Definition of Halukka. Meaning of Halukka. Synonyms of Halukka

- The halukka, also spelled haluka, halukkah or chalukah (Hebrew: חלוקה, meaning distribution) was an organized collection and distribution of charity funds...
- primarily consisted of religious Jews who relied on external donations (halukka) for support. The Old Yishuv evolved following a significant decline in...
- Old Yishuv spent their time studying the Torah and lived off charity (halukka), donated by Jews in the Diaspora.[clarification needed] The term New Yishuv...
- concentrated in the Four Holy Cities, extremely poor and relied on donations (halukka) from groups abroad, while the new settlements were small farming communities...
- Winemaking Banking Printing Soap production Textiles Philanthropy Kollel Halukka Montefiore Judah Touro Communities Musta'arabim Sephardim Perushim Hasidim...
- trades so they could become self-supporting, rather than relying on the halukka welfare distribution. The manager was a Christian named Dunn who believed...
- communities in form of a tithe, a tenth of one's income, a practice called halukka and already used for supporting the religious groups inhabiting the Jewish...
- these immigrants were Ashke**** Jews from Eastern Europe, who subsisted on Halukka. Published in 1883, the PEF Survey of Palestine volume which covered the...
- of rabbi Hezekiah da Silva. After a journey to Europe in behalf of the halukka fund, he was elected rabbi of Smyrna, where he remained forty years. At...
- a prehistoric archaeological site in Alaska An alternative spelling of halukka, a process of collection and distribution of charity funds for early Zionism...