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Aleppo


The Aleppo Codex and the Ownership of Tradition The Aleppo Codex and the Ownership of Tradition
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The Torah belongs to all Jews and, indeed, to anyone who cares to learn and live its ways. But it is not transparent.
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Alas for Aleppo Joseph Dana, Tablet. “In all the Holy Land and in Syria,” wrote Maimonides, “there is one city alone . . . in which there are those who are truly devoted to the Jewish religion and the study of Torah.”