רָש

רָשm. (b. h.; יָרַש) (dispossessed, cmp. דַּל, poor. Lev. R. s. 34 וש מן הנכסים the poor man is called râsh, because he is dispossessed of property. Ib. (ref. to Prov. 29:13) זהו רש בתורה this means one bare of learning. Ib. (ref. to ib. 22:2) אמר אותו רש לאותו עשיר that poor (ignorant) man says to the rich man, teach me Deut. R. s. 9 אתמול … ועכשיו הוא מסיח כרשוכ׳ yesterday he (Moses) spoke like a rich man (ref. to Ex. 32:12; Num. 14:19), but now he speaks like a poor man (begging, ref. to Deut. 3:23); a. e.Pl. רָשִׁים, רָשִׁין. Lev. R. s. 31 (ref. to Cant. 7:6 ודלת) הר׳ שבכםוכ׳ in the poorest (in mind) among you are as precious to me as Elijah ; Cant. R. l. c. Meg.11a (play on אחשורוֹש, Esth. 1:1) שהכל נעשו רשין בימיו Ms. M. (ed. רָאשִׁין) all became poor in his days (with ref. to Esth. 10:1). Koh. R. to V, 7, v. עֵשָׂו; a. fr.