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It seemed that the voice of Torah was almost silenced, but suddenly it is bustling with life. Yeshiva students and scholars fill the synagogues and study halls in the Old City of Jerusalem. Where were the oil jug and shofar from the Temple kept? What stories were told about the rocks of Porat Yosef Yeshiva? And why was a synagogue named after Elijah the Prophet? A tour of then and now in the alleys of the Jewish Quarter.

A tearful farewell to Rabbi Naim Ben Eliyahu, a beloved figure and spiritual leader in the Bukharian neighborhood of Jerusalem for over fifty years. His family and students reflect on their cherished leader and teacher.