ניצוץ

נִיצוֹץc. (נָצַץ) 1) (b. h.) spark, sparkling light. Tanḥ. Vayesheb 1 נ׳ אחדוכ׳ one spark from thy smithy.Pl. נִיצוֹצוֹת, נִיצוֹצִים, נִיצוֹצִין. Tosef. Yoma II, 3 היו נ׳ יוצאות ממנה sparkling rays proceeded from it (the golden tablet); Yoma 37b נ׳ יוצאין; Y. ib. III, 41a top הנ׳ מנתזין; Y.Sot.II, 18a top הניצוציםוכ׳. Num. R. s. 5, beg. שני נ׳ של אשוכ׳ two sparks of fire Ib. שני נצ׳ מקדמיןוכ׳ two sparks preceded them. Y.Ab. Zar. V, end, 45b (v. לִיבּוּן) צריך שיהא נ׳וכ׳ it must be so heated that sparks burst forth from it. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 2 נפלו הימנו נ׳ ואמרוכ׳ if snuff falls off the candle, and he says, we shall have guests (v. אֱמֹורִי). Sabb.III, 6 לקבל נ׳ to receive the snuff; a. fr. 2) shivers scattering from the broken sledge-hammer. Sabb.88b; Snh.34a (ref. to Jer. 23:29) מה פטיש זה מתחלק לכמה נ׳ as the sledge-hammer (when shattered by the harder rock) is divided into many shivers (differ. in commentaries). 3) squirtings (of boiling water ). Ab. Zar.76b מה בולעו נ׳וכ׳ as the rim of a caldron absorbs forbidden substances through squirtings, so does it emit them again through the squirtings (of the boiling cleansing water, v. גִּיעוּל). Nidd.13a נ׳ נתזיןוכ׳ drippings (of urine) squirt upon his feet. Yoma 29b, sq.; a. e. 4) (cmp. Arab. nuḍâḍah) residue. Sabb.139b האיכא נ׳ but there is the residue (the last drops percolating through the dregs in emptying liquid from vessel to vessel); נ׳ לביר׳וכ׳ that residue was not cared about in the house of