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Yom Kippur and Sukkot among the Samaritans
Familiar, yet very different holidays.
Israel is home to fewer than 1,000 Samaritans, descendants of ancient Israelites who have remained in the Land of Israel since the fall of the northern kingdom almost 3,000 years ago. They use an archaic Hebrew script and a version of the Pentateuch very similar to the Torah. Tania Shalom Michaelian writes:
September 28, 2026
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Yom Kippur and Sukkot among the Samaritans
Familiar, yet very different holidays.