73a top מוֹזְלֵי גבייהו they will be easier in selling them. Ib. bot. אוזולי דקא מוזלי גבייכו (better אתולי … מחלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) they are liberal towards you (paying more than the ordinary wages). Gen. R. s. 39 חלא מֵזִיל חמרא vinegar cheapens wine, i. e. where bad wine is plentiful in the market, good wine sells cheaper; a. fr. Ithpe. אִתְּזִיל to be degraded, disgraced. Keth.53b לא ניחא ליה דתִיתְּזִיל he does not want her to be disgraced (by dependence on public charity).

זוּלch. sam(זול Ito be of slight value, to be cheap; to be despicable, mean); perf. זָל, Part. זִיל, זֹול 1) to disregard. Targ. Y. II Gen. 16:5 (perh. fr. זְלַל). 2) to be worthless, cheap. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:68 בדמין זֹולִין for a low price.B. Mets.77a זל עבידתא (sub שכר) labor has become cheaper. Ib. זל עביד׳ מעיקרא labor was originally cheap. Ib. זיל עביד׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40). Ber.63a (prov.) זָלָא קמץ קניה Ms. M. (ed. זָלַת קבוץ קנה מינה, Ar. קפוץ) if a thing is cheap, be quick and buy it. B. Mets.64a bot. אי יקרא אי זילאוכ׳ whether it will rise or fall, it shall be in my possession (gain or loss shall be mine). Ab. Zar.70a זִילָה עלייהו she is contemptible in their sight. B. Bath. 110a זִילָא בי מילתא such occupation is beneath my dignity. Yeb.63a זַבֵּינ ולא תֵיזוּל sell (part of thy clothes to start a business) in order not to be disgraced by poverty; (oth. explan., v. next w.). Af. אוֹזִיל to sell cheap, make easy terms. B. Mets.77a אוֹזִילו אינהו גביה זוזאוכ׳ at the start they had agreed to work for one zuz less (than the market price of labor), and wages were generally reduced afterwards. Ib. b אוֹזְלֵי מוֹזִילוכ׳ he will lower the price and sell (some of his movable goods in order to raise money). Ib. 73a top מוֹזְלֵי גבייהו they will be easier in selling them. Ib. bot. אוזולי דקא מוזלי גבייכו (better אתולי … מחלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) they are liberal towards you (paying more than the ordinary wages). Gen. R. s. 39 חלא מֵזִיל חמרא vinegar cheapens wine, i. e. where bad wine is plentiful in the market, good wine sells cheaper; a. fr. Ithpe. אִתְּזִיל to be degraded, disgraced. Keth.53b לא ניחא ליה דתִיתְּזִיל he does not want her to be disgraced (by dependence on public charity).

