herem
See also: herêm
English
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editEtymology
editTransliteration of Hebrew חֵרֶם (ḥērem). Doublet of haram.
Noun
editherem (countable and uncountable, plural herems)
- (Judaism) The exclusion of a person from the Jewish community.
- 2006 March 23, Chris McGreal, “Settlers don't know when the knock on the door will come and they have to leave”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Mr Raz said he was fired from his job at the settlement council six months ago because of his involvement in the campaign and a rabbi placed him in "herem", an ancient religious practice requiring that a wayward person be ostracised.
Further reading
edit- herem (censure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia