Halachah
Americannoun
plural
Halachahs,plural
Halachoth, Halachot, HalachosExample Sentences
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The Halachah does not enjoin as Rabbi Yossi says, and even he prohibits it only because of the risk there is in consulting demons.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
His love was for the ethical and poetic elements of the Talmud, the Hagadah, as this aspect of the Rabbinical literature was called in contradistinction to the Halachah, or legal elements.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
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
The four cubits of the Halachah, that is what is wanted, not changes in the liturgy.
From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
In its fourteen books Maimonides presented a clearly-arranged and clearly-worded summary of the Rabbinical Halachah, or Law.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
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