takkanah

English

Alternative forms

• takanah, takannah, taqqanah, takkannah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תַּקָּנָה.

Noun

takkanah (plural takkanot)

1. 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.