Posts by Nathan Boosman
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Koren Publishers just republished the first part of the collected works from haham Faur, now translated in English thanks to Eli Shaubi. Hazak ubaruch!(Text below copied verbatim from the Koren website)Masterfully illuminating the timeless wisdom of the Geonim and ancient sages of Sepharad, alongside the works of Maimonides, Ḥakham Dr. José Faur’s Tora offers an unparalleled outlook on Judaism, co...
To those who say we should republish the works of our hahamim: this is amazing news!
In a different group someone asked if Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews eat dairy meals on shabungot. One of the commenters (who has a Balkan background) responded with the following:“In North Africa it's a supposedly old custom to eat dairy couscous for the first meal. In the Balkans dairy is eaten too (sfongato, Sotlachico, cheese borekas).”Anyone here who can corroborate this, or knows more about this?...
Am I the only one who enjoys wishing Ashkenazim “Chanukah Allegre”? And then to watch their confusion 😂
Anyone know if there are s&p 9 ab services this year (in Jerusalem). Anyone have good recommendations for where to go alternatively?
I saw someone posting these in the Netherlands and was wondering, can you get huelos de Haman anywhere in Israel?
How come that our melodies of the high holidays are much more similar to the oriental melodies, compared to our melodies for other days and festivals throughout the year. Whether it’s the Yede rashim melody, the selichot melodies, shemang koli, nget shangare ratson, etc. etc.(Forget the relatively recent introduction of the adon haselihot melody)For example Ana bekorenu: Virtually identical.https:...
Someone was selling this Shabbat candle for 50 euros in another group. Is this a Sephardic candle holder?
Anyone know a recording of the zebet bat song יונתי בחגווי הסלע in the western sephardic tradition? Or would be able so record it? I would love to hear it.Friday we are celebrating the zebet bat of our daughter and I would love to sing this song according to our tradition.
Does anyone know if this year there will be a western-sephardi selichot evening in jerusalem again? And if so, when?
Good article about misconceptions ashkenazim often have about sepharedim:
Az Yashir MoséI found this video on youtube by accident.
http://www.yedeabraham.com/tiki/tiki-index.phpVery interesting website :-)I think some are already known to this site