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Definition of Kahals
1. kahal [n] - See also: kahal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kahals
Literary usage of Kahals
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 197 raised to three gulden per head (1775), I 267 25 disproportionately
assessed by kahals, I 275 Jews of Minsk complain about abuses in collection of ..."
2. Our Missions: Being a History of the Principal Missionary Transactions of by Thomas D Halsted (1866)
"... edict breaking up the kahals or Rabbinical Institutions, in Poland, and that
I am informed that this will destroy the Rabbinical yoke which has weighed ..."
3. The Jews of Russia and Poland: A Bird's-eye View of Their History and Culture by Israel Friedlaender (1915)
"As a result, only a few years later, in 1776, the kahals were legally acknowledged
in their former capacity, not only as religious but also as fiscal and ..."
4. The Polish Jew: His Social and Economic Value by Beatrice C. Baskerville (1906)
"It has been remarked that the history of the Polish Jews is contained in the
annals of their kahals. To a certain extent, inasmuch as every-day details make ..."
5. A History of the Jews in Modern Times by Max Raisin (1919)
"Even so, the kahals, or Jewish communities, were unable to furnish the ...
For lack of recruiting material the kahals found themselves constrained to ..."
6. Poland and the Minority Races by Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1920)
"The kahals, the elders of the Jewish Community, had courts in which Biblical and
Talmudic law was applied as between Jews. Cases between Jews and Christians ..."
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