[hah-law-khuh; Seph. Heb. hah-lah-khah; Ashk. Heb. hah-law-khaw] 
[Seph. -lah-khawt; Ashk. -law-khohs] . (often lowercase
) | Halakhah. |
[huh-lah-khik, -lak-ik] , adjective [hah-law-khuh; Seph. Heb. hah-lah-khah; Ashk. Heb. hah-law-khaw] [Seph. -lah-khawt; Ashk. -law-khohs] for 2. | 1. | (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions. |
| 2. | a law or tradition established by the Halakhah. |
| Ha·la·cha or Ha·la·khah also Ha·la·kah (hä'lä-KHä', hä-lä'KHə, -lô'-) n. Judaism The legal part of Talmudic literature, an interpretation of the laws of the Scriptures. [Hebrew hālākâ, rule, tradition, from hālak, to go; see hlk in Semitic roots.] Ha·lak'ic (hə-lāk'ĭk, -lä'KHĭk) adj. |
