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Halacha
[ hah-law-khuh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-lah-khah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-law-khaw ]
noun
, (often lowercase)
, plural Ha·la·chas, Hebrew Ha·la·choth, Ha·la·chot, Ha·la·chos [hah-lah-, khawt, hah-law-, khohs].
Halacha
/ hɑlɑˈxɑː; hɑˈloxə /
noun
- Jewish religious law
- a ruling on some specific matter
- that part of the Talmud which is concerned with legal matters as distinct from homiletics
- Jewish legal literature in general
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Halacha1
from Hebrew hǎlākhāh way
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Example Sentences
He admitted philosophy into his religious Code, and conceded it a place of equal importance with the Halacha.
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Your business is the Halacha, to determine what actions are forbidden or permitted by religion.
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Abbahu, the only one who was a native of Juda, was a person of much originality, but of no authority in the Halacha.
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The Mishna embraced only the plain Halacha in artistically constructed paragraphs of the Law.
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Talmudic legislation, the Halacha, by no means confines itself to religious practices, extensive as this field is.
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