mara d'atra

English

Alternative forms
  • mara d'athra, mara d'asra, mara deatra

Etymology

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Noun

mara d'atra

  1. A rabbi with halachic authority over a certain jurisdiction or population.
    • 1998 July 21, Hadass Eviatar, “Kabbalah - basic intro & info”, in soc.culture.jewish‎ (Usenet):
      Can't answer for other rabbis, but my mara d'atra only allows hechshered wines. I haven't asked him for a justification.
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