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prutah

American  
[proo-tah] / pruˈtɑ /

noun

plural

prutoth, prutot

  1. a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.

Etymology

Origin of prutah

1945–50; < Modern Hebrew pruta, post-Biblical Hebrew pərūṭāh a small coin

Example Sentences

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The prutah was the smallest coin then current.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

On the next page of the same tract it is said, "For one prutah given as alms to a poor man one is made partaker of the beatific vision."

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

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