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kehillah

[ Sephardic Hebrew kuh-hee-lah; Ashkenazic Hebrew kuh-hil-uh ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew kə hiˈlɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew kəˈhɪl ə /
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noun, plural ke·hil·loth, ke·hil·lot, ke·hil·los [Sephardic Hebrew kuh-hee-lawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew kuh-hil-oht, -ohs] /Sephardic Hebrew kə hiˈlɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew kəˈhɪl oʊt, -oʊs/.

the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.

Nearby words

  1. kegel exercises,
  2. kegeler,
  3. kegeling,
  4. kegler,
  5. kegling,
  6. kehua,
  7. kei-apple,
  8. keifer,
  9. keighley,
  10. keijo

Origin of kehillah

First recorded in 1880–85, kehillah is from the Hebrew word qəhillāh community
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