Halacha
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Halachas,
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Halachoth,
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Halachot,
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Halachos
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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
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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
The two Midrashic systems emphasize respectively the rule of law and the sway of liberty: Halacha is law incarnate; Haggada, liberty regulated by law and bearing the impress of morality.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
What was the merit of the school of Hillel that the Halacha should be pronounced to be according to it?
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
There is a poetic half, let us say a homiletic half, what we call Agada, as distinct from the legal portion called Halacha.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
The best translations—single treatises have been put into modern languages—fail to convey an adequate idea of the discussions and method that evolved the Halacha.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
"There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard;" these are the Halachoth.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
Three thousand Halachoth were forgotten at the time of mourning for Moses, and among them the Halachah respecting an animal intended for a sin-offering the owner of which died before sacrificing it.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
He may not read the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Halachoth, or the Haggadoth, excepting such portions as he is not in the habit of reading, such he may then read.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
That applies to the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, which were given in writing, but not to the Halachoth, the Midrashim, the Aggadoth, and the Talmud, which were given by the mouth.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
These Midrashim have little or nothing to do with the Halachoth or legal decisions of the Talmud, except in aim, which is that of illustration and explanation.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
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