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halacha
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halacha: see halakah halakah or halacha [Heb.,=law], in Judaism, the body of law regulating all aspects of life, including religious ritual, familial and personal status, civil relations, criminal law, and relations with non-Jews.
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Israel) applies the lenses of social change and concepts of time to Talmudic era rabbinic interpretations of the Bible and halakha (Jewish law) relating to Jewish rites of passage.
Imagine, for a minute, the consequences if today similar allegations were made about the existence of a strictly Zionist Jewish school which say, condemned gays and demanded the replacement of British law with rabbinic halakha.
Specifically they were charged with the task of identifying the distinguishing features of Conservative Judaism today, the nature of its religious message, the extent of its fidelity to Halakha, and its animating commitments.
 
 
 
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