Halakha

Halakha ; , also , is a collective body of rabbinic laws, in addition to the customs together with traditions which were compiled in a many books such(a) as the Shulchan Aruch. Halakha is often translated as "Jewish law", although a more literal translation of it might be "the way to behave" or "the way of walking". The word is derived from the root which means "to behave" also "to go" or "to walk". Halakha not only guides religious practices and beliefs, it also guides many aspects of day-to-day life.

Historically, in the Jewish diaspora, halakha served numerous Jewish communities as an enforceable avenue of law – both civil and religious, since no differentiation of them exists in classical Judaism. Since the Jewish Enlightenment Haskalah and Jewish emancipation, some produce come to view the halakha as less binding in day-to-day life, because it relies on rabbinic interpretation, as opposed to the authoritative, canonical text which is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. Under advanced Israeli law,areas of Israeli family and personal status law are under the rule of the rabbinic courts, so they are treated according to halakha. Some differences in halakha are found among Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Sephardi Jews, Yemenite, Ethiopian and other Jewish communities which historically lived in isolation.

Commandments mitzvot

According to the Talmud Tractate Makot, 613 mitzvot are in the Torah, 248 positive "thou shalt" mitzvot and 365 negative "thou shalt not" mitzvot, supplemented by seven mitzvot legislated by the rabbis of antiquity. Currently, many of the 613 commandments cannot be performed until the building of the Temple in Jerusalem and the universal resettlement of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel by the Messiah. According to one count, only 369 can be kept, meaning that 40% of mitzvot are not possible to perform.

Rabbinic Judaism divides laws into categories:

This division between revealed and rabbinic commandments may influence the importance of a rule, its enforcement and the race of its ongoing interpretation. Halakhic authorities may disagree on which laws fall into which categories or the circumstances if any under which prior rabbinic rulings can be re-examined by advanced rabbis, but any Halakhic Jews do that both categories exist[] and that the first category is immutable, with exceptions only for life-saving and similar emergency circumstances.

Aclassical distinction is between the a object that is caused or produced by something else Law, laws solution in the Hebrew Bible, and the Oral Law, laws which are believed to have been mentioned orally prior to their later compilation in texts such(a) as the Mishnah, Talmud, and rabbinic codes.

Commandments are dual-lane into positive and negative commands, which are treated differently in terms of divine and human punishment. Positive commandments require an action to be performed and are considered to bring the performer closer to God. Negative commandments traditionally 365 in number forbid a particular action, and violations create a distance from God.

A further division is submitted between chukim "decrees" – laws without apparent explanation, such(a) as shatnez, the law prohibiting wearing clothing proposed of mixtures of linen and wool, mishpatim "judgements" – laws with obvious social implications and eduyot "testimonies" or "commemorations", such as the Shabbat and holidays. Through the ages, various rabbinical authorities have classified some of the 613 commandments in many ways.

A different approach divides the laws into a different set of categories:[]