- חֲשַׁר
- חֲשַׁרch. sam(חשרto sift, distil drops as if through a sieve), to sift. Y.Sabb.VII, 10b bot. הן דח׳וכ׳ he who (on the Sabbath) sifts powder of gypsum Y.Meg.I, 71b top מכיון שהוא מרחיק ואת ח׳וכ׳ because its meshes are wide and you may sift flour through it; Y.Ned.IV, beg.38c, v. זוֹסְמָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
