שאר

שְׁאֵר, שְׁאֵירm. (b. h.; v. שָׁאַר) (preservation, existence, 1) sustenance, alimentation; 2) (sub. בשר) body, flesh; 3) bodily contact, intimacy. Mekh. Mishp. s. 3 (ref. to שארה, Ex. 21:10) שְׁאֵרָהּ אלו מזונותיהוכ׳ sherah means her alimentation (ref. to Mic. 3:3, a. Ps. 78:27); ib. (anoth. opin.) שארה כסותה כסות … לשְׁאֵרָהּוכ׳ sherah ksuthah means, garments suited to her body (according to age and season) ; ib. (anoth. opin.) שארה זו דרך ארץ sherah means (intimacy) marital duty (ref. to Lev. 18:6; 12; 13, cmp. Targ.); Keth.47b לפום שארה תן כסותהוכ׳ according to her body (age) give her garments …, according to the season give her ; Y. ib. V, 30b top. Sabb.137b חוק בשְׁאֵרוֹ, v. חוֹק; Y.Ber.IX, 14a bot. בשְׁאֵירוֹ.Trnsf. (flesh and blood, relationship, relatives; race. Ib. שְׁאֵירֵנוּ; Sabb. l. c. שְׁאֵרֵינוּ, v. יְדִידוּת. Lev. R. v. 34 (expl. עכר שארו, Prov. 11:17) זה שמגעת … את קרוביווכ׳ that is he to whom joy (a festive occasion) happens, and who lets not his nearest relatives join him because they are poor; Yalk. Prov. 947. Yeb.90b (ref. to Lev. 21:2) שארו זו אשתו his flesh (sher), this means his wife (cmp. Gen. 2:24); Sifra Emor beg.; a. e.