The Pale Settlement

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The Pale Settlement. Elijah of vilna and the making of modern judaism. Limits for the area in which jewish settlement was permissible in russia came into being when russia was confronted with the necessity of adjusting to a.

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Pale, (from latin palus, “stake”), district separated from the surrounding country by defined boundaries or distinguished by a different administrative and legal system. This is a sad and troubling period of history for this once large and formidable empire. In the part ceded to russia, jews were permitted to live only in the area just acquired.

The map for the Pale of Settlement Download Scientific

Figure 1 portrays the borders of the pale of settlement on the current map of eastern europe. The astrakhan province (off map) was added to the pale in 1804 and removed in 1825. The territories of the russian empire in which jews were permitted permanent settlement. It is this definition of pale from which the phrase “beyond the pale” is derived.