Sephardi faithful are flocking to see the “miraculous” likeness of a Moroccan sage on the wall of an Israeli home. A fervently Orthodox family in the northern village of Rehassim invited reporters to see the stain left by the soot of Sabbath candles, claiming it formed the outline of a famous portrait of the late Baba Sali.
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