Abdallah Somekh
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Abdallah Somekh was an Iraqi Jewish hakham, rosh yeshiva and posek.
Hakham Abdallah Somekh
The Tomb of Joshua the High Priest is a site that traditionally houses the burial site of Joshua the High Priest. The shrine is located on the Karkh side of Baghdad, Iraq, and has been a historically
Abdallah Somekh
…all of the Shulchan Aruch. Somekh died on Friday night September 13, 1889 during the 1881–1896 cholera pandemic. He was buried in the courtyard of the tomb of Joshua the High Priest. Rabbi Abdallah Somech…
Ezra Dangoor, Chief Rabbi of Baghdad from 1923 to 1926, standing next to the tomb.
The tomb of Joshua the High Priest in 1923.