חָבֵרm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) (with suff. חֲבֵיר־) 1) associate, friend, partner (in sacrifices); colleague, fellow-student; fellow-being; of the same kind (also of things). Ab. II, 9 ח׳ טוב a true friend; ח׳ רע a false friend. Ib. 10 כבוד חֲבֵרְךָ thy neighbors honor. Sabb.63a top בח׳ טוב with a good friend (an obscene disguise for a fair woman, v. גּוּרְדְּלִי); a. v. fr.ח׳ ותלמיד, (in Babli) תלמיד ח׳ colleague and pupil, a title of distinction for a student, fellow. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b; Y.B. Bath.IX, end, 17b, a. e. ח׳ ות׳ הוהוכ׳ was a fellow under R. Ak.; Bab. ib. 158b. Ber.27b דתלמיד ח׳ הוה who was a fellow (under Rab). 2) Ḥaber, Fellow, a scholars title, less than חַכִּים or זָקֵן. Kidd.33b (in Chald. phras.) אנא ח׳, אתון חכימי ye are ḥakkime (doctors), and I merely a fellow. Snh.8b, a. e. ח׳ אינווכ׳, v. הַתְרָאָה; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 84 (play on חֶ֗בְ֗ר֗וֹן֗) ח̇ב̇ר̇ הנ̇אהוכ׳ that worthy scholar buried 3) Ḥaber, member of a religious or charitable association, esp. member of the order for the observance of levitical laws in daily intercourse. Dem. II, 3. Tosef. ib. II, 2 מקבלין אותו להיות ח׳ is accepted as a member of the order; a. v. fr.Pl. חֲבֵרִים, חֲבֵי׳. Ber.28b ולא יכשלו חֲבֵרַיוכ׳ that my colleagues (in court) may not fail in a decision of the law. Ib. הזהרו בכבוד חֲבֵירֵיכֶם take heed of your fellow-students honor. Bekh.30b בפני שלשה ח׳ in the presence of three members of the order. Pesik. R. s. 11 חֲבֵרֵיחֶם שלהם עוסקיםוכ׳ the members of societies among them are engaged in charitable work. Ib. ואין חביריהם מרגישים and their neighbors (the fruits in the same bag) are not affected; a. v. fr.Fem. הֲבֵירָה, חֲבֵרָה, הֲבֶרֶת, חֲבֶירֶת. Snh.8b אשה חבירה a scholarly woman (acquainted with the law). Ber.48b, a. fr. אין מלכות נוגעת בחֲבֶרְתָּהּוכ׳ one term of office does not touch upon its successor even at a hairs breadth (duration of power is preordained). Deut. R. s. 7 אין טיפה מתערבת בחברתה one rain-drop does not mix itself with the other; a. fr.Pl. חֲבֵרוֹת. Sabb.129a חֲבֵרוֹתֶיהָוכ׳, v. אֲגַף; a. fr.

חָבֵרm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) (with suff. חֲבֵיר־) 1) associate, friend, partner (in sacrifices); colleague, fellow-student; fellow-being; of the same kind (also of things). Ab. II, 9 ח׳ טוב a true friend; ח׳ רע a false friend. Ib. 10 כבוד חֲבֵרְךָ thy neighbors honor. Sabb.63a top בח׳ טוב with a good friend (an obscene disguise for a fair woman, v. גּוּרְדְּלִי); a. v. fr.ח׳ ותלמיד, (in Babli) תלמיד ח׳ colleague and pupil, a title of distinction for a student, fellow. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b; Y.B. Bath.IX, end, 17b, a. e. ח׳ ות׳ הוהוכ׳ was a fellow under R. Ak.; Bab. ib. 158b. Ber.27b דתלמיד ח׳ הוה who was a fellow (under Rab). 2) Ḥaber, Fellow, a scholars title, less than חַכִּים or זָקֵן. Kidd.33b (in Chald. phras.) אנא ח׳, אתון חכימי ye are ḥakkime (doctors), and I merely a fellow. Snh.8b, a. e. ח׳ אינווכ׳, v. הַתְרָאָה; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 84 (play on חֶ֗בְ֗ר֗וֹן֗) ח̇ב̇ר̇ הנ̇אהוכ׳ that worthy scholar buried 3) Ḥaber, member of a religious or charitable association, esp. member of the order for the observance of levitical laws in daily intercourse. Dem. II, 3. Tosef. ib. II, 2 מקבלין אותו להיות ח׳ is accepted as a member of the order; a. v. fr.Pl. חֲבֵרִים, חֲבֵי׳. Ber.28b ולא יכשלו חֲבֵרַיוכ׳ that my colleagues (in court) may not fail in a decision of the law. Ib. הזהרו בכבוד חֲבֵירֵיכֶם take heed of your fellow-students honor. Bekh.30b בפני שלשה ח׳ in the presence of three members of the order. Pesik. R. s. 11 חֲבֵרֵיחֶם שלהם עוסקיםוכ׳ the members of societies among them are engaged in charitable work. Ib. ואין חביריהם מרגישים and their neighbors (the fruits in the same bag) are not affected; a. v. fr.Fem. הֲבֵירָה, חֲבֵרָה, הֲבֶרֶת, חֲבֶירֶת. Snh.8b אשה חבירה a scholarly woman (acquainted with the law). Ber.48b, a. fr. אין מלכות נוגעת בחֲבֶרְתָּהּוכ׳ one term of office does not touch upon its successor even at a hairs breadth (duration of power is preordained). Deut. R. s. 7 אין טיפה מתערבת בחברתה one rain-drop does not mix itself with the other; a. fr.Pl. חֲבֵרוֹת. Sabb.129a חֲבֵרוֹתֶיהָוכ׳, v. אֲגַף; a. fr.

