Mintz and Sachs30 showed that neutropenic Yemenite Jews had a normal bone marrow pattern with adequate numbers of mature granulocytes and without evidence of degenerating hypersegmented mature granulocytes (“myelokathexis”) or increased numbers of immature granulocytes in the peripheral blood. Bone mar...
RABBI MOSHE SILVER blows a Yemenite shofar at the Jerusalem Promenade (photo credit: REZA GREEN) Rosh Hashanahis the the beginning of the Jewish New Year, in this case 5783, and kicks off the High Holy Days. It is an important two-day holiday with a focus on long prayer services in syn...
Cud-chewing, or rumination, is a system of fermentation of plant foods in the front portion of the stomach, which is divided into several chambers. Food is chewed, swallowed, fermented, then regurgitated and chewed into finer particles, passing into the next chamber. The fermentation takes advan...
A kippah, also called as koppel, or yarmulke, is a brimless cap, usually made of cloth, traditionally worn by Jewish males to fulfill the customary requirement
Yemen is a culturally-rich country, with most of its influences coming from the Sheba Kingdom as well asfrom early Islam. The music and dance in the country also stems from these times though today's Yemen traditions were primarily founded by the Yemenite Jews. ...
Thus, although tzaddik has become an acceptable alternative and can be found in sources such as the Nodah B’Yehudah, Chatam Sofer, Mishnah Berurah and Kol Mevaser, it is clear that the correct name was and remains tzadi. It is worth noting that the Yemenites have a slightly different...
The mezuzah is a well-recognized, visible sign of a Jewish home or business that has contained a powerful message for thousands of years.
The Carmel Shuk - the sights and smells and tastes of the freshest, sweetest fruit and veg, spices, cheeses, sweets and pastries, the bustling crowds, and then on into the Yemenite Quarter for a respite from the crush - and good cheap ethnic food to boot!
contradictions. One day I might be meeting expat English friends at the old Souq Waqif, where many of the wealthiest locals still do their market shopping, after wiping their hands clean from digging into fresh Yemenite cuisine at Bandar Aden restaurant (I always order thefahsa,a lamb stew)....