- סרךְ
- סֶרֶךְm. (preced.) clinging to, following the example of; habit. Nidd.67b משום ס׳ בתה because her daughter might follow her example (and make the mothers exceptional act a rule for all occasions). Ḥull.106a נטילת … משום ס׳ תרומה the washing of hands before a meal on secular food was introduced for the sake of uniformity with Trumah (to make it a habit). Y.Yoma III, 40b bot., sq. טבילת ס׳ an immersion required merely for the sake of uniformity; Bab. ib. 30a ס׳ טבילה. Y.Bicc.III, 64d bot.; Y.Ḥag.II, 78b נטילת ס׳ washing of hands (before meals) for the sake of uniformity (v. supra).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.