Posts by Elroi Sadeh-Kleinveld
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שבוע טוב!Boa semana!
For those interested Koren Publishers recently printed the new Shabbath Chumash according to the Minhag (Use) of the Portuguese Jews community Talmud Torah of Amsterdam!!!
For those interested Koren Publishers recently printed the new Shabbath Chumash with Tefilloth according to the Minhag (Use) of the Portuguese Jews community Talmud Torah of Amsterdam!!!
If somebody knows a melody according to our S&P musical tradition or any other Sephardic musical tradition for the following baqqashoth which are printed in the siddur 'Gebeden der Nederlandsch-Portugeesche Israelieten', translated into Dutch by S.I. Mulder, Amsterdam,1837: 1. יהמה לך לבי א-לי בתוך קרבי וכו'Yeme lekha libi Ee-li betokh qirbi, etc.2. שחר להודות לך וכו'Shachar lehodoth lekha, etc....
The Chakham Gaguine writes in כתר שם טוב חלק א-ב דקס"ב:בלונדון נוהגים קודם ערבית לומר שיר המעלות הנה ברכו ( תהילים קל"ד) ו אומרים אח"כ הפסוקים אלו ה' צבאות עמנו וכו'...אבל המנהג בא"י לומר רק ג' פסוקים וכו'...וכן המנהג באמשטרדם ובמארוקו.However in all the Amsterdam Tefilloth (printed in the years1838, 1909, 1950) you will find the Shir hammangaloth and not only 3 but more pesuqqim. In his footnotes...
After some research, I just read and found that the custom of organizing a Meldadura on Tu Bishbat has started in Amsterdam in the 19th century as a result of contacts between the Amsterdam Portuguese Community and her sister communities in Italy, especially the one of Livorno, where they used to organise Meldadure for some centuries on Tu Bishbat. In 1888 a Chebra was founded in Amsterdam called ...
Gemberbolus or Ginger Bun, a sweet pastry which Sephardi Jews brought to the Netherlands: http://www.foodbuzz.com/recipes/2848460-gember-bolus-ginger-bunshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeuwse_bolus