Etymology

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Today it means: Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment. Full definition →

Hebrew הֶתֵּר
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromהֶתֵּר“permission”
  2. English todayheter

Borrowed from Hebrew הֶתֵּר (hetér, “permission”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.