The Jewish community of Aleppo in Syria, the biblical Aram Soba, is one of the world's most ancient. The community serves as guardian of the famous "Keter Torah" scroll, and boasts of a synagogue dating back to the Second Temple. This collection of three stories interlaces the history of Sabato's (the author's) Aleppo family, with the social and political turmoil spanning over a century, reaching from Syria to France to Israel. Sabato skillfully describes how religious values, practice and faith provide the strength for the Aleppo Jewish community and its descendants to live through difficult times and build meaningful lives. Translated from Hebrew by Philip Simpson.