Council of Four Lands
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The Council of Four Lands was the central autonomous governing body of Polish-Lithuanian Jewry in the early modern period, overseeing communal, legal, and fiscal affairs across multiple Jewish communities.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish communal governing body
→
autonomous Jewish council → historical organization → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vaad Arba Aratzot
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Vaad Arba Ha-Aratzot → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Polish–Lithuanian Jewry
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| composedOf |
delegates from major Jewish communities
→
lay leaders → rabbis → |
| country |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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| dissolved |
1764
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| fieldOfWork |
Jewish communal governance
→
Jewish law → charity administration → education → intercommunal dispute resolution → representation of Jewish communities to the state → tax administration → |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Jewish communal courts
→
appointment and confirmation of some rabbis → apportionment of state taxes among Jewish communities → regulation of internal Jewish communal affairs → standards for Jewish education → supervision of charitable institutions → |
| hasEffect |
standardization of Jewish communal practices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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| hasPart |
Jewish communities of Galicia
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Jewish communities of Greater Poland → Jewish communities of Little Poland → Jewish communities of Volhynia → |
| hasRole |
central autonomous governing body of Polish–Lithuanian Jewry
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| inception |
1580
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| influenced |
later forms of Jewish communal autonomy in Eastern Europe
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| languageUsed |
Hebrew
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Yiddish → |
| location |
Lithuania
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Poland → |
| mainSubject |
Jewish communities in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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|
| meetsAt |
Jarosław
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Lublin NERFINISHED → |
| namedAfter |
four historical regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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| notableWork |
regulations (takkanot) for Polish–Lithuanian Jewish communities
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| partOf |
system of Jewish self-government in Eastern Europe
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| religion |
Judaism
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| significantEvent |
abolition by the Polish Sejm in 1764
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| temporalCoverage |
early modern period
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| timePeriod |
16th century
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17th century → 18th century → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Va’ad Medinat Lita
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contemporaryWith |
|
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period
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hasJewishInstitution |