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)

Halakhah.

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Words nearby Halacha

haku, hakuna matata, hakuna mathata, Hal, Halabja, Halacha, Halachah, halachist, Halafian, Halakah, Halakhah

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How to use Halacha in a sentence

He admitted philosophy into his religious Code, and conceded it a place of equal importance with the Halacha.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
Your business is the Halacha, to determine what actions are forbidden or permitted by religion.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
Abbahu, the only one who was a native of Juda, was a person of much originality, but of no authority in the Halacha.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
The Mishna embraced only the plain Halacha in artistically constructed paragraphs of the Law.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz

Talmudic legislation, the Halacha, by no means confines itself to religious practices, extensive as this field is.
Jewish History|S. M. Dubnow

British Dictionary definitions for Halacha

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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