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Lakamah Al-Sufi (לכמה אלצופי, لكمة الصوفي), Yemen
The village of Lakamah Al-Sufi (לכמה אלצופי, لكمة الصوفي), in the Yarim (ירים, يريم) province, Ibb (אב, اب) governorate, Yemen (اليمن, תימן).
Description
The village had about 30 families, all of whom were from the Ahrak family. The village is on and between two mountains. There were 3 synagogues in the village, denoted by the houses where they were located. None were in standalone structures. One synagogue was Ahrak, another Abraham Said, and the third Ahrak Mahfoud.
The cemetery was on a mountain a distance away from the village. Many of the men were farmers.
Boys learned Torah with a local mori either in a house of the workshop of the Mori.
Lakamah, Yemen
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Sources
Interview with M. Ahrak.
See also, The Encyclopedia of Yemeni Jewish Communities (Hebrew) page 285, last entry on the page.