The Seym of Lithuanian Jews (1623–1764) the central Jewish representation of the country
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPMH.2014.002Keywords
Lithuania, 17th and 18th c., Jewish council, Jewish autonomyAbstract
The Seym of Lithuanian Jews (Hebrew: waad medinat Lita) was established in 1623 by breaking away from the Jewish seym called the Council of the Four Lands (created about 1580). The main reason for the division of the institution was the dualism of the Crown treasury and Lithuania (Lithuanian Jews were answerable to the Lithuanian treasurer [podskarbi]). The scope of the activity of the Seym of Lithuanian Jews was very broad. Apart from the distribution and collection of taxes, the seym settled all problems important for Jews, which included administrative, economic, religious and social questions. It also regulated issues connected with contacts with non-Jewish institutions and the Christian population. The Lithuanian Waad, like its counterpart in the Polish Kingdom, was dissolved at the convocation seym of 1764 as part of administrative and financial reforms.
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