Tikvah
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July 28, 2015

Preserving the Customs of Jewish Damascus

Publishing prayers and rituals for the first time.

Moshe Chadid, an Argentine-born Jerusalem rabbi, has devoted much of his career to preserving the unique religious rites and traditions of his Damascus ancestors. Toward that end, he is publishing a series of liturgical works, many of which have been passed down either orally or only in manuscript form. Eliezer Hayun writes:

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