Scrabble?! HALAKHIST

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Halakha (; Hebrew: , Sephardic: [halaa]; also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, halachah or halocho) (Ashkenazic: [haloo]) is the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the Written and Oral Torah. It is based on biblical laws or "commandments" (mitzvot) (traditionally numbered as 613), subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic law, and the customs and traditions compiled in the many books, one of the most famous of which is the 16th-century Shulchan Aruch (literally "Prepared Table"). Halakha is often translated as "Jewish Law", although a more literal translation might be "the way to behave" or "the way of walking". The word derives from the root that means "to behave" (also "to go" or "to walk"). Halakha guides not only religious practices and beliefs, but also numerous aspects of day-to-day life. Historically, in the Jewish diaspora, halakha served many Jewish communities as an enforceable avenue of law both civil and religious, since no differentiation exists in classical