Posek
Type of Jewish legal scholar
In Jewish law, a posek (Hebrew: פּוֹסֵק, romanized: pôsēq; pl. poskim פּוֹסְקִים, pôsəqîm) is a legal scholar who determines the application of Halakha, the Jewish religious law derived from the written and Oral Torah, in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists. The decision of a posek is known as a psak halakha ("ruling of law"; pl. piskei halakha) or simply a "psak".
Nº Q931732 ★
Common · Knowledge
Posek
Type of Jewish legal scholar
In Jewish law, a posek (Hebrew: פּוֹסֵק, romanized: pôsēq; pl. poskim פּוֹסְקִים, pôsəqîm) is a legal scholar who determines the application of Halakha, the Jewish religious law derived from the written and Oral Torah, in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists. The decision of a posek is known as a psak halakha ("ruling of law"; pl. piskei halakha) or simply a "psak".
Last price
—
Floor price
—
7-day median
—
30-day sales
0
30-day range
—
In circulation
0
Price history
median
low – high
sales
No sales in this period
Show table
| Date | median | Low | High | sales |
|---|
Sales history
- Last sale
- —
- 30-day average
- —
- 30-day low
- —
- 30-day high
- —
- Sales 7d
- 0
- Sales 30d
- 0
No sales yet.
Anonymous sales: no buyer or seller shown. Figures count player-to-player sales only.
From Wikipedia
In Jewish law, a posek (Hebrew: פּוֹסֵק, romanized: pôsēq; pl. poskim פּוֹסְקִים, pôsəqîm) is a legal scholar who determines the application of Halakha, the Jewish religious law derived from the written and Oral Torah, in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists. The decision of a posek is known as a psak halakha ("ruling of law"; pl. piskei halakha) or simply a "psak". Piskei halakha are generally recorded in the responsa literature.
Text: Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 4.0. · Image: Chaim Tchernowitz (Rav Tzair) (Public domain) ·
Related cards
Hakham
Wise or skillful man in Judaism
Nº Q1058384 ★
Rosh yeshiva
Head of a yeshiva
Nº Q2308372 ★
Acharonim
Leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present
Nº Q510005 ★★
Rosh Hashanah (tractate)
Tractate in Moed
Nº Q1742054 ★★★★
Yehoshua Neuwirth
Israeli rabbi (1927-2013)
Nº Q8051260 ★★★
Yadayim
Tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud.
Nº Q2327205 ★★