Halachah
Americannoun
plural
Halachahs,plural
Halachoth, Halachot, HalachosExample Sentences
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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
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
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
In its earliest forms identical with the Halachah, or the practical and legal aspects of the Mishnah and the Talmud, the Midrash, in its fuller development, became an independent branch of Rabbinical literature.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
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
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