| 释义 |
‖ kehilla|kəˈhɪlə|
Also kehillah, kille. Pl. kehi(l)lot, kehilloth.
[ad. Heb. qĕhillāh community.]
The Jewish community in a town or village.
1882tr. L. Kompert's Scenes from Ghetto 67 She grew up, became beautiful, and in all the kille people talked of nothing but Hendel, the daughter of Rebb Paltiel Wolf. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 126 Every town which could muster the minimum of ten men for worship boasted its Kehillah. 1950[see Judenrat]. 1961Observer 3 Dec. 10/6 The formal communities of Russian Jews, the kehilot, were abolished in 1919 and never restored. 1967N. Cohn Warrant for Genocide vii. 163 The official New York Jewish community organization,..under the name Kehilla (Yiddish for ‘Kahal’) was chiefly concerned with protecting and educating Jewish immigrants. 1971Jewish Communities of World (Inst. Jewish Affairs) (ed. 3) 29 The Buenos Aires Community (Kehillah) is the largest. Ibid. 90 There are no organized local Communities (Kehillot) in France. 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 7/2 We have no intention..of creating a separatist movement or a new kehilla or some political group. |