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Kiẓweh

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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In popular parlance, the weekly portion allotted to the local poor; also charity in general. The word "ḳiẓbah," in New Hebrew (Pes. 71b), connected with the Biblical Hebrew "ḳeẓeb" (Jonah 2:7), means "limit," so used of the toll (B. Ḳ. 113a) and of God's infiniteness (e.g.,"There is no limit to Thy years," in the "Musaf" prayer for New-Year). Lampronti does not give the word, nor does it occur in the older legal literature contained in the Shulḥan 'Aruk.

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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Kiẓweh'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​k/kiweh.html. 1901.
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