armpit

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armpit

armpit

The inner part between the arm joint and the chest in the human body.

("Rabbi Yochanan said: One who passes over the armpit or the private parts is liable to lashes. Objection: Passing hair is not from the Torah but from the Sages! What does ‘liable to lashes’ mean then? From rabbinic law" – Nazir 58b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית הַשֶּׁחִי

Definition (Hebrew)

הַחֵלֶק הַפְּנִימִי שֶׁבֵּין פֶּרֶק הַזְּרוֹעַ וְהַחָזֶה בְּגוּף הָאָדָם.

("אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הַמַּעֲבִיר בֵּית הַשֶּׁחִי וּבֵית הָעֶרְוָה- לוֹקֶה. מֵיתִיבִי: הַעֲבַרַת שֵׂיעָר אֵינָה מִדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה אֶלָּא מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים! מַאי לוֹקֶה נַמִּי דְּקָאָמַר? מִדְרַבָּנָן" – נָזִיר נ״ח ע״ב)

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