Jastrow: פְּרַקְלִיט

פְּרַקְלִיט m. (παράκλητος) advocate; intercessor. Ab. IV, 11 העושה … קינה לו פ׳ אחד he that does a good deed, acquires an advocate for himself, opp. קטגיר. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Neg., Par. 3, ch. III חטאת דומה לפ׳ שנכנס לרצות רצה פ׳ וכ׳ a sin-offering is like an intercessor that enters (the royal palace) to appease (the king); when the intercessor has succeeded, the present is sent in (the burnt-offering follows); Zeb. 7ᵇ; Tosef. Peah IV, 21 (v. infra); a. e.—Pl. פְּרַקְלִיטִין. Sabb. 32ᵃ כל העולה … פ׳ גדולים וכ׳ when one ascends the scaffold to be put to death, if he has prominent intercessors, he is pardoned &c.; ואלו הן פ׳ של אדם וכ׳ these are man’s intercessors (before divine judgment): repentance and good deeds. B. Bath. 10ᵃ כל צדקה … שלום ופ׳ גדולין בין וכ׳ all acts of charity and benevolence … are great peace (makers) and intercessors between Israel and his Father in heaven; (Tosef. l. c. פרקליט גדול ושלום). Y. Taan. I, beg. 63ᶜ פ׳ לפים intercessors praying for rain; a. e.