m'ikar hadin
Definitions
adv. 'From the essential law'; 'according to the fundamental principle of the law'; used to distinguish the basic, core legal requirement from later rabbinic stringencies or customs.
Example Sentences
"However, Rav Schachter cautioned that although, m’ikar ha’din we may be maikel, but since many poskim were machmir, lichatchila one should not permit dairy bread to be baked on kosher keilim, unless one will kasher." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
מֵעִקַּר הַדִּין
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
m'ikar hadin, me'ikar hadin
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