A Temporary Residence

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A Temporary Residence

A Temporary Residence

A temporary dwelling. The opposite of a permanent residence (the word עֲרַאי is also written as אֲרָעִי) and its meaning is temporary or incidental.

("Rava said: From here (Leviticus 23) in the Sukkot festival you shall dwell seven days. The Torah said: All seven days leave your permanent residence and dwell in a temporary residence" - Sukkah 2a; and also: "The parable here is for someone who dwells in one city but knows that his dwelling there is only a temporary residence, because his desire and intention is to go to another city where he will dwell permanently; there is no doubt that he will strive to buy fields and vineyards there" - Rabbeinu Behaye on Genesis chapter 23; and also: "And still the peace was given in a sukkah which is a temporary residence" - Agnon, 'Oreach Nata Lalun', p. 95; and also: "There was in that room an inn comparable to a shop of a seller of weariness, a temporary residence of 'Nisraf'" - H. Hazaz, 'HaCheshbon', p. 185.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּירַת עֲרַאי, דִּירַת אֲרָעִי

Definition (Hebrew)

דִּירָה זְמַנִּית. הַהֶפֶךְ מִדִּירַת קֶבַע (הַמִּלָּה עֲרַאי נִכְתֶּבֶת גַּם אֲרָעִי) וּמִשְׁמָעָהּ זְמַנִּי אוֹ מִקְרִי).

("רָבָא אָמַר: מֵהָכָא (וַיִּקְרָא כג) בַּסֻּכֹּת תֵּשְׁבוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה: כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים צֵא מִדִּירַת קֶבַע וְשֵׁב בְּדִירַת עֲרַאי"-סֻכָּה ב ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְהַמָּשָׁל בָּזֶה, לְמִי שֶׁדָּר בְּעִיר אַחַת וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאֵין דִּירָתוֹ לָדוּר בָּהּ אֶלָּא דִּירַת אֲרָעִי, כִּי רְצוֹנוֹ וּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ לָלֶכֶת אֶל עִיר אַחֶרֶת שֶׁעָתִיד לָדוּר בָּהּ דִּירַת קֶבַע, אֵין סָפֵק שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִקְנוֹת שָׁם שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים"- רַבֵּנוּ בְּחַיֵּי בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק כג, וְכֵן:"וַעֲדַיִן הָיָה הַשָּׁלוֹם נָתוּן בְּסֻכָּה שֶׁהִיא דִּירַת אֲרָעִי"-עַגְנוֹן/ אוֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן, 95 , וְכֵן:"הָיוּ בּוֹ בְּאוֹתוֹ חֶדֶר דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לַחֲנוּת שֶׁל מוֹכֵר בְּלֵאוּת, לְדִירַת עֲרַאי שֶׁל 'נִשְׂרָף'"- ח.הָזָז/ הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן, 185)

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