English Explanatory Dictionary

posek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. decisor; legal scholar who decides the Halacha in cases where previous authorities are inconclusive or no halakhic precedent exists.

Word forms

posek poseks poskim

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פּוֹסֵק (posék, “arbiter”).

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