pasken

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verb

To rule, decide, opine.

OriginYiddish פּסקענען →
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Meanings

verbpasken (third-person singular simple present paskens, present participle paskening, simple past and past participle paskened)

present singular third person paskens · participle present paskening · participle past paskened · past paskened · alternative paskin

  1. JudaismTo rule, decide, opine.

    When the Rambam paskins one way and the majority paskins another way, the dispute is over practice and customs.

    1997 May 12, Jay Lapidus, “Unique Medieval Jewish Philosophers”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Yiddishפּסקענען
  2. Englishpasken

Borrowed from Yiddish פּסקענען (paskenen).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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