כִּשָּׁלוֹן, preced.) downfall, stumbling, weakness. Ḥag. 14ᵃ; Sabb. 119ᵇ אפי׳ בשעת כִּשְׁלוֹנָהּ וכ׳ even at the period of Jerusalem’s downfall (moral decay) the men of faith did not fail her. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII (ref. to Prov. XXIV, 16) תכף לכ׳ רעה the evil immediately follows their stumbling (leaving no time to rise). Yalk. Job 897 (ref. to Job IV, 4) היית מנחם כל בעלי כ׳ thou didst console all the afflicted (Tanḥ. Vayishl., ed. Bub. 8 יסורין).