Hacham Mullah Mattityah Garji


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A few quotes from the Rabbi on 'Redemption of Israel'
in which he teaches how the Arabs grant great respect to the prophet Samuel's tomb.
We had the good fortune to make a pilgrimage to Ramatah, where the Prophet Elkana and the Prophetess Hannah were laid to rest, may their righteousness protect us, as was the Prophet Samuel, may he rest in peace. The Arab watchman opened the inner door for us. The place and structure are superb and very respectable, and at the end of the building is the tomb of the Prophet Samuel, may he rest in peace. Placed over it is large casket, with a green covering, four cubits by four cubits, with four crests on the casket's four corners. Next to the casket is an iron partition, two cubits in height that goes through the entire structure. The Arabs hold the place in great respect and do not allow anybody to enter while wearing shoes, or to talk loudly; they also light candles outside the partition on the structure's floor in a type of chimney, and there is a large room below where they hang candles, where they say the graves are.
Korot Zemanim Vemasaot, p. 64, The Afghan Jews Research Institute Press, compiled by Reuven Kashani, Jerusalem 2013
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