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Place in the Sun – Moshe Shapira

Tamar HaYardeni

Autodidact Moshe Shapira emerged from Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Me’a She’arim as an expert in both astronomy and sundials. Two of his sun clocks can still be seen in Jerusalem, but it was the one he refused to make that sent him into self-

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Roee Horen

As one of the Ottoman Empire’s few Mediterranean ports, Salonika welcomed Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal. Four great mystics emerged from its shores – each with a different approach to redeeming the Jewish people Roee Horen

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