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רְוַוח, רְוַחII, רַוְוחָא, רַוְחָא ch. sam( רֶוַוח, רֵוַח, רֵי׳ m. (b. h.; preced.) extension, wide space; interval), 1) open space, room. Targ. O. Num. 35:2 (ed. Berl. רַוַח; ed. Vien. רֶוַח; h. text מגרש). Targ. O. Lev. 25:34. Targ. Ez. 45:2 (ed. Wil. רְוָחָא). Targ. O. Gen. 32:17 (ed. Vien. רְוָ׳); a. fr.Meg.7b, a. e., v. בְּסוּמָא. Sabb.146b לא הוה ליהר׳ he had no room (to accommodate all his hearers); a. e.Pl. רַוְוחִין, רַוְוחַיָּא, רַוְח׳, רְוָח׳. Targ. O. Num. 35:4, sq. (ed. Vien. רְוָ׳). Targ. Josh. 14:4 (ed. Wil. רְוָ׳); a. fr.Targ. Y. I Deut. 32:24 רווחין, read: רוּחִין, v. רְוַוח I. 2) relief. Targ. O. Ex. 9:28. Targ. Esth. 4:14. Targ. Is. 32:15 (h. text רוּחַ!); a. e.Cant. R. to I, 1 בשעת רַוְוחֵיה, v. אֲנַנְקָא; Koh. R. to I, 12; Gen. R. s. 81, a. e., v. עַקְתָא. Pes.112b שבק ליר׳ פורתא allow me a little relief (liberty); a. e. 3) ample provision, comfort. Keth.69a דאיכא רְוַוח ביתא there is ample provision in the house (she is sufficiently provided for). Ib. אנאר׳ ביתא מהניוכ׳ I mean ample provision out of that estate. Ib. 80a sq. כי … משוםר׳ ביתאוכ׳ the scholars allowed the husband the fruition of the wifes property for the sake of domestic comfort, but not to the extent of selling the products. Ib. b משוםר׳ ביתא הא קא רְוַוח fruition is allowed him for the sake of domestic comfort, and the comfort of the house remains secured; a. e.B. Kam. 116a לר׳ דמילתא הוא דעבד he did it for the convenience of the thing, i. e. as an extraordinary, though not legally necessary, measure, to avoid litigation.