Jastrow: צוֹרֶךְ

צוֹרֶךְ, צֹרֶךְ m. (b. h.; צָרַךְ) need, necessity. M. Kat. II, 4 לצ׳ המועד if required for use during the festival; לצ׳ המוכר if the seller is in need of money. Pes. 5ᵇ we do not say, הואיל והותרה … לצ׳ … שלא לצ׳ since lighting a fire is permitted (on the Holy Day) for the need of the day, it may also be permitted where it is not needed for the day. Y. Naz. III, beg. 54ᶜ הבערה לצ׳ יצאת the prohibition to start a fire on the Sabbath (Ex. XXXV, 3) is specified for a purpose (for interpretation). Sabb. 131ᵇ צ׳ גבוה needed for the altar (v. גָּבוֹהַּ). Bets. 21ᵇ עושה אדם כל צָרְכוֹ בפת man may use a loaf of bread for whatever he may need (not only for eating); Ber. 50ᵇ צָרְכָיו (pl.). Snh. 88ᵇ שלא שמשו כל צָרְכָן who had not attended their teachers sufficiently; Y. ib. I, 19ᶜ כצוֹרְכָן; a. v. fr.—Euphemisms: Y. Keth. V, 30ᵇ היתה עושה צוֹרְכָהּ באחרים she gratified her desire with other men; Gen. R. s. 52 צָרָכֶיהָ (pl.). Y. Ber. III, 6ᶜ אעשה צָרְכִי I will gratify my desire; a. fr.—Pl. צֳרָכִים, constr. צוֹרְכֵי, צָרְכֵי. Ber. 46ᵇ צ׳ סעודה the requirements of a meal. Sabb. XIX, 2 (133ᵃ, sq.) כל צ׳ מילה all preparations needed for circumcision. Shek. IV, 7 ימכרו לצ׳ עולות (Y. ed. לצְרִיכֵי) shall be sold for the purposes of (to buy with the money realized) burnt-offerings. Bets. 28ᵇ לכם לכל צָרְכֵיכֶם ‘for you’ (Ex. XII, 16), for all your needs of the day. Y. Ber. V, 9ᵇ bot. שואל צָרְכָיו וכ׳ inserts the prayer for his individual needs in the benediction ‘Hearer of Prayers’. Lev. R. s. 34, end (ref. to Is. LVIII, 13) מכאן … לתבוע צרכיו בשבת from this we learn that man must not pray for his individual wants on the Sabbath; a. fr.—Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵃ top עשה צרכיו עמה had marital connection with her, v. supra. Nidd. IX, 1 עושה צרכיה urinated. Ib. 2 צָרְכֵיהֶן. Yalk. Job 927 (ref. to Job XLI, 7) סוגר כל חותמות הצרכים he (the Leviathan) closes all the seals of needs (all his own orifices of discharge, contrad. to כל חותמות המְצָרְכִים all the seals of those that have needs (causes their obstruction); a. fr.