halacha

Pronunciations

halacha	(hah-lah-CHAH)
halacha	(huh-LUH-chuh)

Definitions

• n. "Jewish law" (JPS).
  

Example Sentences

• "According to halachah, one can't eat chicken and milk together."
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb הלכה halakhá, Yiddish/Ashkenazi Heb הלכה halókhe
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings

halakha, halocho, halokho, halachah, halakhah, haloche, halokhe, halocheh, halokheh