In January 1958, the Aleppo Codex was smuggled out of Syria and sent to Jerusalem, by the influence of then Israeli President, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, where it remains in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum.
In January 1958, the Aleppo Codex was smuggled out of Syria and sent to Jerusalem to be placed in the care of the chief rabbi of the Aleppo Jews. But by the influence of then Israeli President, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, it was secretly taken by the government and placed in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum.