Polin
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Polin is the name for Poland in Yiddish and in Hebrew and a place which meant in Hebrew "Here shalt thou lodge" or "Place of safe refuge" in the exile from the Land of Israel.
In 1492, Jews were expelled from Spain, Portugal and Germany. According to one legend, as they journeyed eastward in search of a new home, when they reached areas of Poland they read its name as "Poh lin" taking it as a positive sign and settled in the land they called "Polin" in Poland.
In later centuries more than 50% of the Jewish world population lived in Poland.
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