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halacha

Ha=la=cha

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halacha(n = noun.communication) halaka, halakah - Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures; Array

is a kind of talmudic literature

halacha, n. [Heb. halāchāh.].

The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash. [1913 Webster]

halacha, n. (also Halakah) Jewish law and jurisprudence, based on the Talmud.

Derivative

Halachic adj.

Etymology

Aram. halakah law

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