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halachist

American  
[hah-luh-kist, huh-lah-, huh-lak-ist] / ˈhɑ lə kɪst, həˈlɑ-, həˈlæk ɪst /

noun

  1. a variant of halakhist.

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Two rabbis, Chiya bar Abba, a Halachist, and Abbahu, a Haggadist, happened to be lecturing in the same town.

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