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Rabbinic Hebrew · Rulings and Legal Contrasts

מותר and אסור

RH2-007Rabbinic HebrewMishnah and Hebrew Midrash

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

מותר · אסור

Transliterationmutar · asur

Plain meaningpermitted · prohibited
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מותר and אסור

מותר and אסור address permission and prohibition. This is a different axis from חייב/פטור. A person can be exempt from an obligation without the action automatically becoming the preferred or permitted choice in every legal context.

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מותר · אסור
ORIGINAL

RH2-007

mutar · asur
READING

Approved transliteration

permitted · prohibited
MEANING

Rabbinic Hebrew

REMEMBER

מותר/אסור = permission; חייב/פטור = obligation/liability.