pasken

English

Alternative forms

• paskin

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּסקענען (paskenen)

Verb

pasken (third-person singular simple present paskens, present participle paskening, simple past and past participle paskened)

1. (Judaism) To rule, decide, opine.
   • 1997 May 12, Jay Lapidus, “Unique Medieval Jewish Philosophers”, in soc.culture.jewish‎^[1] (Usenet):

     When the Rambam paskins one way and the majority paskins another way, the dispute is over practice and customs.