פַּרְהֶסְיָא

פַּרְהֶסְיָאf. (παῤῥησία) free speech, frankness. Deut. R. s. 2, end אבל ביוה״כ … הן אומרים אותו בפ׳וכ׳ but on the Day of Atonement … they say it openly (in a loud voice), Blessed be the name of his glorious kingdom, (opp. בלחישה (v. חֲשַׁאי).Esp. בפ׳ publicly, opp. בצינעה. Ib. אל תתקשטי בה בפ׳וכ׳ do not adorn thyself with it in public, but only in the house. Snh.74a אבל בפ׳אפי׳ מצוהוכ׳ but if a Jew is forced to transgress a religious law in public, he must surrender his life even for a minor law; ib. b וכמה פ׳ and the presence of how many is required to call it a public act? Ib. אין פ׳ פחותהוכ׳ a public is no less than ten persons. Ib. והא אסתר פ׳ הואי but was not Esthers act (when she was forced to marry king Ahasverus) a public one? Ḥag.5a (ref. to Koh. 12:14) זה הנותן צדקה לעני בפ׳ this refers to one who gives charity to a poor man in public (the Lord judges whether this be a good or a bad deed).