Jastrow: פַּיִיס

פַּיִיס m. (פִּיס) division, (cmp. פּוּר, a. בָּצַע) compromise, arbitration, esp. by counting out a certain number on the raised fingers of those among whom a decision is to be made (v. צָבַעHif.), allotment. Yoma II, 2 התקינו … אלא בפ׳ it was ordained that the cleansing of the altar should not be done (by whosoever was the first to reach it) but according to arbitration by counting &c. Ib. וזה הפ׳ הראשון and this was the first arbitration (on the Day of Atonement). Ib. 3 הפ׳ השני מי וכ׳ the second count was to decide who was to slaughter &c.; a. fr.—Pl. פְּיָיסוֹת. Ib. 2 ארבע פ׳ היו שם four times arbitration took place there (on the Day of Atonement). Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ מפני קילקול פ׳ because it disturbs the arrangement of the various services allotted severally to the priests; a. e.