Halakah
enUKHa·la·cha
or Ha·la·khah also Ha·la·kah H0018500 (hä′lä-KHä′, hä-lä′KHə, -lô′-)Halaka, Halakah, Halachah
| Noun | 1. | Halakah - Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures |
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| 释义 | HalakahenUKHa·la·chaor Ha·la·khah also Ha·la·kah H0018500 (hä′lä-KHä′, hä-lä′KHə, -lô′-)Halaka, Halakah, Halachah
halakahenUKhalakahorhalacha(both: hälä`khä, häläkhä`) [Heb.,=law], in Judaism, the body of law regulating all aspects of life, including religious ritual, familial and personal status, civil relations, criminal law, and relations with non-Jews. Halakah is the term used to designate both a particular ordinance and the law in the abstract. The adjective halakic means "of a legal nature." The plural, halakoth, designates a collection of laws. It usually refers to the Oral Law as codified in the MishnaMishna, in Judaism, codified collection of Oral Law—legal interpretations of portions of the biblical books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy and other legal material. Together with the Gemara, or Amoraic commentary on the Mishna, it comprises the Talmud. ..... Click the link for more information. and, in particular, to those statements of law that appear in categorical form without immediate regard for scriptural derivation. The most authoritative codifications of these laws are the Mishneh Torah of MaimonidesMaimonides or Moses ben Maimon , 1135–1204, Jewish scholar, physician, and philosopher, the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, b. Córdoba, Spain, d. Cairo. ..... Click the link for more information. and the Shulhan Arukh [the set table] by Joseph CaroCaro or Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim , 1488–1575, eminent Jewish codifier of law, b. Toledo, Spain. He left Spain as a child when the Jews were expelled (1492) and finally settled in Safed, Palestine. ..... Click the link for more information. . Halakah was the important unifying force in world Jewry until modern times, when its authority was challenged by religious reform and secular conceptions of a Jewish nation. Contemporary problems in halakah revolve around its application to technological change, especially in relation to medical issues and Sabbath observance. Halakah is contrasted with aggada (plural aggadoth), the literary, aesthetic elements in the Oral Law and in the Talmud, and MidrashMidrash [Heb.,=to examine, to investigate], verse by verse interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures, consisting of homily and exegesis, by Jewish teachers since about 400 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. generally, which elaborates scriptural meaning through legends, tales, parables, and allegories. Both the halakic and aggadic elements have been extracted and made the subject of commentary. HalakahenUK
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