heter

Borrowed from Hebrew הֶתֵּר (hetér, “permission”).

heter (plural heterim)

1. (Judaism) Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment.
   • 1995 February 3, YOSEF KAZEN, “Petitions, Acceptance, and Moshiach”, in soc.culture.jewish‎^[1] (Usenet):

     What comes to mind is the famous issue on ZIM SHIPPING - an Israeli company owned by Jews and they tried to get a heter for running their ships on Shabbos.

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• Rhymes: -eːtər

heter

1. comparative degree of heet

heter

1. (archaic) inflection of heet:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. genitive plural

• ether

heter

1. present tense of hete (Etymologies 3 & 4)

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

hēter

1. hot

• Swedish: het

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɛr
• Syllabification: he‧ter

heter f

1. genitive plural of hetera

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heter

1. present indicative of heta