takkanah
English
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editBorrowed from Hebrew תַּקָּנָה
Noun
edittakkanah (plural takkanot)
- A law created by the rabbis not derived from Biblical commandments.
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 926:
- According to a takkanah (enactment) of the chief rabbinate of Palestine in 1943, in Israel daughters inherit on an equal footing with sons.