Get to know Halakha better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Halakha meaning
Alternative spelling of Halacha.
Using Halakha
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of Halacha.
- In the example corpus, halakha often appears in combinations such as: of halakha, to halakha, halakha jewish.
Context around Halakha
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Halakha
- In this selection, "halakha" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, result, divorce, word, jewish, may and arguing stand out and add context to how "halakha" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a result halakha has developed and according to halakha. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "halakha" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with halakha
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Divorce Halakha (Jewish law) allows for divorce. (7 words)
Conservative rabbis recognise all conversions done according to halakha. (9 words)
Halakhic statements directly relate to questions of Jewish law and practice ( halakha ). (12 words)
Believing that Judaism became stale and had to be radically transformed if it were to survive modernity, he found little use in the legal procedures of Halakha, arguing that hardline rabbis often demonstrated they will not accept major innovations anyway. (40 words)
In Scholem's opinion, the mythical and mystical components of Judaism were at least as important as the rational ones, and he thought that they, rather than the exoteric Halakha, were the living current in historical Jewish development. (38 words)
Food that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher main in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér ( כָּשֵׁר ), meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption). (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a result, halakha has developed in a somewhat different fashion from Anglo-American legal systems with a Supreme Court able to provide universally accepted precedents.
At the same time, in order to preserve the integrity of halakha, any area of "powerful inconsistency and conflict" between Torah and modern culture must be avoided.
At the same time, since writers of halakha may draw upon the aggadic and even mystical literature, there is a dynamic interchange between the genres.
Because halakha is developed and applied by various halakhic authorities rather than one sole "official voice", different individuals and communities may well have different answers to halakhic questions.
Believing that Judaism became stale and had to be radically transformed if it were to survive modernity, he found little use in the legal procedures of Halakha, arguing that hardline rabbis often demonstrated they will not accept major innovations anyway.
Conservative rabbis recognise all conversions done according to halakha.
Divorce Halakha (Jewish law) allows for divorce.
Etymology and terminology The word halakha is derived from the Hebrew root halakh – "to walk" or "to go".
Food that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher main in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér ( כָּשֵׁר ), meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption).
For instance, most Conservative rabbis extend the application of certain Jewish obligations and permissible activities to women (see How halakha is viewed today below).
Given this (relative) philosophic flexibility, variant viewpoints are possible, particularly in areas not explicitly demarcated by the Halakha.
Golinkin, Halakha For Our Time, pp. 5, 9, 13. A more distinctive characterization is a greater proclivity to base rulings on earlier sources, in the Rishonim or before them, as far back as the Talmud.
Halakha also does not include the parts of the Torah not related to commandments.
Halakha and Aggadah The Talmud is a wide-ranging document that touches on a great many subjects.
Halakha holds that communal Jewish worship can be carried out wherever ten Jews (a minyan ) assemble.
Halakhic statements directly relate to questions of Jewish law and practice ( halakha ).
His venture into higher criticism led him to regard the Pentateuch as reflecting power struggles between the Pharisees on one hand, and the Saducees who had their own pre- Mishnaic Halakha.
In branches of Judaism that follow halakha, lay individuals make numerous ad-hoc decisions, but are regarded as not having authority to decide certain issues definitively.
In Scholem's opinion, the mythical and mystical components of Judaism were at least as important as the rational ones, and he thought that they, rather than the exoteric Halakha, were the living current in historical Jewish development.
In this understanding, midrash aggada deals with remez and midrash halakha deals with din).
Common combinations with halakha
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of halakha 8×
- to halakha 6×
- halakha jewish 6×
- halakha is 3×
- halakha and 3×
- halakha as 3×
- halakha has 2×
- the halakha 2×
- law halakha 2×
- in halakha 2×