פְּרִישָׁה

פְּרִישָׁהI f. (פָּרַש) 1) separation, retirement, preparation. Yoma 8b שזה פְּרִישָׁתוֹ לקדושהוכ׳ this one (the high priest) is isolated for sanctification (to prepare himself for the functions of the Day of Atonement), and this one (the priest designated to burn the red cow) is isolated for the sake of levitical cleanness. Ḥull.72b משעת פְּרִישָׁתָן מאביהן at the moment when they are cut loose from the main body (the garment); פרישתן מאבר when a piece of the embryo is cut loose from the limb to which it belongs; a. e. 2) withdrawal, abstinence. Pes.22b כשם שקבלתי שכר על הדרישה … הפ׳ as I am rewarded for explaining (every את in the Scripture), so I shall be rewarded for abstaining (from interpreting the את in Deut. 6:13); Kidd.57a. Sabb.87a בארבעה עבוד פ׳ on the fourth day of Sivan they began to observe abstinence (Ex. 19:15); a. e.