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-"The Song of the Mountain Jews" [57] Mountain Jews have a military tradition and have been historically viewed as fierce warriors. Some historians suggest that the group traces its beginnings to Persian-Jewish soldiers who were stationed in the Caucasus by the Sasanian kings in the fifth or sixth century to protect the area from the onslaughts ...
The site Beit Shearim is mentioned in the Talmud, along with Yavne, Usha, Shefar'am and Sepphoris, as one of ten migratory journeys taken by the Sanhedrin when it uprooted from Jerusalem. [34] Beit She'arim was also the home and final resting place of Rabbi Judah the Prince (Judah Ha-Nasi), compiler of the Mishnah and Head of the Sanhedrin.
Beit Yosef (Hebrew: בית יוסף) (also transliterated Beth Yosef), written by Rabbi Joseph Karo, is a long and detailed commentary on the Halakhic code Arba'ah Turim ("Tur") by Jacob ben Asher (fl. c. 1300). The Shulchan Aruch, which Rabbi Karo wrote later in his life, is a condensation of its rulings.
Beit Ha'Am (Hebrew: בית העם, literally, "People's House" [1]) was a public cultural program operating in various cities in Israel; it was underway in Jerusalem by 1904. [2] It provided public lectures, cultural evenings, a reading library, and a venue in which people could meet and discuss the issues of the day. [ 2 ]
But Beit Sahour didn't break. We didn't pay our taxes." [20] Nasser abu Ayta, a video rental store owner, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times during the strike as complaining that Israeli forces "come in as if they own us." [14] Beit Sahour Mayor Hanna Al-Atrash claimed that the strike was "a success for us and a failure for the army." [32]
Bethlehem of Galilee (Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם הַגְּלִילִית, Beit Lehem HaGlilit; lit. "the Galilean Bethlehem") or Bethlehem-in-the-Galilee [2] is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Kiryat Tivon , around 10 kilometres north-west of Nazareth and 30 kilometres east of Haifa , it falls under the jurisdiction ...
These Persian Jews lived near the border of Iran and commonly practiced trade to sustain their communities. The most popular Lakhloukh Jewish family being the Malihi family, whom are all descendants of Jaha Malihi (A noble in the Persian Empire) [13] Also, some Jewish Kazakhs are Bukharan and Juhuro Mountain Jews.
Even though the upland Tai had stronger ethnic and cultural ties to Laos, Sip Song Chau Tai was incorporated into the French protectorate of Tonkin—and therefore French Indochina—after 1888. This was arranged by the French explorer and colonial representative Auguste Pavie who signed a treaty with Đèo Văn Trị , the White Tai lord of ...