חֲצִיצָה

חֲצִיצָהf. (חָצַץ I) interposition, an intervening object. B. Kam.82a bot. משום ח׳ to prevent an interposition (to remove anything sticking to the body or in the hair before bathing). Zeb.19a ותיפוק ליה משום ח׳ ought it not to be forbidden as an unlawful interposition between the priests hand and the object he has to handle?; a. fr.Pl. חֲצִיצִין the laws concerning interpositions. Erub.4a; Succ.5b.