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gezerah

/ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/

gezerah noun: a preventive rabbinic enactment.

Noun

gezerah (plural gezerot or gezeroth)

  1. (Jewish) A preventive rabbinic enactment.
    • Jewish law as it now stands does not forbid these practices, but I believe they should be forbidden as a gezeirah, or rabbinic prohibition, because they are not in keeping with Jewish ethics and theology.2000, David Golinkin, “Genetic Engineering”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 70

Forms of gezerah

pluralgezerot
pluralgezeroth
alternative formgezeirah
alternative formgzeyre

Origin of gezerah

Borrowed from Hebrew גְּזֵרָה (g'zerá).

Questions about gezerah

What does gezerah mean?
Gezerah means a preventive rabbinic enactment.
What part of speech is gezerah?
Gezerah is a noun.
How do you pronounce gezerah?
Gezerah is pronounced /ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/.
What is the plural of gezerah?
The plural of gezerah is gezerot.

Words near gezerah in the dictionary

  1. geysery
  2. gezeirah
  3. gezeirot
  4. gezeiroth
  5. gezellig
  6. gezerah
  7. gezerot
  8. gezeroth
  9. Gezira
  10. gezumph
  11. gezumphed

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