The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (927 page)

(Arab., ‘state’, ‘inner condition’; pl.
a
w
l
). Among
S
f
, those thoughts and conditions which come upon the heart without intention or desire, such as sorrow, fear, pleasure, ecstasy, anger, or even lust. In their religious forms, they are such states, in relation to God, as confidence, peace, love, attentiveness, nearness, certitude.

 
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Hal
hala
(poison drunk by
iva)
:

see
CHURNING OF THE OCEAN
.

 
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(Heb., from
halak
, ‘he went’). A particular
law
or the whole Jewish legal system. The halakhah is traditionally believed to go back in its entirety to
Moses
. The halakhah is composed of the written law (the
six hundred and thirteen commandments
of the
Pentateuch
), the statements handed down by tradition (such as the words of the
prophets
and the hagiographa (
Writings
), the
oral law
(which includes interpretations of the written law), the sayings of the
scribes
, and established religious custom. Written law is
Torah she-bi-khetav
, oral law is
Torah she-be’al peh
(‘… by mouth’).