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Bamidbar (\u05d1\u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \/ Ba\u2011Midbar, \u201cIn the Desert\u201d)<\/strong>
Numbers 1:1\u20134:20 \u2022 Hosea 2:1\u201322 \u2022 Pirkei Avot, chap.\u202f6 (Perek Kinyan Torah\u202f[1]<\/sup>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the desert, Moses conducts the census of Israel, organizes the placement of the tribes around the sanctuary, and entrusts the Levites with their responsibilities. The desert is not only a place of passage: it becomes the space where the people are structured and receive a collective mission. The prophet Hosea evokes the desert as a place of return and of rediscovered speech. It is in this stripped\u2011down space that a bond can be repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosea 2:16\u202f[2]<\/sup>
\u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b0\u05e4\u05b7\u05ea\u05b6\u05bc\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05dc\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4\u05bc
<\/strong>\u201cTherefore, here I am: I will allure her, I will lead her into the desert, and I will speak to her heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the entrance to the desert, in the ksar of Amezrou<\/strong>, near Zagora, this fortified village\u2014historically linked to Saharan caravan routes\u202f[3]<\/sup>\u2014once housed a rural and oasis\u2011dwelling Jewish community of southern Morocco, belonging to what can be described as Judeo\u2011Berber Judaism<\/strong>\u202f[4]<\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the Dr\u00e2a Valley, silversmithing<\/strong> and jewelry\u2011making<\/strong>\u202f[5]<\/sup>, practiced notably by Jewish artisans, were traditional local activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the early 1960s, the Jews gradually left Amezrou for Israel, in the context of post\u2011independence Morocco. The departure of the last families took place around 1962\u20131963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Amezrou synagogue, built of rammed earth (pis\u00e9), still stands today at the heart of the ksar, in the former mellah. Its Aron ha\u2011Kodesh is carved into the eastern wall, and its roof rests on palm\u2011tree beams, following traditional techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/sup> Kinyan Torah (\u05e7\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4), \u201cacquisition of the Torah,\u201d is the traditional name given to chapter\u202f6 of Pirkei Avot. This chapter emphasizes the value of Torah study and the dispositions through which it is acquired, notably the list of the forty\u2011eight ways of acquiring the Torah.
[2] <\/sup>Use of the feminine: Hosea uses the image of the wife to express the relationship between God and Israel.
[3]<\/sup> Historical context: The ksar of Amezrou is part of the system of fortified villages of southern Morocco, developed along Saharan caravan routes. These structures shaped settlement, trade, and communal life among oasis populations\u2014Muslim and Jewish\u2014in the Dr\u00e2a Valley.
[4]<\/sup> The expression Judeo\u2011Berber refers to the diversity of Jewish communities of the Maghreb who lived in Berber\u2011speaking environments.
[5]<\/sup> Silversmithing and jewelry\u2011making are attested as traditional activities of the Dr\u00e2a Valley, historically associated with the Jewish presence in the region\u2019s ksour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bamidbar (\u05d1\u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \/ Ba\u2011Midbar, \u201cIn the Desert\u201d)Numbers 1:1\u20134:20 \u2022 Hosea 2:1\u201322 \u2022 Pirkei Avot, chap.\u202f6 (Perek Kinyan Torah\u202f[1]) In the desert, Moses conducts the census of Israel, organizes the placement of the tribes around the sanctuary, and entrusts the Levites with their responsibilities. The desert is not only a place of passage: it becomes the … Continuer la lecture de Ksar of Amezrou, Morocco<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6053"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6063,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions\/6063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}