Bloodletting/ Cupping
Removing blood from the body for medical purposes. On the beach: bloodshed.
("There are eight things, many of which are hard, and few of which are beautiful, and these are they: a journey and a journey of land, wealth and labor, wine and a year of famine and the shedding of blood" - Gittin A.A.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַקָּזַת דָּם
Definition (Hebrew)
הוֹצָאַת דָּם מֵהַגּוּף לְצָרְכֵי רְפוּאָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: שְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים.
("שְׁמוֹנָה דְּבָרִים רֻבָּם קָשֶׁה וּמִעוּטָם יָפֶה, וְאֵלּוּ הֵם: דֶּרֶךְ וְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, עֹשֶׁר וּמְלָאכָה, יַיִן וְשֵׁנָה חַמִּין וְהַקָּזַת דָּם "- גִּטִּין ע ע"א)