צֳרִי, preced. art.) [that which runs through cracks,] resin, balsam (v. Gen. R. s. 91, quot. s. v. בַּלְסָם).—Ker. 6ᵃ, a. fr. הצ׳ an ingredient of frankincense. Sabb. 25ᵇ; Tosef. ib. II, 3 אין מדליקין בצ׳ you must not feed the Sabbath lamp with balsam; Y. ib. II, 4ᵈ אין מדליקין צוֹרִי.