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Bayt Al-Suraymi (בית צורימי, بيت الصريمي), Yemen

Bayt Al-Suraymi, Yemen

The village of Bayt Al-Suraymi (בית צורימי, بيت الصريمي), in the Rada'a (רדאע, رداع) region of Yemen (תימן, اليمن). 

Description

The village had a Jewish presence, they were primarily farmers and in handcrafts.

Bayt Al-Suraymi had two synagogues, one in the house of Harbi and one in the house of Salem Yihya. The Harbi synagogue was also used as a bet midrash.

Many of the nearby communities did not have enough men to for a minyan, so they would come to Bayt Al-Suraymi for Shabbat and holiday prayers.  

عاش يهودين في هذا الموضع في القرن العشرين.

Bayt Al-Suraymi, Yemen

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Sources

Interview with S. Harazi and H. Harbi Aharon. 


See also, the Encyclopedia of Yemeni Jewish Communities (Hebrew) page 50.