Posts by Sam De
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Family Secrets
WE TREMBLE BEFORE OUR GODby Samuel De LemosOn Yom Kippurimwe tremble before our God.Appearing before Him naked afflicting and denying our souls.Solemn, paying heed to our lives.Praying for His mercy.Relying on His kindness andHis everlasting grace.We ask The Almighty For forgiveness.We search our souls.We beat our chests.Only He knows our fate we are his children Birthed in the desertBirthed in it...
She's done her homework...
The title of this paper by Daniel J. Elazer us called, The Ashkenazification of the Sephardim. Truthfully, it should be called, THE DEATH OF SEPHARADIM. Why?For many, many reasons; adopting Tudesco shtetl garb, not having any Yeshibot, hiring Modern Orthodox Rabbis, and much more. We have adopted the BUREKA FALLACY, which is that we live off of conversations dealing with gastronomy and how great...
The mayor of the Italian town of Alghero in northwestern Sardinia has signed a historical document of apology to Jews expelled from the island as part of the banishment from Spain. The town has even inaugurated a main square called "the Square of the Jews," which is located where a synagogue used to stand.
Hmmm
Any one have any leads without buying a book about the Christian influence on kabbalah or Jewish mysticism, particularly but not limited to r. Jose Faur?
Lets help this cause
Is there a Castelian trope for reading the prophets, according to the Western Sephardic Tradition???
Does saying hamossi (lechem) cover all the food groups, I heard this before, I want to double check. Thanks
Turning to a more pragmatic approach. I would like to propose a unity of vision concerning Sefardic businessmen like myself. This organization would financially help build endowments for education and other necessary milestones that would help prolong/enrich our cultural religious heritage. It can be called something like: The Western Sefardic Endowment/preservation Fund. It can be set up as a tru...
"Does it bother anyone else that Sephardim have begun wearing the funeral dress of Ashkenazim- the blackhats. suits, and other "garb" of Eastern European Jews ? Even Rabbi X, a well-respected Sephardi Hakham, has succumbed to this garbage. I fear for the future of Sephardi customs and traditions !!"Well, I confess that this phenomenon has been bothering me for quite a few years. It isn't a new rea...
Shabbat Shalom
This link has an intensive list of hacham Morais papers and I will be presenting more as I get the information. Arthur kiron wrote his PHD dissertation on r. Morais. I will try to contact him to get more information after shabbat. Shabbat Shalom
I wish we had an Esnoga that wasn't corrupted by outside influences!