Kehilla

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Not to be confused with "Kehila" a village in Estonia.

Kehilla (Hebrew: קהילה) meaning a "congregation" may refer to:

  • Qahal, a theocratic organisational structure in ancient Israelite society, and a quasi-governmental authority in Jewish communities of the Middle Ages.
  • Kehilla (modern) (pl. Kehillot), the elected local communal (secular as well as religious) Jewish structure in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland's Second Republic, the Baltic States, Ukrainian People's Republic) during the interwar period (1918–1940)
  • Kahal, name of a moshav agricultural community in northern Israel