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halakhah

/hah-law-khuh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-lah-khah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-law-khaw/US // hɑˈlɔ xə; Sephardic Hebrew hɑ lɑˈxɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌhɑ lɔˈxɔ //

哈拉卡,哈拉卡赫,哈拉卡哈,哈拉喀什

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Ha·la·khahs, Hebrew Ha·la·khoth, Ha·la·khot, Ha·la·khos [Sephardic Hebrew hah-lah-khawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-law-khohs] /Sephardic Hebrew hɑ lɑˈxɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌhɑ lɔˈxoʊs/ for 2.

    • : the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
    • : a law or tradition established by the Halakhah.

Examples

  • If competing courts interpret halakhah differently, all the better.

  • As a Jew committed to halakhah, I admit I do not understand this calculus.

  • Traditional teaching was, however, not confined to halakhah.

  • The halakhah was by no means inferior in prestige to the written Law.

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