Klal Yisroel
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Definitions
n. The Jewish people.
Example Sentences
"The story of Passover is the origin story of Klal Yisrael."
"What is the origination of the various different havaras in klal yisroel? i.e. Litvish, Chasidish, Sefardish, Teimani, etc. When and where did the so-called Litvish havara split from the so-called Chasidish havara? What other havaras exist?" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
כלל ישראל, lit. 'all of Israel' > Y כּלל־ישׂראל klal-yisroel
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
Klal Yisrael, Klall Yisroel
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