פריעה

פְּרִיעָהf. (פָּרַע) 1) letting the hair grow in neglect. Meg.I, 7, a. e., v. פְּרִימָה. M. Kat. 15a אין פ׳ אלאוכ׳ priʿah (Lev. 13:45) means, to let the hair grow (opp. to the opinion that parʿa means, to uncover, remove the headdress, v. infra). 2) uncovering, removing the mourners wrap (v. עֲטִיפָה). Ib. 24a פְּרִיעַת הראש taking off the mourners wrap (on the Sabbath); Gen. R. s. 100. 3) uncovering the corona at circumcision, splitting the membrane and pulling it down. Yeb.71b לא ניתנה פְּרִיעַת מילהוכ׳ Abraham was not commanded to tear Deut. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to למולות, Ex. 4:26) מכאן למילה ומכאן לפ׳ from this we derive circumcision and also uncovering. Ib. (ref. to המול ימול Gen. 17:13) שתי מילות מילה ופ׳ two operations, circumcision and uncovering; a. e. 4) paying a debt. B. Bath. 174a, a. e. פריעת בעל חוב מצוהוכ׳ paying a creditor is a religious obligation, and minors (the debtors children) are not subject to religious obligations (therefore the guarantor who paid for them must wait until they are of age).