Posts by Avraham Yosef Rutledge
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Recently in the United States it was proclaimed Sephardic Heritage Week in Washington.This was a national affair and was well organized by a Canadian from Toronto,Yehuda Azoulay. Yehuda is the co-author of the Sephardic Legacy Series which deals with the mizrahim tradition exclusively. I believe Yehuda is a graduate student at Yeshiva University.When I looked at the proceedings of the Nation Conv...
A question on Western Sephardic minhag came up in a class on our custom regarding our tradition on head coverings for men and women.Our family minhag was for men only to cover their head in synagogue and while praying or studying.Unmarried women never wore a headcovering and married women only in synagogue(many married women never wore a headcovering at anytime.All I have to reference is pic...
Willian,I agree with you 100%.Keep up the good work.G-d Bless.---A true Sephardi.
Martin ,I am hesitant to bring up certain topics up in our group,but with mass media many thing that were taught to us by our illustrous and poorly educated Rabbis have been proven false.Until recently, students knew very little about Yosef Karo except the false information the rabbis wished to impart to their students .Many knew the wool was being pulled over their eyes among other things .Yosef...