Therefore / Hence / Thus

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Therefore / Hence / Thus

Therefore / Hence / Thus

Therefore; thus; for that reason (derived from the Aramaic word "הִלְכָּךְ" meaning “hence” or “thus”).

("One who ate garlic and his breath smells foul—should he eat more garlic so that his odor worsens? Ravina said: Therefore, even if he finished his meal, he must still return and bless" – Berakhot 51a; likewise: "Two halves of a day—if one vowed during half a day, he was uncertain whether we require two full periods" – Tosafot on Nazir 19b; and: "At the very least, the witness must specify the day of the new month; therefore, one should not forbid a woman to her husband if the new day was not mentioned" – Rabbinical Court Rulings, vol. 2, p. 243)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִי לְכָךְ, אִי לָכֵן

Definition (Hebrew)

לְפִיכָךְ. לָכֵן. אֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּן (מְקוֹר הַבִּטּוּי בַּמִּלָּה הָאֲרָמִית "הִלְכָּךְ" שֶׁמַּשְׁמָעוּתָהּ הֲרֵי לְכָךְ).

("מִי שֶׁאָכַל שׁוּם וְרֵיחוֹ נוֹדֵף, יַחֲזֹר וְיֹאכַל שׁוּם אַחֵר כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא רֵיחוֹ נוֹדֵף? אָמַר רָבִינָא: הִלְכָּךְ, אֲפִלּוּ גְּמָר סעודתו יַחֲזֹר וִיבָרֵךְ" - בְּרָכוֹת נָא ע"א, וְכֵן: "שְׁנֵי חֲצָאֵי יָמִים כְּגוֹן אִם נֶדֶר בַּחֵצִי יוֹם לְכָךְ מִסְּפָקָא לֵהּ אִי לְכָךְ בְּעֵינָן דנפקא תָּרִין" - תּוֹסָפוֹת מַסֶּכֶת נָזִיר יט ע"ב, וְכֵן: "דַּלֶכֶל הפחות יֵשׁ צֹרֶךְ שֶׁהָעֵד יְצַיֵּן אֶת יוֹם הֶחָדָשׁ, אִי לָכֵן אֵין לֶאֱסֹר אִשָּׁה עַל בַּעֲלָהּ אִם לֹא צִיַּנּוּ אֶת יוֹם הֶחָדָשׁ" - פסקי דִּין רבניים, ב, 243)

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