Halakha
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Halakha is the comprehensive body of traditional Jewish religious law and practice derived from the Torah, Talmud, and later rabbinic rulings.
Aliases (6)
- Jewish law ×7
- Halakhah ×2
- Jewish law (Halakha) ×1
- Jewish law (halakha) ×1
- Mosaic Law ×1
- הלכה ×1
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious law
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component of Judaism → normative tradition → religious legal system → |
| appliesTo |
Sabbath observance
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charity → civil law → commercial law → conversion to Judaism → dietary laws → divorce → ethics → family purity → festival observance → kashrut → marriage → modesty laws → mourning practices → prayer → ritual practice → synagogue practice → tort law → |
| codifiedIn |
Arba’ah Turim
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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch → Mishnah Berurah → Mishneh Torah → Shulchan Aruch → |
| contrastedWith |
Aggadah
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| derivedFrom |
Gemara
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Midrash → Mishnah → Oral Torah → Talmud → Torah → Written Torah → codes of Jewish law → later rabbinic rulings → responsa literature → |
| developedIn |
Babylonia
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Islamic lands → Land of Israel → medieval Europe → |
| governs |
Jewish communal life
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Jewish personal status → prohibitions → religious obligations → |
| hasAspect |
binding law
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custom → leniency → stringency → |
| hasComponent |
d’Oraita law
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d’Rabbanan law → gezerot → minhag → takkanot → |
| hasMethod |
Talmudic analysis
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hermeneutic rules → legal reasoning → |
| hasNameInHebrew |
הלכה
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| hasSourcePrinciple |
dina de-malkhuta dina
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lifnim mishurat hadin → marit ayin → pikuach nefesh → safek d’Oraita lechumra → safek d’Rabbanan lekula → |
| influences |
daily life of observant Jews
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| interpretedBy |
poskim
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rabbis → |
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Aramaic
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Hebrew → |
| literalMeaning |
the path
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the way → |
| observedBy |
Conservative Jews
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Orthodox Jews → |
| relatedConcept |
Aggadah
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| religion |
Judaism
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| subfieldOf |
Jewish law
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religious law → |
| timePeriodOfFormation |
ancient Judaism
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