Temporary dwelling, temporary residence (יְשִׁיבַת עֲרַאי, יְשִׁיבַת אֲרָעִי)

Temporary dwelling, temporary residence

Temporary stay; dwelling in a particular place in a temporary manner.

("For all seven days, a person makes his sukkah temporary and his house permanent. If rains fell... To what is this comparable? To a servant who came to pour a cup for his master, and he threw a pitcher of water in his face" - Sukkah 2:8, and similarly: "Non-Jews among us, and even one who resides temporarily or travels from place to place for trade, shall not pass through our land until he accepts upon himself the seven commandments with which the children of Noah were commanded" - Rambam / Sefer HaMadda, Laws of Idolatry and the Customs of the Nations, Chapter 10, 6, 145, and similarly: "For when brothers dwell together, and even in temporary dwelling, it is impossible for them without closeness and without the influence of mutual giving" - Bialik / On "The Wisdom of Israel")

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יְשִׁיבַת עֲרַאי, יְשִׁיבַת אֲרָעִי

Definition (Hebrew)

שְׁהוּת זְמַנִּית. יְשִׁיבָה בְּמָקוֹם מְסֻויָּים בְּאֹופֶן זְמַנִּי.

("כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים אָדָם עוֹשֶׂה סֻוכָּתוֹ קֶבַע וּבֵיתוֹ עֲרַאי. יָרְדוּ גְּשָׁמִים...לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה לְעֶבֶד שֶׁבָּא לִמְזֹג כּוֹס לְרַבּוֹ וְשָׁפַךְ לוֹ קִיתוֹן עַל פָּנָיו"- סֻכָּה ב ח, וְכֵן:"עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים בֵּינֵינוּ,וַאֲפִלּוּ יוֹשֵׁב יְשִׁיבַת עֲרַאי אוֹ עוֹבֵר מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם לִסְחוֹרָה- לֹא יַעֲבֹר בְּאַרְצֵנוּ, עַד שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל עָלָיו שֶׁבַע מִצְווֹת שֶׁנִּצְטַוּוּ בְּנֵי נֹחַ"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְחֻקּוֹת הַגּוֹיִים, פֶּרֶק עֲשִׂירִי, ו, 145, וְכֵן:"כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּיו, וַאֲפִלּוּ יְשִׁיבַת אֲרָעִי, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לָהֶם בְּלִי הִתְקָרְבוּת וּבְלִי הַשְׁפָּעַת גּוֹמְלִין"- בְּיָאלִיק/עַל "חָכְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל")

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