Jastrow: מָזוֹן

מָזוֹן m. (b. h.; זוּן) food, sustenance; meal; alimentation. Erub. III, 1 הנודר מן המ׳ וכ׳ he who vows abstinence from mazon (nourishment) is permitted to partake of water and salt. Ib. 30ᵃ; Ber. 35ᵇ מים ומלח הוא דלא איקרי מ׳ וכ׳ only water and salt are not called mazon, but all other food is included in mazon; Gen. R. s. 94, beg. Erub. VIII, 2 מ׳ ב׳ סעודות food for two meals. Ber. VIII, 8 לאחר המ׳ for the after-meal (dessert). Ib. מברך על המ׳ he says the grace after meal. Ib. 5 נר ומ׳ וכ׳ the benediction for the light, then for the meal, then for the spices &c.; Pes. 103ᵃ.—ברכת המ׳, v. בְּרָכָה.—Ber. VI, 8 והוא מְזוֹנוֹ and this was his meal.—Y. Yeb. XV, 14ᵈ bot. מ׳ האשה והבנות the alimentation of wife and daughters (after a man’s death). Ib. VII, 8ᵃ bot. מ׳ הבנות מדבריהן the obligation to support the daughters from a man’s estate is a Rabbinical enactment; a. fr.—Pl. מְזוֹנוֹת. Ber. 35ᵇ בורא מיני מ׳ (abbrev. במ"מ) (Blessed be he) who created various kinds of food. Keth. IV, 6 חייב במ׳ בתו bound to support his daughter. Ib. XI, 2 אין לה מ׳ she cannot claim alimentation. Ib. 3 למ׳ מכרתי I have sold (a portion of my widowhood) for my support. Ib. XII, 2 הבעל נותן לה מ׳ … דמי מ׳ her husband supports her, and they (the heirs) must give her the equivalent of her support; a. fr.