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1. www.thejc.com › lets-talk › allThe Jewish banker who put his faith at the heart of his business

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   Dec 8, 2022 · Safra was a descendant of a Jewish family that had been in Aleppo (Aram Tzova in the Bible, home to the Great Synagogue and the Aleppo Codex) for generations. His father, Jacob, moved to...

2. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org › safraSafra - Jewish Virtual Library

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   Safra was a businessman (BB 144a), a partner of *Issur Giora (BM 31b), and his business honesty was legendary (Mak. 24a). It is related that once, while praying, he was approached by a prospective buyer for his ass.

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   Sep 3, 2024 · Being a high-caliber collector like Sassoon, Safra also bought and sold another Sassoon collection item, in the past, a 1,100-year-old version of the Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon. Named after its most famed owner, the 792-page work was also sold by Sotheby's New York.

4. www.timesofisrael.com › new-biography-probes-intoNew biography delves into mysterious backstory of billionaire ...

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   Sep 1, 2022 · New biography delves into mysterious backstory of billionaire banker Edmond J. Safra. Few truly knew the private Safra, who died tragically after scaling up his family’s small Beirut...

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5. www.beliefnet.com › faiths › christianity7 Famous Sinners and What We Can Learn From Them

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   He was afraid and, despite having claimed that he would gladly die beside Jesus, he frantically denied knowing Him. There are many people who have done something wrong or betrayed something or ...

6. www.myjewishlearning.com › the-hub › jewishJewish Dynasties: The Safras - My Jewish Learning

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   explores the quintessential Sephardic story of an extremely private man who never cut himself off from his roots, donned tefillin daily, encouraged employees at all his banks to accept requests from Jewish institutions and championed Sephardic communities across the world.

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   Who was Safra and what did he do?

   • Along the way, he was the protector and often the saviour of the Jewish communities and diasporas of Beirut and Aleppo, offering jobs and moral support as they strove to recreate their shattered kehillot around the world. Safra was a child of Beirut’s Jewish quarter, Wadi Abu Jamil, and a Halabi (as Jews from Aleppo called themselves).

   The Jewish banker who put his faith at the heart of his business

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   Was Safra a man of faith?

   • And to a large degree, he was a man of faith who was blessed. Safra, who lived from 1932 to 1999, had an unparalleled career in banking in the second half of the 20th century. Born in 1932 in Beirut into a banking family, he went to Milan at the age of 15 and started trading gold.

   The Jewish banker who put his faith at the heart of his business

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   Why did Safra visit Israel?

   • When Hafez Assad in 1994 gave permission to the last 4,000 Jews remaining in Syria to leave, but forcing them to buy round-trip plane tickets, Safra bought them all on the spot. While he didn’t visit Israel until the early 1980s, he forged strong friendships with Israel’s chief rabbis and political leaders.

   The Jewish banker who put his faith at the heart of his business

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   How did Judaism influence Safra?

   • While he operated at the highest levels of finance and society, Judaism dictated the habits and routines of his life. Safra put on tefillin most days. His license plates and phone numbers always ended in 555, the sign of the Hamsa. He preferred to conclude deals on a Tuesday, the day in Genesis when God said “and he saw that it was good” twice.

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8. www.vanityfair.com › culture › 2000Death in Monaco - Vanity Fair

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   Dec 1, 2000 · The official explanation for the death of multibillionaire banker Edmond Safra, who was asphyxiated a year ago in a locked bathroom of his Monte Carlo penthouse, is that one of Safra's nurses...