psak

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Pronunciations

psak (PSAHK) listen
psak (PSAHK) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "What's Reb Moshe's psak?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH פסק pasák > Y פּסק psak

      • 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

      p'sak, pesak

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