hold by
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To subscribe to (an idea , rule, authority, etc.); to personally consider valid or authoritative.
Example Sentences
- "Micha claims that C is non-halakhic because it does not hold by the "Gdly" origin of Gezera Shava or the other hermeneutical principles."
- "If you hold by the Reb Moshe Tsuvah and elect in accordance with his Tshuva to use Chalav Yisroel, you are right. According to those who follow poskim who reject that Tshuva, it is not kosher."
- "Whether or not C conversions are done halachicly or not is debatable. For example, the greatest posek of our generation, Rav Moshe, did not hold by them."
- "Unlike Rabbi Wolf, I am not particularly wedded to the De Sola Pool Siddur (although my shul uses it for Shabbat and Holidays), I personally hold by the Birnbaum (which also has flaws - just is IMHO the best of the bunch)."
- "most/all say that someone obligated in the mitzvah of tsitsit has to tie them on for them to be valid, which if you hold by traditional halacha would be a male over age 13."
- "The rabbis can't legislate something which the people won't hold by - consent of the governed exists even in traditional halacha."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
holds by (present, singular)
holding by (participle, present)
held by (participle, past)
held by (past)