Jewish law

Rabbinic court

basic question about Jewish identity

laws, statutes, and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Written Torah

In Jewish law, a posek ( , pl. poskim, ) is a legal scholar who determines the application of halakha, the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah, in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists.

fast day in Judaism which usually falls on the day before Passover

edition of the Tanakh with the classic Jewish commentaries

units of measurement in Jewish religious texts

rejection of Judaism and possible conversion to another religion

covenant between God and the biblical Israelites

Jewish laws on capital punishment

Hebrew term ascribed to an hour of a 12-hour day and how it is to be reckoned

hour system where the duration of an hour depends on the date

A takkanah (, pl. takkanot, 'improvement') is a major legislative enactment within halakha, the normative system of Judaism's laws. A takkanah is an enactment that revises an ordinance that no longer satisfies the requirements of the times or circumstances or which, being deduced from a biblical passage, may be regarded as new. A takkanah is enacted by a rabbinical decree or ordinance to improve and preserve religious life. It is, therefore, the antithesis of the gezerah (). The term is applied also to the institution provided for in the enactment.

''''''' (; also transliterated as ' or ''; literally "association") is a term used in Jewish sources for the worship of God in a manner which Judaism does not deem to be purely monotheistic. The term connotes a theology that is not outright polytheistic, but also should not be seen as purely monotheistic. The term is primarily used in reference to the Christian Trinity by Jewish legal authorities who wish to distinguish Christianity from full-blown polytheism. Though a Jew would be forbidden from maintaining a shituf theology, non-Jews would, in some form, be permitted such a theology without

Mesirah (or mesira, ) is the action in which one Jew reports the conduct of another Jew to a non-rabbinic authority in a manner and under the circumstances forbidden by rabbinic law. In any case, "excessive" punishment by non-Jews may be permissible if a precept of the Torah has been violated.