Kal va-chomer
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Kal va-chomer is a rabbinic hermeneutic rule that derives a legal or interpretive conclusion from a minor case to a more stringent one (or vice versa) through a fortiori reasoning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kal va-chomer canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Talmudic reasoning method
ⓘ
a fortiori argument ⓘ rabbinic hermeneutic rule ⓘ |
| alsoCalled | qal va-chomer ⓘ |
| alsoTransliteratedAs |
kal vachomer
ⓘ
qal va-chomer ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
biblical law
ⓘ
rabbinic law ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Seven Rules of Hillel
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Ishmael's thirteen principles
|
| basedOn | a fortiori reasoning ⓘ |
| derives |
interpretive conclusions
ⓘ
legal conclusions ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Midrash halakha
ⓘ
surface form:
Midrash Halakha
Sifra ⓘ Sifrei ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| epistemicStatus | accepted rabbinic rule ⓘ |
| field |
Jewish exegesis
ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish law
|
| hasComponent |
conclusion
ⓘ
major premise ⓘ minor premise ⓘ |
| hasConstraint | dayyo principle ⓘ |
| hasExampleIn |
Bava Kamma
ⓘ
surface form:
Tractate Bava Kamma
Tractate Pesachim ⓘ Tractate Yoma ⓘ |
| influenced | later halakhic decision-making ⓘ |
| involves |
inference from lenient case to stringent case
ⓘ
inference from minor case to major case ⓘ inference from stringent case to lenient case ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | light and heavy ⓘ |
| methodType |
logical inference
ⓘ
textual hermeneutic ⓘ |
| partOf | thirteen hermeneutic rules of Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
a maiori ad minus
ⓘ
a minori ad maius ⓘ binyan av ⓘ gezerah shavah ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tannaitic era ⓘ |
| tradition | Oral Torah ⓘ |
| usedFor |
deriving leniencies
ⓘ
deriving stringencies ⓘ |
| usedIn |
halakhic interpretation
ⓘ
midrashic interpretation ⓘ Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
rabbinic Judaism
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thirteen Principles of Exegesis