Halakah
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Whereas Orthodoxy maintained that Halakah is divinely inspired and cannot be altered, Reform contended that Jews have the right to adapt their religious laws to changing conditions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Orthodox rabbis are pleased that there are separate hours for men and women to use the building's swimming pool, which is the only one in Jerusalem that observes the rigid Halakah prohibition against mixed bathing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the most detailed provisions of Halakah are its dietary laws.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Without Halakah," Israeli Author Abraham Kariv told a Jerusalem symposium on Halakah last week, "we do not know how to believe, let alone how to express our faith in everyday life."
From Time Magazine Archive
At the same time it gave rise also to ritualistic piety, which, while tenaciously clinging to the traditional practice of the law, fostered hair-splitting casuistry and caused the petrifaction of religion in the codified Halakah.
From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann
Besides Responsa, he left the "Halakot," or "Little Talmud," which Is a pruning down of the entire Talmud, so as to present only what is useful for establishing the norm, deduced by Alfasi himself.
From Rashi by Szold, Adele
He wrote Responsa and possibly the Halakot, a collection of legal and ritual rules.
From Rashi by Szold, Adele
Straightway he forgot three hundred Halakot, and doubts assailed him concerning seven hundred others.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul
If you will observe these statutes, you will receive many more, the Ten Commandments, the Halakot, and the Haggadot; the Torah, however, will bring you happiness and life.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Radin, Paul
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