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Qumran Cave is a historical site discovered by chance by a Bedouin boy who saw ancient clay pots with engraved manuscripts when he walked around with his goat. Archaeological excavations began at the site and about 929 Jewish manuscripts, some of them scrolls, were found there.
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world.
A Sephardi Jew is a Jew descended from the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century, prior to their expulsion. 
Tisha B'Av is the 9th day of the Hebrew month "Av", a day that is considered the culmination of a period of mourning which lasts for almost a month and began at the end of the holiday of Shavuot.
Iranian Jewry mostly calls itself "Persian Jewry" after the Persian kingdom in which they lived and after the Persian language the speak. The Jewish community in Iran is one of the oldest community and the only community to remind in a Muslim country.
The shape of the Star of David is hexagram, a 6 pointed geometric stat, common mainly in Jewish and Buddhist culture.
About 1,700 years ago, an epidemic occurred in the land of Judea. 
The Jewish community in Libya is one of the oldest. According to Jewish traditions, there was a Jewish community back then in the times of King Solomon.
Mike, or by his Hebrew name Moshe, was born in a detention camp in Cyprus. In these camps, Jews who were trying to immigrate to Palestine, were arrested by the British and sent to camps.
The story takes place in the Persian Empire, around 480 BC. At the head of the kingdom stands King Ahasuerus and he rules in 127 different countries. Ahasuerus had a senior minister named Haman and a beautiful wife named Vashti.
Judaism attributes great respect to the trees. The trees are mentioned in Jewish sources several times and are even given the status of human beings.
The first Jews to settle in today's Russia region are the Mountain Jews, who lived in the Caucasus region, as they migrated to this area following the destruction of the First Temple.
The year is 1919 in the Ukrainian People's Republic ruled by president Symon Petliura.
In 1676, Imam Al-Mahdi Ahmad came to power in Yemen. Even at the beginning of his reign he decided to impose harsh religious decrees on the Jewish community and ordered the destruction of synagogues. One decree led to another.
Cochin Jews is the oldest group of Jews in India, and also the smallest one. The origin of the Jewish community claimed to be since the time of King Solomon. Another suggestion is that they arrived in India a few hundred years later.
Sigd (ሰግድ) means prostration, and is one of the unique Beta Yisrael (Ethiopian Jews) holidays. The holiday begins 50 days after Yom Kippur, the same as the holiday Shavuot is celebrated 50 days after Passover.
The Jewish community in Tunisia is the oldest Jewish community in the world. The community was founded almost 2,900 years ago, during the First Temple period under the reign of Solomon.
A Jewish community in Iraq was founded 2600 years ago when the Israelites were exiled to Babylon. The Iraqi Jews became the first community to live in anatomy and practice its religion for thousands of years. It was also the largest, most educated Jewish community in the region.
The Jewish community in Turkey is another Jewish community among the oldest in the Middle East. Jews immigrated there as early as 2000 years ago. The community consists of a various groups of Jews: Urfalim, Romaniotes, Ashkenazis and Sephardim.