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From Spain to Salonika, a disappearing Shavuot tradition revisited

A Greek-Sephardic custom until the Nazis decimated the community, will the ‘bread of the seven heavens’ soon be the crumbs of history? ‘My grandmother said that the Torah is sweet for those who make it their nourishment’ PHILADELPHIA — Nicknamed “The Queen of Israel,” Salonika was one of the greatest …

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