Virtually cut off from other Jewish centers, the Mountain Jews developed their own way of life.
Various explanations are given for this relatively new custom.
If you heard a world-class violinist in the subway, would you stop to listen? If you met the Master of the Universe while tilling a field, would you go over and talk?
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