אַכְסַנְיָא

אַכְסַנְיָאf. (ξενία) 1) hospitality, lodging. Ex. R. s. 35 א׳ נעשווכ׳ (Pes.118b, corr. acc.) they were a lodging place to my children in Egypt (they offered hospitality to ).בעל א׳ host. Pesik. R. s. 11; cmp. אוּשְׁפִּיזְכָן.B. Mets.85a תורה מחזרת על א׳ שלה scholarship likes to come around to its inn again (to be hereditary in the family); a. fr. 2) (= בעלת א׳) hostess. B. Mets.87a one must inquire בא׳ שלו after the health of his hostess. 3) quarter given to troops on march or to transient poor men; also the passing troop, or the passing poor; (individ.) beggar. Targ. Job 31:32; a. e.B. Bath.11b א׳ לפי בני אדם the quartering (of soldiers takes place) in proportion to the number of inmates (of each house). Dem. III, 1; v. Y. ib. 23b top. Tosef.Shebi.V, 21 אין מאכילין אכסניין וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. את אכסניא) you are not allowed to give … to soldiers quartered with you. Y.Ber.IX, 13b ההן א׳ עלובתא this poor beggar. Ib. א׳ עלו׳ poor beggars. Lev. R. s. 34. Lam. R. to I, 1 (חד מירו׳) בר נש א׳ a poor man. 4) a gathering of scholars entertained by the hospitable of the place. Y.Ber.IV, 8b top נפיק לא׳ leaving for the scholars meeting. Bab. ib. 63b פתח בכבוד א׳ opened his speech in honor of hospitality to scholars.