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Halachic Principles

Darkhei Shalom
Darchei Shalom (lit. "Ways of Peace") refers to good relations among neighbors.
Mutual Responsibility of the Jewish People
Ones
Asmakhta
Gezerah Shavah
Gematria
Gematria is the practice of assigning numerical values to Hebrew letters. Throughout rabbinic and Jewish literature, Gematria is used as a tool for interpreting biblical texts and deriving meaning from words and phrases.
Halakha LeMoshe MeSinai
Stringencies
Yesh Em Lemikra
General Principle
Beyond the Letter of the Law
Phrasing of Scripture
Minhag
Commandments between Man and God, and between Man and His Fellow
Positive and Negative Commandments
Commandments Dependent Upon the Land
Acronyms
Svara
Juxtaposition
Drashah
Peshat
Kal Vechomer
The Reading and the Written Text
Majority
Hermeneutical Rules through which the Torah is Interpreted
Order of the Torah
Teiku
Tikkun Soferim
Tikkun Olam
Hiddur Mitzvah
d'Rabanan
Bal Tosif
Bitul Torah
Chillul HaShem
Coercion
Covenants
Eye for an Eye
Fraud and Deception
Hazkarah
In Front of a Blind Man
Judgements
Kiruv Rechokim
Legal Instructions
Man and His Fellow
Maraet Ha'ayin
One who Incites Others
Oppression
Oral Torah
Pitchon Peh
Pursuit
Rabbinic Ordinances
Saving a Life
The Performance of a Commandment
Warnings

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