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Chief Sephardic rabbi in town, Montreal Rabbi Mosche Suissa kisses the hand of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, leader of the world's 3 million Sephardic Jews(...)
Chief Sephardic rabbi in town, Montreal Rabbi Mosche Suissa kisses the hand of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, leader of the world's 3 million Sephardic Jews(...)

Chief Sephardic rabbi in town, Montreal Rabbi Mosche Suissa kisses the hand of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, leader of the world's 3 million Sephardic Jews(...)

Date12/12/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chief Sephardic rabbi in town; Montreal Rabbi Mosche Suissa kisses the hand of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu; leader of the world's 3 million Sephardic Jews; who arrived in Metro yesterday. Eliyahu is flanked by Rabbi Amram Assayag; left; of Metro's Petah Tikva Anshe Castilla Congregation; and David Schluch; chief rabbi of Natanya; Israel.
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