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Theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society For other uses of Qahal and similar spellings, see Kahal (disambiguation) . The qahal ( Hebrew : קהל ), sometimes spelled kahal , was a theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society according to the Hebrew Bible , and an Ashkenazi Jewish system of a self-governing community or kehila from medieval Christian Europe (France, Germany, Italy). This was adopted in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (16th–18th centuries) and its successor states, with an elected council of laymen, the 'qahal', at the helm of each kehila. This institution was exported also further to the east as Jewish settlement advanced. In Poland it was abolished in 1822, and in most of the Russian Empire in 1844. This article incorporates text from the 1903 Encyclopaedia Biblica article "assembly" , a publication now in the public domain . In Polonsky, Antony (ed.). Jews and the Emerging Polish State .
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The Qahal ( Hebrew : קהל) was a theocratic organisational structure in ancient Israelite society, according to the Masoretic Text of the Bible . In later centuries, Qahal was the name of the autonomous governments of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe . This article incorporates text from the 1903 Encyclopaedia Biblica article "assembly" , a publication now in the public domain . Encyclopedia of Ukraine , (1989) volume 2, entry for Kahal
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In later centuries, Qahal was the name of the autonomous governments of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe . This article incorporates text from the 1903 Encyclopaedia Biblica article "assembly" , a publication now in the public domain . Encyclopedia of Ukraine , (1989) volume 2, entry for Kahal
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Theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society For other uses of Qahal and similar spellings, see Kahal (disambiguation) .The qahal ( ) was a theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society according to the Hebrew Bible .In later centuries, Qahal was the name of the autonomous governments of Ashkenazi Jews until being abolished in the 1840s. This article incorporates text from the 1903 Encyclopaedia Biblica article "assembly" , a publication now in the public domain . Encyclopedia of Ukraine , (1989) volume 2, entry for Kahal
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Theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society For other uses of Qahal and similar spellings, see Kahal (disambiguation) . The qahal ( ) was a theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society according to the Hebrew Bible , and an Ashkenazi Jewish system of a self-governing community or kehila from medieval Christian Europe (France, Germany, Italy).This was adopted in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (16th–18th centuries) and its successor states, with an elected council of laymen, the kahal , at the helm of each kehila.This institution was exported also further to the east as Jewish settlement advanced.In Poland it was abolished in 1822, and in most of the Russian Empire in 1844. This article incorporates text from the 1903 Encyclopaedia Biblica article "assembly" , a publication now in the public domain . The Decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Kahal (Summary) .
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theocratic organisational structure in ancient israelite society
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theocratic organizational structure in ancient israelite society according to the hebrew bible
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