חֲלִיפִים, חֲלִיפִין m. pl. (חָלַף) 1) exchange, substitution. Kidd. I, 6 כיון … זה בחֲלִיפָיו as soon as one of the parties to the exchange has taken possession, the other takes the risk for its exchange. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ, a. e. יש להן ח׳ can be replaced; a. fr.—Esp. ḥălifin, a form of possession by handing to the purchaser an object as a symbolical substitute (v. Ruth IV, 7). Kidd. 22ᵇ אף כח׳ a slave, may be taken possession of also by symbol. B. Mets. 45ᵇ, a. fr. אין מטבע נעשה ח׳ coins cannot be used for symbolical delivery; a. fr. —2) young shoots (coming out of a stump). Shebi. I, 8. Tosef. B. Kam. II, 1 (Y. ib. 3ᵃ top חִילְפִין).