halakah
noun
ha·la·kah
variants or halachah or halacha
häˈläḵä 
ˌhäläˈḵä,
həˈläkə
plural halakahs
-ḵäz,
-kəz
or halakoth or halachoth häˈläˌḵōth,
ˌhäläˈḵōth,
-ōt,
-ōs
often capitalized
: the body of Jewish oral laws supplementing the scriptural law and forming especially the legal part of the Talmud compare aggadah , midrash
Word History
Etymology
Hebrew hălākhāh, literally, way