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Manakha (Menakha, מנאכ'ה, مناخة), Yemen

Manakhah, Yemen

The village of Manakha (Menakha, מנאכ'ה, مناخة), Yemen (תימן, اليمن). The village had a Jewish population before 1950. 


عاش يهودين في هذا الموضع في القرن العشرين.

Description

There were two synagogues in Menakha, one Baladi and one Shami. The mikveh was done the valley from the Jewish area which was near the markets. There was a Mori who would teach the students in the village. There was also a Hebra Kadisha which would handle the burials.

In the early 1920s, Mori Shalom served as the chief rabbi in Manakha to the Asmara community.

According to information published by Yad Ben Zvi, during an 1859 visit 45 Jewish families, 2 synagogues. 

Manakhah, Yemen

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jews_from_Manakha,_Yemen_(1930%27s).jpg


https://books.google.com/books?id=mY-fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=jews+of+Manakha,+yemen&source=bl&ots=A-JyyhHY4I&sig=y9pUklZiGNZ8sxAZjZ0rYbMjBto&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi09pyF_pvNAhUJWVIKHSUvC3MQ6AEIOTAE#v=onepage&q=jews%20of%20Manakha%2C%20yemen&f=false


See also The Encyclopedia of Yemeni Jewish Communities (Hebrew) p 330-333.