Public kitchen / Soup-kitchen

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Public kitchen / Soup-kitchen

Public kitchen / Soup-kitchen

A place where food is distributed to people in need. A kitchen providing free meals to the needy (the word temchu’i also refers to a large bowl divided into sections containing different dishes).

("Food was provided all day, from Friday evening to Friday evening, to every person, for the poor of that city" – Tosefta Peah, Liberman, Ch. 4)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית תַּמְחוּי

Definition (Hebrew)

מָקוֹם בּוֹ מְחַלְּקִים אֹכֶל אוֹ מָזוֹן לַאֲנָשִׁים נִזְקָקִים. בֵּית תַּבְשִׁיל לַאֲרוּחוֹת חִנָּם לְנִצְרָכִים (לַמִּלָּה תַּמְחוּי מַשְׁמָעוּת נוֹסֶפֶת וְהִיא קְעָרָה גְּדוֹלָה הַמְּחֻלֶּקֶת לְתָאִים וּבָהּ מֻנָּחִים תַּבְשִׁילִים שׁוֹנִים).

("תַּמְחוּי כָּל הַיּוֹם קֻפָּה מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת תַּמְחוּי לְכָל אָדָם קֻפָּה לַעֲנִיֵּי אוֹתָהּ הָעִיר"- תּוֹסֶפְתָּא מַסֶּכֶת פֵּאָה (לִיבֶּרְמָן) פֶּרֶק ד)

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