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HALAKHA, or HALACIIA (literally " See also: law; with the See also: haggada it makes up the See also: Talmud and See also: Midrash (q.v.)
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As the haggada is the poetic, so the halakha is the legal See also: element of the Talmud (q.v.), and arose out of the faction between the See also: Sadducees, who disputed the traditions, and the See also: Pharisees, who strove to prove their derivation from scripture
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Among the chief attempts to codify the halakha were the See also: Great Rules (Halakhoth Gedoloth) of See also: Simon Kayyara (9th 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 Qaro (1565), which from its See also: practical scope and its clarity as a work of general reference became the universal handbook of Jewish See also: life in many of its phases
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