heter

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Pronunciations

heter (HEH-ter) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Rabbinic allowance.

Example Sentences

  • "She got a heter to eat during the fast because she's ill."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH היתר > Y היתּר heter

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      hetter

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