 The prayer style of the community is missing some prayers, added through the Second Temple Period or after it.Thus, it is assumed, the community predates the Second Temple in Jerusalem (1st century BCE), and had probably resided in Urfa for some 2,500 years, suggesting Urfalim are descendants to the expelled Israelites of the First Temple period.Many of the Urfalim are named Levi (descendants of the Levi tribe).