Jastrow: פַּרְנָס

פַּרְנָס m. (preced.) manager, administrator, leader of a community, chief. Snh. 92ᵃ, v. נָהַג. Ber. 28ᵃ אוי לו לדור שאתה פַּרְנָסוֹ woe to the generation whose leader thou art! Arakh. 17ᵃ פ׳ לפי דורו as the generation, so the leader. Yoma 22ᵇ אין מעמידין פ׳ וכ׳ we should appoint chief of a congregation only one behind whom hangs a mass of reptiles (to whose ancestry some blemish is attached), so that, when he becomes overbearing, we can say to him, turn behind thee; a. v. fr.—Pl. פַּרְנָסִים, פַּרְנָסִין. Ib. 86ᵇ שני פ׳ פובים עמדו וכ׳ two good leaders have arisen for Israel, Moses and David. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ top אין מעמידין פ׳ מחות משלשה we must never appoint less than three managers (of charities). Ib. אין מעמידין שני אחין פ׳ two brothers must not be appointed managers of charity. Gitt. 60ᵃ; a. fr.