takkanah

plural takkanot · alternative takanah · alternative takannah · alternative taqqanah · alternative takkannah · alternative takone · alternative takoneh · alternative takkoneh

1. A law created by the rabbis not derived from Biblical commandments.

   According to a takkanah (enactment) of the chief rabbinate of Palestine in 1943, in Israel daughters inherit on an equal footing with sons.

   2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 926

   1 more example

   As time went on, various Jewish communities enacted various takkanot regarding whether Bar Mitzvah boys could read from the Torah and regarding whether the Aliyah of a Bar Mitzvah boy takes precedence over the Aliyah of a bridegroom or the father of a newborn child.

   2021, David Golinkin, “What is the Origin and History of the Bar Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Anat Helman, editor, No Small Matter Features of Jewish Childhood