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The Saint of BeershebaBook 1990 • Weingrod, Alex
Israelis • Middle East > Middle East
This document presents a brief biographical sketch of Rabbi Chayim Chouri, a new Jewish ZADDIK ('saint' or holy man), possessing special spiritual powers, and the yearly pilgrimage (HILLULA) to his grave in the municipal cemetery of the city of Beers...