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Halachic state


Halachic state (Hebrew: מדינת הלכה‎‎, Medinat ha-Halakha) is the idea of a Jewish state governed by Halakha, Jewish religious law.

An opinion poll released in March 2016 by the Pew Research Center found high support for a Halachic state among religious Israeli Jews. The poll found that 86% of Israeli Haredi Jews and 69% of non-Haredi religious Jews support making Halacha Israel's legal code, while 57% of traditional Jews and 90% of secular Jews oppose such a move.

Just a couple of parties like Chayil and Kahanist groups actively promote this (Kahanists such as Kach and Kahane Chai advocate the abolition of secular democracy and the creation of a Halakhic state in its stead). In contrast, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas believe that a Jewish-run state is halakhically forbidden until the Messianic age (based on the Three Oaths). Therefore, the aspiration is essentially messianic, and they are not trying to implement it. Meimad is the only Jewish religious political party in Israel that actively opposes a Halachic state. The National Religious Party wishes to increase the Jewish religious character of the state incrementally by influencing individuals.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe advocated the transformation of Israel into a Halachic state after the Messiah comes. He also pointed out many times that according to Jewish tradition, the arrival of the Moshiach, the Jewish Messiah, would bring the Land of Israel to be under the rule of the Halacha. This state would be a monarchy, with Moshiach at its head.


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