The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (928 page)

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Halal
(released from prohibition)
:
Halevi, Judah
(Jewish philosopher and poet)
:
aliza
or
alitsa
(Heb.). ‘Taking off the shoe’, part of the ritual arising from
levirate marriage
if the brother of a dead man (without male descendant) wishes to repudiate his obligation to marry the widow. The description is in Deuteronomy (25. 5–10).
allah
.
Type of dough or bread, or a portion, set aside for the
priest
in ancient Judaism. The laws governing
allah are found in the tractate of that name in
Mishnah
and the subsequent writings dependent on Mishnah.

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