פְּרִישׁוּת f. (פָּרַשׁ) 1) separation, parting. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e., v. נְשִׁיקָה. —2) (v. פָּרוּשׁ) abstinence, restriction, self-restraint, piety. Yoma 74ᵇ פ׳ דרך ארץ the enforced abstinence from marital connection. Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. נְזִירוּת. Sot. IX, 15 משמת … טהרה ופ׳ with the death of … ceased the dignity of the Law, and levitical purity and abstinence died out. Ib. טהרה מביאה לידי פ׳ ופ׳ וכ׳ levitical cleanness leads to self-control, and self-control to sanctity; a. e.