"hefsek" meaning in English

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "הפסק"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew הפסק",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "פ־ס־ק"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew הפסק.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "hefsek",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 130:",
          "text": "In order not to introduce a hefsayk (interruption) in the Zemirot section, some Sephardic congrgations recite the hymn either before Barukh She'amar or after the repetition of the Amidah.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interruption in the performance of a mitzvah, rendering it invalid."
      ],
      "id": "en-hefsek-en-noun-y5Q376tb",
      "links": [
        [
          "mitzvah",
          "mitzvah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hefsek"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "הפסק"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew הפסק",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "פ־ס־ק"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew הפסק.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "hefsek",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from the Hebrew root פ־ס־ק",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 130:",
          "text": "In order not to introduce a hefsayk (interruption) in the Zemirot section, some Sephardic congrgations recite the hymn either before Barukh She'amar or after the repetition of the Amidah.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interruption in the performance of a mitzvah, rendering it invalid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mitzvah",
          "mitzvah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hefsek"
}