Halacha
[ hah-law-khuh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-lah-khah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-law-khaw ]
/ hɑˈlɔ xə; Sephardic Hebrew hɑ lɑˈxɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌhɑ lɔˈxɔ /
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noun, plural Ha·la·chas, Hebrew Ha·la·choth, Ha·la·chot, Ha·la·chos [Sephardic Hebrew hah-lah-khawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-law-khohs]. /Sephardic Hebrew hɑ lɑˈxɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌhɑ lɔˈxoʊs/. (often lowercase)
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haku, hakuna matata, hakuna mathata, Hal, Halabja, Halacha, Halachah, halachist, Halafian, Halakah, Halakhah
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Halacha
Halaka or Halakha
/ (Hebrew hɑlɑˈxɑː, Yiddish 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
Compare Aggadah (def. 1)
Word Origin for Halacha
from Hebrew hǎlākhāh way
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