To be admitted into the congregation / be accepted as member of the Jewish community
Became part of the community. Integrated into society (originally: to be part of the people of Israel).
("A mamzer shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord" - Deuteronomy 23:3. Also: "Philosophy and free thought in general were forbidden to enter the congregation, and poetry was subjugated to mysterious messianism" - S. Dubnow / Divrei Yemei Am Olam, p. 399)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּא בַּקָּהָל
Definition (Hebrew)
הָפַךְ לְחֵלֶק מִן הַקְּהִלָּה. הִתְעָרֵב בַּחֶבְרָה (בַּמָּקוֹר: לִהְיוֹת חֵלֶק מֵעַם יִשְׂרָאֵל).
("לֹא יָבֹא מַמְזֵר בִּקְהַל ה' גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי לֹא יָבֹא לוֹ בִּקְהַל ה' "- דְּבָרִים כג ג, וְכֵן: "הַפִילוֹסוֹפְיָה וּמַחְשָׁבָה חָפְשִׁית בִּכְלָל הָיוּ אֲסוּרוֹת לָבוֹא בַּקָּהָל, וְהַשִּׁירָה הָיְתָה מְשֻׁעְבֶּדֶת לַמְּשִׁיחִיּוּת הַמִּסְתּוֹרִית" - ש. דובנוב / דִּבְרֵי יְמֵי עִם עוֹלָם, שצ"ט)