פְּלֵיטָה, escape, safety; remnant. Gen. R. s. 76 [read:] אע"פ שנשארו לפ׳ הֱיוּ מתענין עליהן וכ׳ (v. Yalk. ib. 131) although they (in the diaspora) have been allowed to escape (from the persecutions in Palestine), yet fast (and pray) for them &c. Gen. R. s. 38 נשתיירה מהן פ׳ a remnant of them was left; a. e.