Halakha

Halakha (/hɑːˈlɔːxə/ hah-LAW-khə; Hebrew: הֲלָכָה, romanized: hălāḵā, Sephardic: [halaˈχa]), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho (Ashkenazic:...

Midrash halakha (Hebrew: הֲלָכָה) was the ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah study that expounded upon the traditionally received 613 Mitzvot (commandments)...

decision of a posek is known as a psak halakha ("ruling of law"; pl. piskei halakha) or simply a "psak". Piskei halakha are generally recorded in the responsa...

Orthodox Judaism, therefore, advocates a strict observance of Jewish law, or halakha, which is supposed to be exclusively interpreted and determined according...

Conservative Judaism views halakha (Jewish law) as normative and binding. The Conservative movement applies Jewish law to the full range of Jewish beliefs...

A law given to Moses at Sinai (Hebrew: הלכה למשה מסיני, romanized: Halakhah le-Moshe mi-Sinai) refers to a halakhic law for which there is no biblical...

Major sources of difference between these groups are their approaches to halakha (Jewish law), the authority of the rabbinic tradition, and the significance...

rabbi of the community Har Bracha, and author of the book series Peninei Halakha. Eliezer Melamed is the son of Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed, a student of...

are considered both halal, by Muslims, and kosher, by Jews according to halakha. In Sunni Islam, there are two general schools of thought. Most Sunni Muslim...

Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud. Both Talmuds agree on the halakha (stated in the Passover Haggadah under the answer given to the Wise Son)...

an official capacity and derives most or all aspects of governance from halakha. An opinion poll released in March 2016 by the Pew Research Center found...

century. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in the Talmud as Rosh la-Hakhamim -"Chief of the Sages"...

commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty. Jewish law (halakha) in large part consists of discussion of these commandments. According...

the New Testament. Still others encourage a serious observance of Jewish halakha. Messianic Jews generally consider the entire Christian Bible to be sacred...

or obligation in Jewish practice that exceeds the bare requirements of Halakha (Jewish law). One who imposes a chumra on oneself in a given instance is...

becomes leavened. This law appears several times in the Torah; according to halakha (Jewish law), Jews may not own, eat or benefit from chametz during Passover...

Eliminating Ḥametz – Peninei Halakha". Retrieved 2024-03-28. "04. The Custom of Bi'ur Ḥametz by Burning – Peninei Halakha". Retrieved 2024-03-28. "The...

text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish...

In 1937, Rabbi Yaakov Dweck sent Yosef to give the daily Ben Ish Hai halakha shiur in his stead at the Ohel Rachel Synagogue for the Persian Jewish...

of the Law"; Moses receiving the Torah on Biblical Mount Sinai), to the Halakha ("traditions") era, including the times of Simeon the Just. Zugot ("pairs"):...