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posken

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Posken (verb) means to give an official decision on something.

verb

To give an official decision on something.

"In no way are we poskening; rather, we simply hope to give readers a sense of the issues." — From Our Sealed Rooms: A Most Unusual War : a Gulf War Retrospective, Feldheim Pub (1991)

"The Rosh Yeshivah listened to both sides, and then poskened in favor of the young man. The woman was not happy, but after all, this was the decision of the Rosh Yeshivah. So she agreed to abide by his decision and the two of them went home." — Michael Allen, Not a Charm? (1992)

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