Hukamn
m
(Pañj
b
, ‘decree’). Historically the orders of the Sikh
Gur
s
and
Band
Si
gh
. Of the hundreds sent by the Gur
s and their families to congregations and individuals about one hundred are extant.
ukkat ha-goi
(Heb., ‘custom of the
gentiles
’). Idolatrous or heathen customs forbidden to Jews (Leviticus 20. 23).