Permit to officiate as a Rabbi
Authorization to instruct and decide in matters of Jewish law.
("And a slander that will be turned to its own detriment and will forbid what the Torah elders have forbidden in the teaching" - Shu't Yachin and Boaz, part one, a sign of a wrinkle, and so on: "To give the Torah of the teaching and a reference to the Rabbi" - Shu't Nis'mat Chayim, a sign of a wrinkle)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶתֵּר הוֹרָאָה
Definition (Hebrew)
סַמְכוּת לְהוֹרוֹת וְלִפְסֹק בְּעִנְיְנֵי הֲלָכָה.
("וְחָלִילָה שֶׁתִּהְיֶה נָסַבָּה לְמִכְשׁוֹלָהּ וְתֶאֱסֹר מָה שֶׁזָּקֵן הַתָּר בְּהוֹרָאָה"- שׁוּ"ת יָכִין וּבֹעַז חֵלֶק א סִימָן קֶמֶט, וְכֵן:"לָתֵת הַתָּרַת הוֹרָאָה וּסְמִיכָה לָרַב"- שׁוּ"ת נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים סִימָן קצז)