The Four Lands

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The Four Lands

The Four Lands

Four regions in Poland (also Lithuania and Russia) where the Jews were granted partial autonomy in the 16th and 17th centuries, where the "Council of Four Lands" operated and enacted regulations.

("Even regarding the regulation, the authorities of the Four Lands only enacted it concerning a living animal that stretches out its legs" - Pitchei Teshuva, Choshen Mishpat, section 97)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַרְבַּע אֲרָצוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

אַרְבָּעָה מְחוֹזוֹת בְּפוֹלִין (וְגַם לִיטָא וְרוּסְיָה) שֶׁבָּהֶם נִתְּנָה לַיְּהוּדִים אוֹטוֹנוֹמְיָה חֶלְקִית בַּמֵּאוֹת הַ-16 וְהַ-17 שֶׁבָּהֶם פָּעַל "וַעַד אַרְבַּע הָאֲרָצוֹת" שֶׁתִּקֵּן תַּקָּנוֹת.

("אֲפִלּוּ מִצַּד הַתַּקָּנָה, דנ"ל דַּהָגֵאוֹנִים בַּעֲלֵי תַּקָּנוֹת דְּאַרְבַּע אֲרָצוֹת נָמֵי לֹא תִּקְּנוּ אֶלָּא בְּלֹהַּ חַי וּפוֹשֵׁט רַגְלָיו"- פִּתְחֵי תְּשׁוּבָה חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט סִימָן צַו)

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