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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The legal part of Talmudic literature, an interpretation of the laws of the Scriptures.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

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  • proper noun Jewish Talmudic law, taken as a whole.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hebrew hălākâ, rule, tradition, from hālak, to go; see hlk in Semitic roots.]

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From Hebrew הלכה (halakhá, "Halacha").

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