| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures.[Wordnet] 2. The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash.[Websters]. | |
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Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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Date "Halacha" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1879. (references) |
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| Literature | 1: Halacha [rule ]. The Jewish oral law. (See Gemara, Mishna.) 2: "The halachah ... had even greater authority than the Scriptures of the Old Testament, since it explained and applied them."- Edersheim Life of Jesus the Messiah, vol. i. book i. chap.i. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: HALACHA | ||||
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| Halacha Yomis | 4 | Halacha Yomis | 4 | |
| Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society | 3 | Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society | 3 | |
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