Halachah
Americannoun
plural
Halachahs,plural
Halachoth, Halachot, HalachosExample Sentences
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Abaii interrupts his exposition of this Halachah in order to enumerate certain antidotes to chronic fever which, he says, he had learned from his mother.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
The Halachah does not enjoin as Rabbi Yossi says, and even he prohibits it only because of the risk there is in consulting demons.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
In its fourteen books Maimonides presented a clearly-arranged and clearly-worded summary of the Rabbinical Halachah, or Law.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
His love was for the ethical and poetic elements of the Talmud, the Hagadah, as this aspect of the Rabbinical literature was called in contradistinction to the Halachah, or legal elements.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
He dealt exclusively with the Halachah, or practical contents of the Rabbinic law, and the guide which he compiled to the Talmud soon superseded all previous works of its kind.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
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