The regulations of the Jewish guilds in Eastern Europe followed the spirit of the general guilds, hut their social- religious content was influenced by Jewish customs and modes of life. Since they were essentially economic organizations, the Jewish guilds established rules on the relations between their members, the status of the crafts-men, the trainees and the apprentices, and the standards and quotas of production authorized to every craftsman. The guilds were concerned to prevent unfair competition between their members and to protect them from local craftsmen who were not organized in a guild or from craftsmen not living in the town. They cared for their members' welfare, assisted those in difficulties, and provid-ed relief to the widows and orphans of guild members. They developed organized activity for the religiohs education of members and their children. All the craftsmen, trainees, and apprentices

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