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397:. At first, the material situation of the local Jews improved. The British, who found themselves in control of a vastly enlarged empire, needed clerks who were familiar with the local language and customs to help them with their bureaucracy, and found the Jews to be suited to the task. The Jewish community would go on to take a commanding role in the banking and insurance sectors of the economy. This period also saw many young students seeking to advance their education abroad at the great universities of England. 697: 711: 422: 683: 404:
began to challenge some of Hussein's education policies, especially in regards to the unpopular meat tax, and his decision to omit most secular studies from the Talmud Torah's curriculum. He stood virtually alone against his adversaries, who did not refrain from trying to compromise him vis-à-vis the
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As a result of these events, the Jews began to drift away from their traditional customs, taking on a more modern approach to their daily lives. Eventually, certain people in the
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Hussein married No'am, his first cousin, the daughter of Avraham Sadqa, who bore him one son. His grandson, Menashe Sadqa, is a pulpit rabbi in
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that was imposed on the sale of meat. During his years in Baghdad, Hussein personally taught upwards of 4,000 children. Every evening he gave a
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authorities on account of his perceived antiquated positions. By calling for public protests, fasting, and the reading of
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Hussein demanded this kind of scrupulousness from his peers as well. One time in the 1950s, he asked his student
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neighborhood of Jerusalem. The name of the congregation was derived from the verse "And the sun (
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to send his son to the Porat Yosef Yeshiva. Yosef would go on to become the greatest figure of
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bread), which he then distributed. He also kept a donkey for the fulfillment of the
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to householders that went four or five hours. From those years he earned the title "
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on thousands of infants, sometimes to a fourth generation in the family.
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prayer held in the synagogue, which commenced every day before sunrise (
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Having absorbed from his master the Ben Ish Hai a longing for
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In 1929, Hussein established the Shemesh Sedaqah Synagogue (
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3:20). Hussein both led the synagogue as rabbi, and taught
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In 1933, Hussein persuaded the father of a 12-year-old
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in the synagogue to students and local householders.
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Sadqa", which he was known by the rest of his life.
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Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel
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He later studied under the 14: 1150:Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent 1125:Sephardi rabbis in Mandatory Palestine 1120:Iraqi emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 1087: 1034: 961:Biography of Rabbi Ben-Zion Abba Shaul 808: 1105:19th-century rabbis from Ottoman Iraq 736: 272:. He taught thousands of students in 926:Biography of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu 606: 472: 466: 457: 246: 230: 24: 929:; Yom Petirath HaSadiqim, Hebrew; 547:to arrange a meeting for him with 25: 1166: 1130:Sephardic Haredi rabbis in Israel 1060: 841: 425:Shemesh Sedaqah Synagogue in 2016 1135:20th-century rabbis in Jerusalem 905:The name was a reference to the 709: 695: 681: 498:(commandments particular to the 1155:Immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah 996:Biography of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef 988: 970: 953: 936: 540:(redemption of the firstborn). 918: 889: 854: 835: 765: 324:. 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Shemesh Sedaqah Synagogue
Hakham
Baghdad
Ottoman Iraq
Jerusalem
Judaism
Alma mater
Midrash Bet Zilkha
Mohel
Yaakov Mutzafi
Rabbi
Dayan
Sephardi
Edah HaHaredith
Yahrtzeit
Adar
Sanhedria Cemetery
Hebrew
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Arabic
Sephardi
dayan
mohel
Iraqi Jewish
Iraq
Israel
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Geula
Baghdad

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