Jastrow: פָּסוּל

פָּסוּל, פְּסוּלָה f. (פָּסַל; cmp. פגם) defective, blemished, unfit, disqualified, opp. כשר. Zeb. II, 1 נשפך ואספו פ׳ … if the blood was spilt over the pavement, and one collects it again, it is unfit for sprinkling. Ib. 3, v. פִּיגּוּל. Ḥull. I, 4 שחיטתו פ׳ his slaughtering act is illegitimate (the animal so slaughtered is forbidden to be eaten). Ib. כשר בשחיטה פ׳ במליקה וכ׳ what is right in slaughtering, is illegal in pinching (the neck) &c. Zeb. III, 2 קבל הכשר ונתן לפ׳ if a person qualified for the service received the blood and handed it to one disqualified. Gen. R. s. 70 אליעזר פְּסוּל הבית היה וכ׳ Eliezer was the disqualified (servant) of the house, and yet it is written &c. Kidd. IV, 6 פ׳ מן הכהונה לעולם is forever unfit for priesthood (his female descendants are forbidden to priests); בתו פ׳ לכהונה his daughter cannot marry a priest; a. v. fr.—Pl. פְּסוּלִים, פְּסוּלִין; פְּסוּלוֹת. Snh. III, 3 אלו הן הפ׳ the following are disqualified (for judges or witnesses). Gitt. IX, 4 שלשה גטין פ׳ three kinds of letters of divorce are invalid. Zeb. III, 1 כל הפ׳ ששחטו וכ׳ if any of those unfit for priestly service did the slaughtering, his act is legal. Kidd. 77ᵃ כל שנולדה מן הפ׳ born of disqualified parents; מאי פ׳ אילימא פ׳ לו what do you mean by ‘disqualified’? Do you mean disqualified (forbidden in marriage) to him (the father)? Ib. פְּסוּלֵי כהונה persons disqualified for the priesthood (degraded priests). Y. ib. III, 64ᶜ כשרין הוזהרו על הפ׳ וכ׳ qualified persons are cautioned (in the Law) not to marry disqualified women, … but qualified women are not forbidden to marry disqualified men. Shek. VII, 7 הקינין הפ׳ consecrated birds that became disqualified (or unavailable) for sacrificial purposes. Bekh. V, 1, a. fr. פסולי המוקדשים dedicated objects which became unfit for the purpose to which they were dedicated; a. v. fr.