gezerah

English

Alternative forms

  • gezeirah, gzeyre

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גְּזֵרָה (g'zerá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/

Noun

gezerah (plural gezerot)

  1. (Jewish law) A preventive rabbinic enactment.
    • 2000, David Golinkin, “Genetic Engineering”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 70:
      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.
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