assur

See also: Assur, Aššur, and Aššūr

English

Alternative forms

• asur

Etymology

From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).

Adjective

assur (not comparable)

1. (Jewish law) forbidden
   • 1968, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Horeb: A Philosophy of Jewish Laws and Observances:

     Wool which has been shorn from it or which has fallen off it is assur (prohibited for any beneficial use) and if it becomes mixed with other wool the whole becomes assur (Y.D. 308).

   • 2006, Rabbi Alfred S. Cohen, editor, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, numbers 51–56:

     In their commentary, the Tosafot conclude that it is assur to inflict a wound in one's body (chovel be'atzmo) even if he benefits from it.

   • 2011 February 23, Philogos, “How To Understand Yeshivish”, in The Forward‎:

     After chatzos it is assur to daven shacharis.

See also

• haram

Anagrams

• suras, asurs, 'saurs, Suras