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Kippot Imported from Israel |
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$12.99
Jewish Kippot
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Background color tends to be dark blue
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alike we will match as closely as possible
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History
The Bukharan community in Central Asia had periods of prospering, as
well as periods of repression. With the establishment of the Silk
Road between China and the West in the 2nd century BCE that lasted
well into the 16th century, many Jews flocked to Central Asia and
played a great role in its development. After their exile from
Israel in 135, they came under the Persian Empire, as they prospered
and spread through the area. However, around the 5th century, they
were persecuted. Famous Jewish academies in Babylon were closed,
while many Jews were killed and expelled (See Mishnah). After Arab
Muslim conquest in the early 8th century, Jews (as well as
christians) were considered Dhimmis and were forced, among other
things, to pay the jizya head tax. The Mongol invasion in the 13th
century also hit hard on Jews of Central Asia.
In the beginning of the 16th century, the area was invaded and
conquered by nomadic Uzbek tribes who established strict observance
of Islam and religious fundamentalism. Confined to city quarters,
the Jews were denied basic rights and many were forced to convert to
Islam. By the middle of the 18th century practically all of Bukharan
Jews lived in Bukharan Emirate. In 1843 Bukharan Jews collected
10,000 silver tan'ga and purchased land in Samarkand, known as
Makhallai Yakhudion.
At the beginning of 17th century the first synagogue had been
constructed at Bukhara city. It was done in contravention of the law
of Caliph Omar who had forbidden the construction of new synagogues
as well as the destruction of those that existed in the pre-Islamic
period. The story of construction of the first Bukhara synagogue
relates to two persons: Nodir Divan-Begi - important grandee, and
nameless widow, who outwitted an official. |
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