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Noun
פּוסק • (poysek) m, plural פּוסקים (poskem)
- decisor (of Jewish law)
- commentary (of the Talmud)
1900, I. L. Perets, אויב נישט נאָך העכער [If not higher], page 1:איר קענט די ליטוואַקעס: פֿון מוסר־ספֿרים האַלטן זיי ווייניק, דערפֿאַר שטאָפּן זיי זיך אָן מיט ש״ס און פּוסקים.- ir kent di litvakes: fun muser-sforem haltn zey veynik, derfar shtopn zey zikh on mit shas un poskem.
- You know the Litvaks: They think little of books of ethics, instead they stuff themselves with the Talmud and commentaries.