ריחַ

רֵיחַm. (b. h.; preced.) flavor, scent, odor; sense of smell. Ber.43b (ref. to Ps. 150:6) איזהו דבר … זה הר׳ what is the thing which the soul enjoys and from which the body has no material benefit? It is smell, Ib. עתידים … שיתניר׳וכ׳ in the future the young men of Israel shall give forth sweet savor (of purity) like the Lebanon (ref. to Hos. 14:7). Lev. R. s. 30; a. v. fr.Trnsf. (cmp. אָבָק) slight resemblance, a suspicion of. Gitt.86b אףר׳ הגט אין בי it has not even the slightest resemblance to a letter of divorce (by which the woman concerned might be precluded from marrying a priest); Y. ib. IX, 50b top אפי׳ר׳ פסול אין בה there is not a suspicion of disqualification in her case. Y.Sot.I, 16d top מר׳ ערוה נגעי בה something of the odor of incest has touched her (the rival wife of a faithless woman); a. e.Pl. ריחוֹת. Cant. R. to I, 3 כל …ר׳ היווכ׳ all the songs which the ancients recited before thee were merely sweet savors, but we (say), ‘oil that is poured forth is thy name; כל המצות …ר׳ היווכ׳ all the pious deeds … were merely flavors, but ; a. e.