"safek" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996 May 6, Art Kamlet, “***Israeli Citizenship***”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):",
          "text": "The safek inherent in whether the dead brother had a child or not.",
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          "ref": "2000 November 19, Abe Cohen, “Naomi's outburst”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):",
          "text": "What's \"ethnically\" Hungarian about them? Perhaps, and I have some sfekot, [they are] ethnically Jewish.",
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        "A doubt, uncertainty"
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        "(Judaism) A doubt, uncertainty"
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          "ref": "1996 April 29, Jonathan Kamens, “Question on love affairs and illegitimate children”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):",
          "text": "Even in cases where there is some doubt if the intent of marriage existed in both parties, the rabbis might demand that they get divorced with a get, since there is a safek that they may be married according to Torah law and therefore it is best to issue a get to remove all doubt and therefore remove any chance that the woman's future children might be mamzerim.",
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        "A possibility, chance"
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        "(Judaism) A possibility, chance"
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          "ref": "2003, J. H. Henkin, Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., →ISBN, page 58:",
          "text": "However, we rule that it is a safek and accordingly the blessing should not be recited.",
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        "(Judaism) A possibility, chance"
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