Jewish law
Talmudic legal system
Jewish law is the body of religious rules and ethical principles governing Jewish life, derived from the Torah, Talmud, and rabbinic interpretation.
It covers religious observance, daily conduct, business dealings, family matters, and diet.
The Hebrew term is halakha: Orthodox Jews follow Jewish law strictly.
Reform and Conservative Judaism interpret these laws with varying degrees of flexibility.
Jewish religious commandments
Jewish circumcision ceremony
- brit milahJewish infant circumcision ceremony
- bar mitzvahJewish adulthood ceremony
- bat mitzvahFemale Jewish adulthood rite
- chuppahJewish wedding canopy
Office of Jewish clergy
Binding formal pledge
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
mitzvot
Jewish religious commandments
bris
Jewish circumcision ceremony
- brit milahJewish infant circumcision ceremony
- bar mitzvahJewish adulthood ceremony
- bat mitzvahFemale Jewish adulthood rite
rabbinate
Office of Jewish clergy
covenant
Binding formal pledge
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
gemilut chasadim
Hebrew term for kindness
- tikkun olamMending creation through action
shabbat
Jewish weekly rest day
sugya
Talmudic thematic passage
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Jewish studiesTorah study, yeshiva, rabbinical school, midrash, kabbalah
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- Halakhamitzvot, commandments, din, rulings, legal rulings
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
- Jewish ethicsmitzvot, tikkun olam, Torah study, good deeds, righteousness
Jewish lawsecular law
Legal code without religious basis
civil law · state law · constitutional law · common law · natural law