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| Jews sitting in their Samarkand Sukka (circa 1870) |
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| Another view of the Sukka with the side walls closed (1870) |
View more pictures and a history of the Samarkand Jews here.
Members of the community began moving to Eretz Yisrael, the Holy Land, in the mid-1800. They established a new neighborhood outside of Jerusalem's Old City walls.
View pictures of the Bukhari Quarter here.
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| Bukharan family in their Jerusalem sukka (circa 1900). Note the man on the right holding the citron and palm branch |
View the collection of Jerusalem celebrations of Sukkot here.
Is it possible that the family photographed in Samarkand in 1870 may be the same family photographed in Jerusalem in 1900?
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| Bukharan family in their Jerusalem Sukka |
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