 The preacher of the Sephardim was Isִhaq Mas'ud, that of the natives Shem-ִTob al-Furani, and that of the Sicilians Isaac ִHaber.There were also two small schools for young students of the Talmud, containing respectively thirty and forty pupils.Sixty Jewish families were living in the village of Jobar, from Damascus, who had a very beautiful synagogue.