gezerah

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/ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/

noun

A preventive rabbinic enactment.

OriginHebrew גְּזֵרָה →
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Meanings

noungezerah (plural gezerot or gezeroth)

plural gezerot · plural gezeroth · alternative gezeirah · alternative gzeyre

  1. JewishlawA preventive rabbinic enactment.

    Jewish law as it now stands does not forbid these practices, but I believe they should be forbidden as a gezeirah, or rabbinic prohibition, because they are not in keeping with Jewish ethics and theology.

    2000, David Golinkin, “Genetic Engineering”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 70

Origin

  1. Hebrewגְּזֵרָה
  2. Englishgezerah

Borrowed from Hebrew גְּזֵרָה (g'zerá).

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APA

gezerah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gezerah

MLA

“gezerah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gezerah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gezerah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gezerah.

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