halacha
noun
ha·la·cha
hä-ˈlä-ḵə 
ˌhä-lə-ˈḵä
ˌhä-lə-ˈḵä
variants
or less commonly halakha
often capitalized
: the body of Jewish law supplementing the scriptural law and forming especially the legal part of the Talmud
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The grueling hike, organized annually by a Jewish scouting organization, allows Jewish scouts to participate in the movement’s activities while observing halacha, or Jewish law.
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Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
For most, the answer lay in studying the Torah and, generally, the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the observance of halacha, or religious laws, including those governing Shabbat and the kosher diet.
—James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Suicide is such a grave violation of halacha, Jewish religious law, that those who kill themselves are often denied burial in Jewish cemeteries.
—Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
Some of the students are graduates of a three-year program at Nishmat that certifies women as yoetzot halacha, or halachic advisors.
—Beth Kissileff, sun-sentinel.com, 3 July 2019
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Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
For most, the answer lay in studying the Torah and, generally, the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the observance of halacha, or religious laws, including those governing Shabbat and the kosher diet.
—James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Suicide is such a grave violation of halacha, Jewish religious law, that those who kill themselves are often denied burial in Jewish cemeteries.
—Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
Some of the students are graduates of a three-year program at Nishmat that certifies women as yoetzot halacha, or halachic advisors.
—Beth Kissileff, sun-sentinel.com, 3 July 2019
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“Halacha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halacha. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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