Tedef

Also known as Tadif

Tadef (; also spelled Tedef or Tadif) is a town southeast of Al-Bab, about east of Aleppo, Syria and less than south of Al Bab. The town, which is the site of a shrine to the Jewish prophet Ezra (c. 400 BCE), was a popular summer resort for the Jews of Aleppo.

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Place details

Locality: مدينة تادف
Region: محافظة حلب
Country: سوريا
Population: 34,670
Timezone: Asia/Damascus

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Tadef
Settlement.native_name: تادف
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Tadef in Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aleppo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: al-Bab
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tadef
Settlement.population_total: 12360
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Population: 41786
Elevation: 471

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History
Association with Ezra
References

==History== The village was inhabited during the 19th century by Arabs belonging to the Aneyzeh tribe. During the late 1800s, the village came under repeated attack by nomadic tribes who wished to steal sheep and cattle from the surrounding plains. Casualties were reported as the villagers were able to muster over 400 armed men to defend their flocks and herds. At the time, about 20 Jewish families lived in the village, which was described as a "Jewish town". Before the festival of Shavuot, Jews from Aleppo made an annual pilgrimage to the village.