Bar Pelugta/ opponent/ adversary

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Bar Pelugta/ opponent/ adversary

Bar Pelugta/ opponent/ adversary

A person found in argument or dispute with another. Literally: son of division.

("Rav Nachman said in the name of Rav: The halakha in all its chapters is a son of division" - Bava Kamma 23b, and likewise: "But Rabbi Yehuda, he is the son of division of Rabbi Meir everywhere" - Tosafot Yom Tov, Tractate Nedarim, Chapter 1, and likewise: "And since Haykil, a man of sharp mind, was associated after Vitta, accordingly Itzik Pashtan is his son of division" - Mendele Moshe / Masaot Binyamin the Third, 7, November, and likewise: "After the passing of our elder Rabbi... still the son of his division remained" - Agnon / On the Palms of the Lock, In Our Youth and In Our Old Age, 267, and likewise: "And outside of them they accepted upon themselves at the end of a matter even the sons of the bitter division who embitter the law of the place" - H. Be’er / To A Place Where The Spirit Goes, 81)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּר פְּלֻגְתָּא

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם הַמָּצוּי בְּוִכּוּחַ אוֹ בְּמַחְלֹקֶת עִם אַחֵר. מִלּוּלִית: בֶּן מַחְלֹקֶת.

("אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן מִשְּׁמֵהּ דְּרַב: הִלְכְתָא בְּכֻלֵּהּ פִּרְקִין בַּר מִפְּלוּגְתָּא"- בְּכוֹרוֹת כג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"אֶלָּא רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא דְּהוּא בַּר פְּלֻגְתָּא דֶּרְבִּי מֵאִיר בְּכָל מָקוֹם"-תּוֹסְפוֹת יוֹם טוֹב מַסֶּכֶת נְדָרִים פֶּרֶק א, וְכֵן:"וּלְפִי שֶׁחַיְקִיל בַּעַל מוֹחַ כָּרוּךְ הָיָה אַחֲרֵי וויטא,לְפִיכָךְ אִיצִיק פַּשְׁטָן, בַּר פְּלֻגְתָּא שֶׁלּוֹ"-מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ז, נֹב, וְכֵן:"לְאַחַר פְּטִירָתוֹ שֶׁל רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן...עֲדַיִן הָיָה בַּר פְּלוּגְתֵּיהּ קַיָּם"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל, בִּנְעָרֵינוּ וּבִזְקֵנֵינוּ, 267, וְכֵן:"וְחוּץ מֵהֶם קִבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר אֲפִלּוּ בְּנֵי הַפְּלֻגְתָּא הַמָּרִים שֶׁבַּמָּרִים אֶת דִּין הַמָּקוֹם"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 81)

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