n. Judaism
The legal part of Talmudic literature, an interpretation of the laws of the Scriptures.
[Hebrew hălākâ, rule, tradition, from hālak, to go.]
Halakic Ha·lak'ic (hə-lăk'ĭk, -lä'KHĭk) adj.
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