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History of the Jews in Saada
In the early years before the immigration to Israel, the Jewish community of Saada numbered around 1000 people.
According to Rabbi Yahya Yousef Salem, who was the rabbi of a Jewish community that had lived in the northern province of Saada, The community is ancient. In his words, “Jewish settlement in Saada could be as old as the Torah”.
According to a report made in 1999 by the US state department, Approximately 500 Jews were scattered in a handful of villages between Sana'a and Saada in northern Yemen.
David Carasso, a Jewish merchant from Thessaloniki, spent his years 1874–9 in Yemen, and described the Saada Jews as “warrior Jews”. He also mentioned the good relationship between the Arabs of the area and the Saada community Jews.
The Jews from that area were to be found strong and tall, they were belong to a bellicose race, and were always armed in the Arab way with a curved Jambiya and a rifle.
In 1908, a group left the remote areas of Saada and made their way to Palestine through the coast of Ashir, with a boat from there.
A homemade alcohol was made by the Jews in the area and was consumed with khat as a social aspect of life, consumed in a small group, and described in a testimony from the early 1900s as a "delightful time".
In 1992, Jews from Saada were forbidden from placing burial stones on their graves. Another prohibition from the same year stated that a cooking utensils could not be shared with Jews, if it had been used by Muslims.
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History of the Jews in Saada
In the early years before the immigration to Israel, the Jewish community of Saada numbered around 1000 people.
According to Rabbi Yahya Yousef Salem, who was the rabbi of a Jewish community that had lived in the northern province of Saada, The community is ancient. In his words, “Jewish settlement in Saada could be as old as the Torah”.
According to a report made in 1999 by the US state department, Approximately 500 Jews were scattered in a handful of villages between Sana'a and Saada in northern Yemen.
David Carasso, a Jewish merchant from Thessaloniki, spent his years 1874–9 in Yemen, and described the Saada Jews as “warrior Jews”. He also mentioned the good relationship between the Arabs of the area and the Saada community Jews.
The Jews from that area were to be found strong and tall, they were belong to a bellicose race, and were always armed in the Arab way with a curved Jambiya and a rifle.
In 1908, a group left the remote areas of Saada and made their way to Palestine through the coast of Ashir, with a boat from there.
A homemade alcohol was made by the Jews in the area and was consumed with khat as a social aspect of life, consumed in a small group, and described in a testimony from the early 1900s as a "delightful time".
In 1992, Jews from Saada were forbidden from placing burial stones on their graves. Another prohibition from the same year stated that a cooking utensils could not be shared with Jews, if it had been used by Muslims.