Halachah

[ hah-law-khuh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-lah-khah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-law-khaw ]

noun

, (often lowercase)

, plural Ha·la·chahs, Hebrew Ha·la·choth, Ha·la·chot, Ha·la·chos [hah-lah-, khawt, hah-law-, khohs].

1. Halakhah.

Example Sentences

And all this had its place in their thought along with the Halachah.

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It is the Halachah which has laid the Pharisees open to so much misrepresentation and obloquy.

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It was the Halachah which gave rise to the common opinion that Torah is the same as Law.

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The masters of Halachah were not engaged upon the construction de novo of a system of ethics or a system of law.

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The Halachah covered part of the ground which is usually occupied in a nation's life by the civil and criminal law.

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