kehillah

noun

ke·​hil·​lah

variants or kehilla

kəˈhilə

plural kehilloth or kehillot

-ˌlōt(h),

-ōs

: the Jewish community of a city organized for the administration of charities and communal work

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew qĕhillāh assembly, community

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