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Definition of Kahal
1. Noun. The local governing body of a former European Jewish community administering religious, legal and communal affairs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kahal
1. the governing body of a Jewish community [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kahal
Literary usage of Kahal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1920)
"... I 46, 52, 192 Voyevoda C. tries cases between Jews and Christians, I 84, 191;
acts as Court of Appeals, I 191; kahal elders attached to, I 84 tax-farmer ..."
2. The Jews of Russia and Poland: A Bird's-eye View of Their History and Culture by Israel Friedlaender (1915)
"The Jewish kahal enjoyed the same jurisdiction as the non-Jewish municipality;
it might even be said that the jurisdiction of the kahal was more extensive, ..."
3. Israelitische und jüdische Geschichte by Julius Wellhausen (1904)
"Die Richter saßen, um sie herum stand der kahal. Das Tor war das Forum; ...
2) Der kahal (und zwar jeder einzelne kahal, Micha 2,5) war ein kahal ..."
4. Christianity and Childhood: Or, The Relation of Children to the Church by Bp Richard Joseph Cooke (1891)
"Edah is an assembly, as is also kahal; but the difference lies in this,—that ...
It is related to kahal as a particular congregation or society is to the ..."
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