פְּרוּטָהf. (פְּרַט) 1) small change, in gen. money. Snh.97a (the Messiah will not come) עד שתכלה פ׳ מן הכיס until the money is gone from the bag (general poverty will prevail). Pesik. Baḥod., p. 101b>; Yalk. Ex. 271 בראשונה שהיתה הפ׳ מצויהוכ׳ (not בראשון) formerly when money was plentiful, people were anxious to hear a word of the Mishnah (legal discussions), ועכשיו שאין הפ׳ מצויהוכ׳ but now when money is scarce (Israel is poor) …, people want to hear a word of the Bible (cheering the soul); a. fr.Esp. prutaḥ, a small coin, one eighth of the as (אִיסָר). Kidd.I, 1. Shebu.VI, 1; B. Mets.IV, 7 שוה פ׳ the value of a Pruṭah; a. v. fr.Ned.33b קא מהני ליה פ׳ דרב יוסף he gains the poor mans penny of R. Joseph (who considers the keeper of a lost object a paid guardian, because, while engaged in one religious work, he is exempt from every other religious duty that may arise).Pl. פְּרוּטוֹת. Y.Kidd.I, 58d bot. B. Mets. l. c. חמש פ׳ הן there are five cases in which the value of a Pruṭah is legally recognized. Ib. 55a אין אונאה לפ׳ there is no redress in cases of overreaching where the claim is only Pruṭahs (less than one as). Ib. 46a Ar. (ed. פְּרוֹטְטוֹת). Pes.50b ארנעה פ׳ אין בהןוכ׳ in four pennies (ways of earning a livelihood) there is never a sign of blessing ; a. fr. 2) drop.Pl. as ab. Kel. II, 6 מוציא פ׳ a vessel letting liquid out in drops, dropping-bottle.Y.Kil.VIII, 31c bot., v. פְּרוּטִיּוֹת).

פְּרוּטָהf. (פְּרַט) 1) small change, in gen. money. Snh.97a (the Messiah will not come) עד שתכלה פ׳ מן הכיס until the money is gone from the bag (general poverty will prevail). Pesik. Baḥod., p. 101b>; Yalk. Ex. 271 בראשונה שהיתה הפ׳ מצויהוכ׳ (not בראשון) formerly when money was plentiful, people were anxious to hear a word of the Mishnah (legal discussions), ועכשיו שאין הפ׳ מצויהוכ׳ but now when money is scarce (Israel is poor) …, people want to hear a word of the Bible (cheering the soul); a. fr.Esp. prutaḥ, a small coin, one eighth of the as (אִיסָר). Kidd.I, 1. Shebu.VI, 1; B. Mets.IV, 7 שוה פ׳ the value of a Pruṭah; a. v. fr.Ned.33b קא מהני ליה פ׳ דרב יוסף he gains the poor mans penny of R. Joseph (who considers the keeper of a lost object a paid guardian, because, while engaged in one religious work, he is exempt from every other religious duty that may arise).Pl. פְּרוּטוֹת. Y.Kidd.I, 58d bot. B. Mets. l. c. חמש פ׳ הן there are five cases in which the value of a Pruṭah is legally recognized. Ib. 55a אין אונאה לפ׳ there is no redress in cases of overreaching where the claim is only Pruṭahs (less than one as). Ib. 46a Ar. (ed. פְּרוֹטְטוֹת). Pes.50b ארנעה פ׳ אין בהןוכ׳ in four pennies (ways of earning a livelihood) there is never a sign of blessing ; a. fr. 2) drop.Pl. as ab. Kel. II, 6 מוציא פ׳ a vessel letting liquid out in drops, dropping-bottle.Y.Kil.VIII, 31c bot., v. פְּרוּטִיּוֹת).