Etymology

posek

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Today it means: decisor; legal scholar who decides the Halacha in cases where previous authorities are inconclusive or no halakhic precedent exists. Full definition →

Hebrew פּוֹסֵק
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromפּוֹסֵק“arbiter”
  2. English todayposek

Borrowed from Hebrew פּוֹסֵק (posék, “arbiter”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.