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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious law
component of Judaism
normative tradition
religious legal system
appliesTo Sabbath observance
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
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Mishnah Berurah
Mishneh Torah
Shulchan Aruch
contrastedWith Aggadah
derivedFrom Gemara
linked to: Talmud

Midrash
linked to: Midrash halakha

Mishnah
Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah

Talmud
Torah
Written Torah
linked to: Torah

codes of Jewish law
later rabbinic rulings
responsa literature
developedIn Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Islamic lands
Land of Israel
linked to: Canaan

medieval Europe
governs Jewish communal life
Jewish personal status
prohibitions
religious obligations
hasAspect binding law
custom
leniency
stringency
hasComponent d’Oraita law
d’Rabbanan law
gezerot
minhag
takkanot
hasMethod Talmudic analysis
hermeneutic rules
legal reasoning
hasNameInHebrew הלכה
linked to: Halakha
hasSourcePrinciple dina de-malkhuta dina
lifnim mishurat hadin
marit ayin
pikuach nefesh
safek d’Oraita lechumra
safek d’Rabbanan lekula
influences daily life of observant Jews
interpretedBy poskim
rabbis
languageOfPrimarySources Aramaic
Hebrew
literalMeaning the path
the way
observedBy Conservative Jews
Orthodox Jews
linked to: Orthodox Judaism
relatedConcept Aggadah
religion Judaism
subfieldOf Jewish law
linked to: Halakha

religious law
timePeriodOfFormation ancient Judaism

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Jews hasReligiousLaw Halakha
Talmud field Halakha
Orthodox Judaism adheresTo Halakha
Jewish diaspora isRelatedTo Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
Kashrut relatedConcept Halakha
Am Yisrael associatedWith Halakha
Halakha hasNameInHebrew הלכה
linked to: Halakha
Halakha subfieldOf Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
Book of Deuteronomy influenced Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
Tanakh basisFor Halakha
Mishnah basisFor Halakha
Islamic Spain coexistingLegalTradition Jewish law (halakha)
linked to: Halakha
Rabbinic Judaism hasConcept Halakha
Midrash halakha appliesTo Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
Jewish studies fieldOfStudy Halakha
Decalogue influenced Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
Yosef Karo fieldOfWork Halakha
Aggadah contrastsWith Halakhah
linked to: Halakha
Mishnah Berurah subject Halakha
Joseph Karo field Halakha
Great Commandment summarizes Mosaic Law
linked to: Halakha
Three Regalim legalSource Halakha
Five Books of Moses influenced Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
pikuach nefesh category Halakha
Georgian Jews religiousLaw Halakha
Tosefta followsLegalSystem Halakha
Kodashim hasDomain Halakha
Mapah subject Halakha
Moshe Isserles fieldOfWork Halakha
subject linked to: Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Beit Yosef subject Halakha
Rif fieldOfWork Halakha
Amoraic period fieldOfWork Halakha
Contemporary Judaism hasComponent Jewish law (Halakha)
linked to: Halakha
Geonim field Halakha
Gezerot legalDomain Halakha
Rabbi Akiva fieldOfWork Halakha
Sura fieldOfWork Halakha
Sura fieldOfWork Jewish law
linked to: Halakha
Masorah distinguishedFrom Halakhah
linked to: Halakha
Machloket isRelatedTo Halakha
Rabbi fieldOfExpertise Halakha
Beit din appliesTo Halakha
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki influenced Jewish law codes
linked to: Halakha
Mosaic covenant influences Jewish law (Halakha)
linked to: Halakha
Milhamot Hashem mainSubject Halakha