, ▁the ▁community ▁was ▁quite ▁small , ▁and ▁had ▁grown ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 ▁years ▁by ▁infl ux ▁of ▁M iz ra hi ▁Jews ▁from ▁Ira q ▁and ▁Ale ppo . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁community ▁included ▁about ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁people . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁style ▁The ▁prayer ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁is ▁missing ▁some ▁pray ers , ▁added ▁through ▁the ▁Second ▁Temple ▁Period ▁or ▁after ▁it . ▁Thus , ▁it ▁is ▁assumed , ▁the ▁community ▁pred ates ▁the ▁Second ▁Temple ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁( 1 st ▁century ▁B CE ), ▁and ▁had ▁probably ▁res ided ▁in ▁Ur fa ▁for ▁some ▁ 2 , 5 0 0 ▁years , ▁suggesting ▁Ur fal im ▁are ▁descend ants ▁to ▁the ▁exp elled ▁Israel ites ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Temple ▁period . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁Ur fal im ▁are ▁named ▁Le vi ▁( desc end ants ▁of ▁the ▁Le vi ▁tribe ). ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁distinction ▁between ▁many ▁Le vi ▁families , ▁a ▁nick name ▁had ▁been ▁added , ▁such ▁as : ▁" Le vi ▁Ab ud ", ▁" Le vi ▁As lan ", ▁" Le vi ▁Ham ami ", ▁" Le vi ▁Ur f ali " ▁etc . ▁Other ▁family ▁names ▁of ▁Ur fal im ▁include ▁Ba ' sh er , ▁G ila ▁( G il ), ▁Y agen , ▁Gaz oli ▁and ▁simply ▁Ur f ali . ▁ ▁M igration ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁Ur fal im ▁community ▁migr ated ▁to ▁Ott oman ▁Sy ria