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Yemenite Boy Wins Bible Quiz; New Yorker, Belgian Are 2nd and 3rd

Hilkiyahu Habra, a 17-year-old Israeli yeshiva student from Bnei Brak is this year’s International Jewish Youth Bible Quiz champion. He scored the maximum possible points–74–at the Independence Day contest here, displaying a phenomenal memory of Biblical verses and stories. Habra, a Yemenite, is one of a family of 15 children. All his siblings and many […]

April 22, 1977
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Hilkiyahu Habra, a 17-year-old Israeli yeshiva student from Bnei Brak is this year’s International Jewish Youth Bible Quiz champion. He scored the maximum possible points–74–at the Independence Day contest here, displaying a phenomenal memory of Biblical verses and stories. Habra, a Yemenite, is one of a family of 15 children. All his siblings and many friends were in the hall of the Jerusalem Theater to cheer him on. He is a student at Bnel Akiva’s “Yeshivat Hadarom” at Rehovot.

Second was David Glatt, only one point behind. This 15-year-old New York rabbi’s son studies at the Yeshiva University High School. Third, with 71 points, was Zvi Hirsch, 16 of Belgium. In the chair was just-retired chief army chaplain, Gen. Mordechai Piron.

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