iser

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Pronunciations

iser (IHS-sur) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A prohibition.

Example Sentences

  • "There is a machlokes whether this is an issur d'oreisah (Ravad) or an issur d'Rabbanan (Tosfos)." (source)

  • "From the practical point of you, the nature of the issur of a woman remaining in her Nidah status does not change until she has gone to the mikveh and as known there are other stages along the way,among them the 'Shivah Nekiim' as you mentioned, before going to the Mikveh." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH איסור > Y איסור iser

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      isur, issur

Notes

  • plural: 'isurim' or 'iserim'

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