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| | | A Yiddish word related to English “close”, when it is used to designate an enclosed area besides a church or monastery. The kloyz functioned both as a small study hall and as a place of prayer, and served as an alternative to the main synagogue of the shtetl. Often it was in proximity with the synagogue. | |
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