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gezerot

gezerot is the plural of gezerah.

Meaning of gezerah

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

Questions about gezerot

What is gezerot the plural of?
Gezerot is the plural of gezerah.

Words near gezerot in the dictionary

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

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