A report on Halakha
Collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
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Talmud
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The Talmud (Tálmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.
Shulchan Aruch
32 linksMost widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
Most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
Together with its commentaries, it is the most widely accepted compilation of Jewish law ever written.
Judaism
29 linksAbrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.
Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.
Major sources of difference between these groups are their approaches to halakha (Jewish law), the authority of the rabbinic tradition, and the significance of the State of Israel.
Orthodox Judaism
25 linksCollective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism.
Collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism therefore advocates a strict observance of Jewish law, or halakha, which is to be interpreted and determined exclusively according to traditional methods and in adherence to the continuum of received precedent through the ages.
Posek
16 linksPosek (פוסק, pl. poskim, ) is the term in Jewish law for a "decisor", a legal scholar who determines the position of halakha, the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists.
Conservative Judaism
16 linksJewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people and the community through the generations, more than from divine revelation.
Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people and the community through the generations, more than from divine revelation.
It therefore views Jewish law, or halakha, as both binding and subject to historical development.
Torah
13 linksCompilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Common to all these meanings, the Torah consists of the origin of Jewish peoplehood: their call into being by God, their trials and tribulations, and their covenant with their God, which involves following a way of life embodied in a set of moral and religious obligations and civil laws (halakha).
Mishnah
14 linksFirst major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Torah.
First major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Torah.
As a written compilation, the order of the Mishnah is by subject matter and includes a much broader selection of halakhic subjects, and discusses individual subjects more thoroughly, than the Midrash.
Rabbinic Judaism
13 linksRabbinic Judaism (יהדות רבנית), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Judaism espoused by the Rabbanites, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud.
Rabbinic Judaism (יהדות רבנית), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Judaism espoused by the Rabbanites, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud.
Although there are now profound differences among Jewish denominations of Rabbinic Judaism with respect to the binding force of halakha (Jewish religious law) and the willingness to challenge preceding interpretations, all identify themselves as coming from the tradition of the Oral Law and the rabbinic method of analysis.
Oral Torah
12 linksAccording to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Torah she-be-'al peh) are those purported laws, statutes, and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Five Books of Moses, the Written Torah (Torah she-bi-khtav), but nonetheless are regarded by Orthodox Jews as prescriptive and given at the same time.
According to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Torah she-be-'al peh) are those purported laws, statutes, and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Five Books of Moses, the Written Torah (Torah she-bi-khtav), but nonetheless are regarded by Orthodox Jews as prescriptive and given at the same time.
2) Ancient halakhot which have no connection with Scripture and can not be connected with it, thus deriving their authority only from the tradition which ascribes them to Moses on Sinai. (In the case of these two groups, it is impossible to ascertain which elucidations and rules were really given to Moses on Sinai, and which were added later.)