- טוֹרַח
- טוֹרַח(b. h. טֹרַח; טָרַח) toil, labor, trouble, pains-taking preparations. Sabb.153a כלום … בלא ט׳ is there a banquet without visible preparation?; (Koh. R. to IX, 8 הֶטְרֵחַ). M. Kat. 8b מפני הט׳ on account of the labor (connected with preparing the wedding). Y.Pes.X, 37d top מה הט׳ … מטריחיםוכ׳ what is all that trouble for to which you put us ?; a. fr.Pl. טָרְחוֹת. Ber.58a כמה ט׳ טרחוכ׳ to how much trouble did the host go ; (Y. ib. IX, 13c כמה טורח). Lev. R. s. 1 משה עסוק בט׳וכ׳ Moses (like an agoranomos) was engaged in the (dietary) affairs of Israel. Gen. R. s. 94 ט׳ נפש אחת the troubles of providing for one soul.V. טַרְחוּת a. טִרְחָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.