פִּגּוּל

פִּיגּוּל, פִּגּוּלm. (b. h.; פָּגַל) (abomination, unfitness, a sacrifice rejectable in consequence of an improper intention in the mind of the officiating priest. Zeb.28a פ׳ זהו חוץ למקומו piggul (Lev. 7:18; 19:7) refers to the intended disposal beyond the legal limits of space (for eating the sacrifice). Ib. 2:3 חוץ למקומו פסול … חוץ לזמנו פ׳וכ׳ the intention of disposal at an improper place makes the sacrifice unfit, but the eating of it is not punishable with extinction, whereas the intention of disposal at the improper time makes it piggul, and the eating of it is punished with extinction; a. fr.Pl. פִּיגּוּלִים, פִּיגּוּלִין, פִּגּ׳. Sifra Ahăré, Par. 5, ch. 8. Cant. R. to V, 14, כמה פ׳ many laws concerning piggul; a. e.