Halacha

American  

[hah-law-khuh, hah-lah-khah, hah-law-khaw] / hɑˈlɔ xə, hɑ lɑˈxɑ, ˌhɑ lɔˈxɔ /

noun

(often lowercase)

plural

Halachas,

plural

Halachoth, Halachot, Halachos

1. Halakhah.

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Halacha British  

/ hɑlɑˈxɑː, hɑˈloxə /

noun

1. 1. Jewish religious law

   2. a ruling on some specific matter

2. 1. that part of the Talmud which is concerned with legal matters as distinct from homiletics

   2. Jewish legal literature in general

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Etymology

Origin of Halacha

from Hebrew hǎlākhāh way

Example Sentences

In 1960 the Interior Ministry, dominated by Orthodox Jews, ru'ed that the Halacha would determine whether an immigrant could enter Israel under the 1950 Law of Return, which makes any Jew automatically eligible for citizenship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then came a voice from the Lord and said, 'Both these and those are the words of the living God, but yet the Halacha is according to the school of Hillel.'

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

By imperceptible steps Talmudic Judaism, influenced at once by the enlightened Arabs and the protesting Karaites, departed from the "four ells of the Halacha," and widened its horizon.

From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by Dubnow, S. M. (Simon Markovich)

It must, of course, be borne in mind that Halacha and Haggada are not separate works; they are two fibres of the same thread.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

What was the merit of the school of Hillel that the Halacha should be pronounced to be according to it?

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various