See also:

• HALAKHA, or HALACIIA (literally " rule of conduct ")

HALAKHA, or HALACIIA (literally " See also:

• RULE

rule of conduct ")  , the rabbinical development of the See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

Mosaic See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law; with the See also:

• HAGGADA

haggada it makes up the See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud and See also:

• MIDRASH

Midrash (q.v.) . As the haggada is the poetic, so the See also:

• HALAKHA, or HALACIIA (literally " rule of conduct ")

halakha is the legal See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of the Talmud (q.v.), and arose out of the See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction between the See also:

• SADDUCEES

Sadducees, who disputed the traditions, and the See also:

• PHARISEES

Pharisees, who strove to prove their derivation from scripture . Among the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief attempts to codify the halakha were the See also:

• GREAT

Great Rules (Halakhoth Gedoloth) of See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon Kayyara (9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century), based on the letters written by the Gaonim, the heads of the Babylonian See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, to Jewish inquirers in many lands, the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Alfassi (1013–1103), the Strong See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

Hand of See also:

• MAIMONIDES

Maimonides (118o), and the Table Prepared (Shullzan Aruch) of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• QARO (or CARO), JOSEPH BEN EPHRAIM (1488-1575)

Qaro (1565), which from its See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope and its clarity as a work of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general reference became the universal handbook of Jewish See also:

• LIFE

life in many of its phases . (I .