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World’s Oldest Jewish Shtetl

Mishpacha Magazine profiles an authentic Jewish town deep in Azerbaijan's northern wilderness, bordering Iran. And a Chabad Shliach is leading the revival. Full Story

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Rafoel Yoneh Poltover Hakodesh sent chabad bochrim to kavkaz etc
May 6, 2012 11:29 am

In the bad 30s with stalinistic trouble regarding learning The elder Rabbi Kaplan from Crown Heightstold me that he was advised to go to kavkaz thru “boy nocks”BY Reb Refoyel Yonah Poltover Hakadesh,there the old shul had accurate story of Tzadik Nistar from Yerushalaim who came there in the 1800s and brought all the people back to full Yioddishkiet,Many if not all ,l kept some mitzvohs and didn’t intermarry BH I wonder in the stone tablet with this story can be verified by ,,,someone along .with the Tzadik from Yerushalayims’ name?.Please fishel katz miami

a kavkazi mountain jew
May 4, 2012 12:34 am

so proud to be a part of the mountain jew community as well as a part of the chabad community!!

Wow!
May 3, 2012 11:45 pm

BS”D
Now this is awesome! Boruch Hashem!

NICE
May 3, 2012 11:04 pm

Wonderful piece.

Granot Fan
May 3, 2012 8:08 pm

How nice that even when others in the non Chabad world disparage us, this magazine includes and respects us

Mountain Jew
May 3, 2012 3:40 pm

But town itself not boardering Iran.

Mountain Jew
May 3, 2012 3:36 pm

Go Guba

Wonderful!
May 3, 2012 3:21 pm

Halevai all shluchim should have such communities where everyone keeps mitzvos!!!

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