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Halacha
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Ha·la·cha or Ha·la·khah also Ha·la·kah  (hälä-ä, hä-lä, -lô-)
n. Judaism
The legal part of Talmudic literature, an interpretation of the laws of the Scriptures.
[Hebrew hlkâ, rule, tradition, from hlak, to go; see hlk in Semitic roots.]
Ha·lakic (h-lkk, -läk) adj.
Halacha, Halaka, Halakha (Hebrew) [hɑlɑˈxɑː (Yiddish) hɑˈloxə]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism)
a.  Jewish religious law
b.  a ruling on some specific matter
2. (Non-Christian Religious Writings / Other Non-Christian Religious Writings)
a.  that part of the Talmud which is concerned with legal matters as distinct from homiletics
b.  Jewish legal literature in general Compare Aggadah [1]
[from Hebrew hǎlākhāh way]
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Noun1.Halacha - Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures
Halaka, Halakah
Talmudic literature - (Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings


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From a Jewish perspective we might say that halakha is (ever so slightly in orthodox circles and more obviously in liberal circles) impacted by the questions and language of the current culture.
Further footnotes on Judaism, Yoder and Boyarin by Rashkover, Randi / Cross Currents
The second manifesto, also released in September, declares that the Halakha (Jewish religious law) commands the killing of innocent Palestinian civilians if this helps to save Jews.
"God wills it!" by Avnery, Uri / The Humanist
Assuming this halakha to have been in place at the time of Jesus--and to have been accepted by all Sects--its ramifications would ostensibly have meant the following.
A Jewish Perspective of Jesus by Golden, Steven H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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