Pronunciations

Definitions

• v. To rule halachically.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Y פּסקענען páskenen 'to judge, rule, decide' from Heb root פ-ס-ק, 'to rule'
  

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).
• Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

Alternative Spellings

paskn, paskan