Halakha | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2019-03-26

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00:02:35 1 Etymology and terminology
00:05:47 2 The 613 mitzvot
00:06:36 2.1 Categories
00:11:25 2.2 Sin
00:15:16 2.3 Gentiles and Jewish law
00:15:47 3 Sources and process
00:26:22 3.1 Historical analysis
00:29:26 4 Views today
00:32:43 4.1 Flexibility
00:36:05 4.2 Differences between Orthodox and Conservative Judaism
00:37:11 4.2.1 Orthodox Judaism
00:39:40 4.2.2 Conservative Judaism
00:48:31 5 Codes of Jewish law
01:04:53 6 See also



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Halakha (; Hebrew: הֲלָכָה, Sephardic: [halaˈχa]; also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, halachah, or halocho) (Ashkenazic: [haˈloχo]) is the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical laws or "commandments" (mitzvot) (traditionally numbered as 613), subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic law, and the customs and traditions compiled in the many books, one of the most famous of which is the 16th-century Shulchan Aruch (literally, "Prepared Table").
Halakha is often translated as "Jewish Law", although a more literal translation might be "the way to behave" or "the way of walking". The word derives from the root that means "to behave" (also "to go" or "to walk"). Halakha guides not only religious practices and beliefs, but also numerous aspects of day-to-day life.
Historically, in the Jewish diaspora, halakha served many Jewish communities as an enforceable avenue of law – both civil and religious, since no differentiation exists in classical Judaism. Since the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) and Jewish emancipation, some have come to view the halakha as less binding in day-to-day life, as it relies on rabbinic interpretation, as opposed to the pure, written words recorded in the Hebrew Bible.
Under contemporary Israeli law, certain areas of Israeli family and personal status law are under the authority of the rabbinic courts, so are treated according to halakha. Some differences in halakha itself are found among Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Sephardi, Yemenite, and other Jews who historically lived in isolated communities, such as in Ethiopia, reflecting the historic and geographic diversity of various Jewish communities within the Diaspora.