Jastrow: פִּסְקָא

פִּסְקָא, פִּי׳ ch. same 1) cut. Ḥull. 112ᵃ גריר לבי פִסְקֵיה וכ׳ he may scrape off the place where it was cut, and eat it. B. Mets. 23ᵇ אית ליה סימנא בפִסְקֵיה Ms. F. (ed. דאיכא … בפסקא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) when he can identify it by his way of chopping.—[Ḥull. 51ᵃ מחיי אפסקיה, v. פַּסְקִית.]—Pl. פִּסְקֵי, פִּי׳. Erub. 3ᵃ פ׳ דארזא (cmp. בְּקַעַת) cedar logs.—[Y. Kil. IX, end, 32ᵈ פיסקי דעמר, v. פְּסִיקְיָא.] —2) interruption, broken line; space indicating a new section, paragraph. — Pl. פִּסְקִין, פִּסְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 26ᵇ; Meg. 18ᵃ והוו עיילי פ׳ פ׳ they came to Rabbi’s house in broken lines (Y. ib. II, beg. 73ᵃ קטעין קטעין), v. סֵירוּג.—Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ bot. (expl. ראשי פרקים) פ׳ the places in the scroll where the portions, into which the Sabbath reading is divided, begin. —3) detached part.—Pl. as ab. B. Bath. 68ᵇ פיסקי בגי, v. בִּיזְלֵי. —4) decision, decree. Ib. 130ᵇ פ׳ דדינא (Ms. R. פְּסַק דינא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40) legal decision, v. פִּירְכָא. Kidd. 70ᵃ, v. הַזְמָנָא; a. e.; v. פִּיתְקָא. —5) an absolute, unqualified opinion or statement. Keth. 76ᵇ, a. fr. ומאי פ׳ how can you say this without any qualification? —6) last meal before beginning to fast. Y. Ḥall. I, 57ᶜ top; Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ bot. אַפְּסַק כרובא, v. כְּרוּבָּא. —7) donation, collection, v. פִּסְקָה.—[פסקא, פי׳ (abbrev. פיס׳) section, a) heading in Talm. Y., subordinate to מתני׳.—b) headings of sections in P’siḳta.]