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See also:HALAKHA, or HALACIIA (literally " See also:rule of conduct ") , the rabbinical development of the See also:Mosaic See also:law; with the See also:haggada it makes up the See also:Talmud and See also:Midrash (q.v.) . As the haggada is the poetic, so the See also:halakha is the legal See also:element of the Talmud (q.v.), and arose out of the See also:faction between the See also:Sadducees, who disputed the traditions, and the See also:Pharisees, who strove to prove their derivation from scripture . Among the See also:chief attempts to codify the halakha were the See also:Great Rules (Halakhoth Gedoloth) of See also:Simon Kayyara (9th See also:century), based on the letters written by the Gaonim, the heads of the Babylonian See also:schools, to Jewish inquirers in many lands, the See also:work of See also:Jacob Alfassi (1013–1103), the Strong See also:Hand of See also:Maimonides (118o), and the Table Prepared (Shullzan Aruch) of See also:Joseph See also:Qaro (1565), which from its See also:practical See also:scope and its clarity as a work of See also:general reference became the universal handbook of Jewish See also:life in many of its phases . (I . |
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