אֵשֶׁ"ל, הוֹצָאוֹת אֵשֶׁ"ל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Eshel, Eshel expenses

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A term for financial expenses a person incurs during travels or when away from home. Literally: Eshel—an acronym for food, drink, lodging or the accompaniment of the guest.

("And he planted an eshel in Beer Sheva—Eshel is an acronym for food, drink, accompaniment; and some say (a tree) a real eshel, and from it was made the middle bar, and Jacob our father brought it down to Egypt when he went there"—Midrash Aggadah (Buber), Genesis ch. 21; and also: "In Avot d'Rabbi Natan (ch. 7), Abraham our father stood and built great palaces by the road, and placed in them food and drink for every passerby, as it is said: And he planted an eshel in Beer Sheva. Eshel is an acronym for food, drink, accompaniment"—Rabbi Ovadia Yosef / Anaf Etz Avot on Pirkei Avot 20)