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1. Ḳahal: A Hebrew word meaning "assembly" or "community," and applied formerly to the local governments of the Jewish communities in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia. Its organization had, however, been established, in part at least, in western Europe before the Crusades (see ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]