In the Name of HASHEM, G-d Eternal
In the Name of HASHEM, G-d Eternal

Footnotes

  1. Quotes from Mishneh Torah, Mishnah and Talmud are manually copied from the authentic editions posted on www.mechon-mamre.org, without use of their unique punctuation (providing a commentary) or hyperlinks. The English translations are original.
  2. Quotes from Bible are according to the authentic Yemenite manuscript edition posted on www.mechon-mamre.org. The English translations are original, with influence and occasional borrowings from the JPS Bible based on the electronic text © by Larry Nelson, and the The Living Torah: The Five Books of Moses by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Maznaim Publishing Corporation, New York, 647 pp.
  3. Biographical information is from the bibliography of The Artscroll Series© / The Stone Edition: The Chumash by Rabbi Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications Ltd., Brooklyn, NY, 1995, 1313 pp.
  4. Iggerot - Letters by Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides): Arabic Original With New Translation And Commentary by Rabbi Joseph KafiH, Mossad haRav Kook, Jerusalem, 5754 / 1994, 172 pp.
  5. Sefer HaYashar: Sefer Divrei HaYamim Haqadmonim, Mishor Holy Book Publishing, B’nei B’raq, 1990, 320 pp.
  6. From the great compendium of ancient Midrash, Yalqut` Shim`oni, Midrash `al Torah: N’vi’im u-Kh’thuvim attributed to Shim`on haDarshan of Frankfurt (13th century C.E.), Pulblished by Yaridh ha-S’farim, Jerusalem 5766 / 2006.)
  7. A traditional Torah source provided by the Aluf Abir, Mori Yehoshua Sofer ]Ma`atuf-DoH[ al Habbani.  English translation was painstakingly done with the guidance of the Aluf Abir, according to the living oral and practical warrior tradition preserved by the Sofer [Ma`atuf-DoH / Banei Abir] clan for generations.

    The literary sources that appear here are but a small sample of what exists.

    Although anyone can gain from these insights, especially Torah scholars, they can naturally be much more fully understood and appreciated by students of the Abir/Qesheth ® warrior arts.

    Beith Midrash Ohel Moshe in Ramath Beith Shemesh houses an archive of photographs and testimonies, attesting to the Abir/Qesheth® heritage of the Habbani Yemenite Jewish community, including the Sofer [Ma'atuf-DoH] family in particular.  It is currently not available to be posted, distributed, or viewed publicly, except for visitors to the Beith Midrash in person.

    “Whoever wishes to lie must [first] distance the witnesses” (Talmudic dictum)