סִילְּתָא I f. (= סַל) bread-basket. B. Bath. 74ᵃ [read:] שקליתה לסִילְּתָאִי וכ׳ I took off my basket with provision &c. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ. Pes. 111ᵇ (prov.) תלא סִילְּתֵיה תלא מזוניה (ed. סילתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) he who suspends his bread-basket (in the air), suspends his sustenance (brings poverty into the house).
סִילְּתָא I
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סִילְּתָא I f. (= סַל ) bread-basket . B. Bath. 74ᵃ [read:] שקליתה לסִילְּתָאִי וכ׳ I took off my basket with provision &c. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ . Pes. 111ᵇ…
References
- Jastrow, סַל 1
- Bava Batra 74a
- Avodah Zarah 38a
- Pesachim 111b:12
- Jastrow, סִילְּתָא I 1