Prohibition upon prohibition

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Prohibition upon prohibition

Prohibition upon prohibition

One restriction added on top of another restriction in the same matter. 'A decree upon a decree.'

("Rabbi Yehuda says: One who ate pressed fig-cake, drank honey and milk, and entered the Temple — is liable. Alternatively, you may say: Rabbi Shimon does not hold that a prohibition takes effect upon a prohibition" - Nazir 4a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִסּוּר עַל אִסּוּר

Definition (Hebrew)

הַגְבָּלָה אַחַת שֶׁבָּאָה בְּנוֹסָף לְהַגְבָּלָה אַחֶרֶת בְּאוֹתוֹ עִנְיָן. 'גְּזֵרָה לִגְזֵרָה'.

("ר' יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אָכַל דבילה קעילית, וּשְׁתֵה דְּבַשׁ וְחָלָב, וְנִכְנַס למקדש - חַיָּב. איבעית אִמָּא: ר"ש לֵית לֵהּ אִסּוּר חָל עַל אִסּוּר"- נזיר ד ע"א)

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