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Amlah, Yemen
The village of Amlah, املح, Yemen.
Description
A village in the Wadi Amlah region in North Yemen. It is near Alhiyat and Alchis.
There was a cemetery in the mountain across from the town. No stones or headstones were erected in the cemetery.
There was also a synagogue in Na'aman but not in every town in the region.
In Amlah, there was a teacher who would teach the boys while he was working in his workshop. There were 7 boys around 1 book.
Amlah, Yemen
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Sources
Rinah Starik interview with Yihya Zandani. See also: Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Yemen, אנציקלופדיה לקהילות היהודיות בתימן, Hamachon Leheker Hachmei Teiman p. 17.