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אבכה ועל שור זבולי
My Heart My Heart...
How many Congregations still recite the explication of the Haftorah in Spanish?
The Black Torah
Shearith Israel Tisha B'Av
Restauration de la façade nord de la médina de Rabat .
The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies will hold its conference 5-7 November 2017 in Philadelphia. Our keynote speakers are Dr. Ronnie Perelis and Dr. David Gitlitz. Please see below for more. We will be updating frequently on our complete speakers list and conference program. Hotel/Conference registration is open now at cryptojews.com/ConfReg2017
Just wanted to say how delightful it was to spend time with Michael Waas at the IAJGS Orlando last week. Michael, it was a true pleasure! Ton, thank YOU for your assistance.
The kina of 9 Ab (lament) Yehudah veYisrael, was written by Don Judah Yahya, who fled to Portugal in 1391 and was employed in the service of Queen Philippa of Lancaster. When the preacher Vincent Ferrer sought to preach against the Jews in Portugal he was told by the king, at the instigation of Judah, that he could only do so with a red-hot crown on his head!
I regret to have to reiterate our rule that we do not accept new members proposed by our members. You may inform them that this group exists, next they can apply for membership themselves.
Two, unrelated surname questions: 1. I have a friend with the surname of Bak/cal. Her family had a rumor they were Sephardic, but did not have records. We did research on the surname and it does come up; we also found an old Sephardic siddur published by Bak/cal Publishing, which we can find no information about. Anyone who can provide information about the publishing house (based in J'lem), or he...
Particularité des autos écoles marocaines tout du moins de certaines, la présence de deux volants...Voici un moniteur qui n'a pas totalement confiance dans ses élèves......
Barbier.On se sent vraiment un autre homme quand la séance est terminée! Présent le pot guigoz.
Combien d’entre nous connaissaient les petites choses suivantes.1. Le Roi du Maroc, Mohamed VI, est issu d’une famille qui règne sur le Maroc depuis 1666, la dynastie des Alaouites. Elle est l’une des familles royales régnantes les plus anciennes du monde.2. Le nom français Maroc dérive de la prononciation portugaise de Marrakech, Marrocos.3. La région du Rif (nord Maroc) est la première productri...
Is anyone researching a FRANCES family from Italy? I don’t know which town, but a branch of the family settled in Alexandria. A friend of a friend is just starting to research.
A map of Surinam by Alexander de Lavaux, 1737 - 1757. It shows the plantations in all of Surinam, including those on the Joden Savanne. On the right and left hand side of the map are the names of the owners of the plantations. there are quite a number of Sephardim among them. Cohen Nassy, Meza, Granada, De Britto, De Fonseca, Nunes Henriques, Crasto, Messias, Carilho, De la Parra and many others. ...
הלכות תשעה באב-אמירת ברכת נחם בתפילת מנחהההלכה להצלחת אירית בת ימימה מירים ואשה סולנג' ג'ואל בת אליס הצלחת האיש אשר בן שמעון ומשה חיים בן פירחיה ,מופץ ע"י אתר דרכי אבותינו מן המערב -האתר של יהדות מרוקו-http://www.morocco-israel.com/
Does anyone have information regarding Abraham & David Mercado Florez(s). They either moved to or were born in Chinu, Monteria on the Caribbean coast of Colombia circa 1850 but am not sure, it could have been earlier. They later moved to Cartagena de Indias. The names David and Abraham Mercado are to this day repeated in every subsequent generation of my family. Any lead would be appreciated. I...
In New York, as far as I can tell from my experience and sources, the custom is not to sit on the floor on Tishang B'Ab (or the meal before).However, in his code, Chakham Toledano writes that the custom is to sit on the floor -- or at most a low stool -- without any note that this is not the S&P practice. Is it indeed the practice to sit on the floor in London and Amsterdam?
For those who would like to learn the French S&P liturgy, Temple Buffault in Paris now has this page: http://www.buffault.net/liturgie.html(Thanks to Jacob Oslick for pointing it out.)
Just thought this was a great idea in the restoration of an obituary. Unusual but unique for all documents ....... but always keep the original 😊
Thought this link might be of interest to some in the group.
For Indian movies lovers. It never occurred to me that some might be Jewish. But actually, why not?
Can anyone tell me if Benavides is a Sephardic surname? I have been getting mixed information about it. Looking at an ancestor from the Azores.
With Licda Melanie Fdez Alvarez we are advancing conversations about Bnei Anussim descendant - Marranos with Jewish Institutions and Rabbis. We need to identify the most of them in France, please ask them to connect with us.