Halacha
Americannoun
plural
Halachas,plural
Halachoth, Halachot, Halachosnoun
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Jewish religious law
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a ruling on some specific matter
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that part of the Talmud which is concerned with legal matters as distinct from homiletics
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Jewish legal literature in general
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Etymology
Origin of Halacha
from Hebrew hǎlākhāh way
Example Sentences
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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
Talmudic legislation, the Halacha, by no means confines itself to religious practices, extensive as this field is.
From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by Dubnow, S. M. (Simon Markovich)
These two species of Jewish literature, the Agada and the Midrashim, have a far greater absolute value than the Halacha.
From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by Dubnow, S. M. (Simon Markovich)
Halachah, Halakah, Halacha, ha-lak′�, n. an amplification of points not explicitly set forth in the Mosaic law, deduced from it by analogy, and arranged in the collection of legal precepts designated Halachoth.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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
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