פִּרְקָא

פִּרְקָא, פִּי׳ch. sam(פרק cross-road), 1) cross-road. Targ. Ob. 14. 2) period.Pl. פִּרְקִין, פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:29 סמוך לפִירְקֵיהוֹן near their period of puberty. Targ. Y. Num. 22:4 לפ׳ at periods (alternately). 3) joint. Targ. Y. Lev. 8:23, sq. Ib. 14:14; a. e.Tosef.Neg.IV, 12 neck, v. פִּיקָא I.Pl. as ab. Y.Taan.II, 66a bot.; Y.Meg.I, 70d top יאות סבא ידע פ׳ גרמיה the old scholar knows well the joints of his bone (the vertebrae of his spine), i. e. he knows what he talks about; Y.Yeb.IV, 6b top פ׳ גיטא, פ׳ גיטה (corr. acc.). 4) section, chapter, lesson. Pes.117a, sq. ריש פ׳ the beginning of a chapter (psalm); באמצע פ׳ in the middle of a psalm.Y.Keth.VII, beg.31b והני ראשה דפ׳ (read: רישא) this would be the same case as that treated in the beginning of this chapter (v. R. Nissim to Keth.VII, 1). Y.Ned.VIII, beg.40d עד דאחסל פִּירְקִי (not דחסל) until I have finished my chapter. Sabb.67a פ׳ דאמוראי Ms. M. (ed. פרק אמ׳), v. אֱמוֹרָאָה. Y.Kil.I, beg.26d על כל פ׳ אתאמרת does this rule refer to the entire chapter?; a. fr. 5) school held at periods, session. Kidd.31b כי הוה דריש בפ׳ when he lectured at college sessions. Ib. 71a. Pes.100a אנא איקלעי לפִירְקֵיהוכ׳ I happened to be present at the session of R. ; a. fr.Pl. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳ Keth.62a בני פ׳ students at circuit sessions (who need not leave their homes for the sake of studying). B. Mets.64a הוה יתיבנא בשלהי פ׳ דרב (Rashi פרקין) I took my seat towards the end of Rabs sessions (having missed the beginning of the discussion); a. e.