חֲלִיצָה

חֲלִיצָהf. (חָלַץ) taking out; untying, putting off. Tosef.Neg.VI, 10 בח׳ as regards taking out the leprous stone (Lev. 14:40), v. נְתִיצָה. Y.Ber.III, beg.5d בח׳ as regards taking off the Tfillin.Esp. (= חֲלִיצַת מַנְעָל) Hălitsah, the ceremony of taking off the Yabams shoe (Deut. 25:5–11). Yeb.XII, 1 מצות ח׳וכ׳ the proper way of performing the Ḥ. is before three men acting as judges. Ib. חֲלִיצָתָהּ פסולה the act is invalid; a. v. fr.