prutah
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of prutah
1945–50; < Modern Hebrew pruta, post-Biblical Hebrew pərūṭāh a small coin
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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
The prutah was the smallest coin then current.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
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