ניפול

נִיפּוּל, נִפּ׳,m. (נָפַל) 1) falling off, esp. (with ref. to Lev. 11:32) of a limb detached from the body. Ḥull.74a מיתה עושה נ׳וכ׳ the natural death of an animal causes the hanging limb (דִּלְדּוּל) to be considered as if detached (in life-time, so that it does not come under the law of נְבֵלָה), but slaughtering does not (and the dangling limb is considered as a part of the slaughtered animal. Ib. 129a אי מיתה עושה נ׳ ליטמאוכ׳ if death causes the limb to be considered as detached, let it be susceptible of uncleanness as a limb cut off from a live animal, and if not ; a. fr.Pl. נִיפּוּלִין. פח נ׳ bread which falls apart, spoiled bread. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 9; B. Kam.99b; B. Bath.93b. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VI פת ניפולה (corr. acc.; Yalk. Lev. 675 נוֹפֶלֶת).(V. נִיפּוֹלִין)2.) falling down for prayer. Deut. R. s. 2, beg. (as one of the expressions for prayer, with ref. to Deut. 9:25); Yalk. ib. 811; Sifré ib. 26.