Avraham Sinai

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Avraham Sinai (Hebrew: אברהם סיני; born December 15th 1962) is a Lebanese former Shia Muslim who converted to Judaism. He is a former member of Hezbollah. Originally named Ibrahim Yassin (Arabic: إبراهيم ياسين), he spied for Israel before moving there.

Biography[]

In 1997, Sinai fled Lebanon and exiled to Safed with his wife and seven children. After attending synagogue services on Yom Kippur in 2000, he decided to become a Jew. After years of study, he was converted by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Safed.^[1]

Sinai is the author of A Martyr from Lebanon: Life in the Shadow of Danger, which describes some of his experiences.^[2]

References[]

^ "The Muslim Spy who Became a Jew". The Israel Wire. 2014-08-18. Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
^ Avni, Idan (2006-09-14). "A righteous man from Hizbullah land". YNetNews. Retrieved 2006-12-17.

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[1] "The Muslim Spy who Became a Jew". The Israel Wire. 2014-08-18. Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[ynetnews-2] Avni, Idan (2006-09-14). "A righteous man from Hizbullah land". YNetNews. Retrieved 2006-12-17.

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