Raw meat/ living flesh/ proud flesh (בָּשָׂר חַי)
Raw meat/ living flesh/ proud flesh (בָּשָׂר חַי)

Raw meat/ living flesh/ proud flesh

By metaphor: flesh that is not cooked. Originally: flesh of a living creature.

("He who eats living flesh and drinks living wine does not become a rebellious and rebellious son" - Sanhedrin 70a, and likewise: "Difficult, deceitful to the dead like a splinter in the living flesh" - Berakhot 18b, and likewise: "One does not leave living flesh on the bread" - Rambam/ Sefer Ahavah, Laws of Blessings, chapter seven, 9, 257.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּשָׂר חַי

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בָּשָׂר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְבֻשָּׁל. בַּמָּקוֹר: בָּשָׂר שֶׁל יְצוּר חַי.

("אָכַל בָּשָׂר חַי וְשָׁתָה יַיִן חַי-אֵינוֹ נַעֲשֶׂה בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה "- סַנְהֶדְרִין ע ע"א, וְכֵן:"קָשָׁה רִמָּה לַמֵּת כְּמַחַט בַּבָּשָׂר הַחַי"- בְּרָכוֹת יח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"אֵין מַנִּיחִין בָּשָׂר חַי עַל הַפַּת"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר אַהֲבָה, הִלְכוֹת בְּרָכוֹת, פֶּרֶק שְׁבִיעִי, ט, 257)

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