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What Religion do Mountain Jews follow?
Mountain Jewish traditions are infused with teachings of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.
Do they have any specific rituals related to this worship?
While Mountain Jews observed the rituals of circumcision, marriage and burial, as well as Jewish holidays, other precepts of Jewish faith were observed less carefully.
Which precepts were not as strictly followed?
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What other traditions were closely followed as a result of this religious background?
CANNOTANSWER.
What was noteable about the religious traditions of the Mountain Jews?
The community's ethnic identity remained unshaken despite the Soviet efforts.

Question: Did the soviet union try to dissuade the religion of the mountain Jews?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the soviet union try to dissuade the religion of the mountain Jews?