שלח

שָׁלַח(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלָה) to draw out; to stretch forth; to send. Erub.III, 2 השוֹלֵחַ ערובווכ׳ if one sends his ‘Erub. (עֵרוּב) forth to be laid by a deaf and dumb person. Ḥull.59b, a. fr. שָׁלְחוּ מתם they sent word from there (from Palestine to Babylonia). Gitt. IV, 1 השולח גטוכ׳ if a man sends a letter of divorce to his wife B. Kam.VI, 4, v. בְּעֵרָה. Ib. ש׳ ביד פיקח (ib. 60a שִׁילֵּחַ) if he sent out fire through a sane person; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁלוּחַ q. v.ש׳ יד ב־ (to stretch out a hand against,) to make illegitimate use of, to misappropriate (Ex. 22:10). B. Mets. III, 12 השולח יד בפקדון if a person makes use of a trust. Ib. החושב לִשְׁלוֹחַ ידוכ׳ if he declares his intention to use a trust; אינו חייב עד שיִשְׁלַח בו יד he is not responsible (for loss), until he has used it; a. fr. Pi. שִׁלֵּחַ same, to send; to send away, dismiss. Bets.I, 9 אין מְשַׁלְּחִין בי״טוכ׳ on the Holy Day you dare not send (to a friend) anything except portions (of eatables, ready for use); משלחין בהמהוכ׳ you may send cattle … alive or slaughtered. Ḥull.XII, 3 שִׁלְּחָהּ וחזרה if he sent the mother bird away, and she came back. Ib. אמר … ומְשַׁלֵּחַ הבנים if he says, I will take the mother, and send the young away; חייב לשַׁלֵּחַ he is bound to send her away. Gen. R. s. 21 שִׁלְּחוֹ מגן … ושלחווכ׳ he banished him (Adam) from the paradise of this world and from that of the other world; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ: to be sent off; to be commissioned. Yoma VI, 2, a. e. המִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ the goat that is to be sent away (Lev. 16:10), the scapegoat. Ib. 1 נשפך … המשתלח if the blood (of the goat designated for sacrifice) was spilt, the scapegoat is to be put to death (cannot be used for the ceremony). Gen. R. s. 49 מעשה באחד שנש׳ לגבותוכ׳ it happened that one was commissioned to tax the inhabitants ; a. fr.