pruta

The connection between property and spirit was most vividly expressed by Rabbi Yohanan, who declared that “anyone who steals a shave pruta that is, the smallest possible unit of value from his friend, it is as though he has taken his soul from him.”

The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010

Hebrew boy, and, giving him a _pruta_ (a small coin of less value than a farthing), said: "Here is a pruta, my lad, bring me something for it, of which I may eat enough, leave some for my host, and carry some home to my family."

Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869