Halacha

See also: halacha, halachą, and Halachą

English

Alternative forms

• halacha, Halachah, halachah, halakah, Halakha, halakha, Halakhah, halakhah

Etymology

From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá), from the root הלך (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈlʌhə/, /həlɑːˈhɑː/

Noun

Halacha (plural Halachot or Halachoth or Halachos or Halachas)

1. A law or tradition by which Jews live. They are derived from the Torah and from later rabbinic literature.
2. A law or tradition established by the Halacha.

Translations

a Jewish law

• Aramaic: הִלְכְּתָא f (hilkǝṯā)
• Esperanto: halaĥo
• Hebrew: הֲלָכָה (he) (halakhá)
• Ladino: alaha
• Russian: Галаха́ (ru) f (Galaxá), Алаха́ f (Alaxá)
• Swedish: halacha c
• Yiddish: הלכה (halokhe)

Proper noun

Halacha

2. Jewish law, taken as a whole

Derived terms

• halachic

Translations

the whole of Jewish law

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈拉卡 (hālākǎ)

• Czech: halacha (cs)
• Esperanto: halaĥo
• Finnish: halakha
• French: Halakha f, halakha (fr) f
• German: Halacha (de) f
• Hebrew: הֲלָכָה (he) (halakhá)
• Hungarian: halákha
• Italian: Halakhah (it) f
• Japanese: ハラーハー
• Korean: 할라카 (hallaka)
• Ladino: alaha
• Polish: Halacha f
• Portuguese: Halacá
• Russian: Галаха (ru) f (Galaxa)
• Serbo-Croatian: Халаха
• Spanish: halajá (es) f, Halajá f
• Urdu: ہلاخاہ
• Yiddish: הלכה (halokhe)

Polish

Alternative forms

• halacha

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲלָכָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈla.xa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: Ha‧la‧cha

Proper noun

Halacha f

1. (Jewish law) Halacha (Jewish law, taken as a whole)

Declension

Declension of Halacha

	singular
nominative	Halacha
genitive	Halachy
dative	Halasze
accusative	Halachę
instrumental	Halachą
locative	Halasze
vocative	Halacho

Further reading

• Halacha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Halacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Halacha in PWN's encyclopedia