אִי לְכָךְ, אִי לָכֵן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Therefore / Hence / Thus

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)