Herem (censure)
Highest ecclesiastical censure in the Jewish community / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the same Hebrew word that means to devote or destroy, see Herem (war or property). For the Kohanic gift, see Herem (priestly gift).
Herem (Hebrew: חֵרֶם ḥērem) is the highest ecclesiastical censure in the Jewish community. It is the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community. It is a form of shunning and is similar to vitandus "excommunication" in the Catholic Church. Cognate terms in other Semitic languages include the Arabic terms ḥarām "forbidden, taboo, off-limits, or immoral" and haram "set apart, sanctuary", and the Ge'ez word ʿirm "accursed".