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הצדיק הנסתר רבי שלמה ויזמן זצוק"ל. אשר חיבר את הספר '' פניני שבח'' פירושים על התורה. אותו הוציאו לאור בניו שיאריך האל ימיהם בטוב. מקור המשפחה מתארודאנת .
"An account of the cruelties exercis'd by the Inquisition in Portugal" - 1708available in "Biblioteca Digital Hispânica"
This is the 1752 Will of Judith Mocatta Martins otherwise Judica Vaz Martins. I don't recall posting it here before and apologise if this is a duplication. I highlighted the various names mentioned. I hope it will be of interest.
Merci de m'accueillir parmi vous. natif rbat'i et nostalgique du pays
CANDIDATES FOR A DOWRY FROM THE NEW WORLD (1616-1628)The Santa Companhia de Dotar doled out dowries to young ladies and orphan girls in Amsterdam, in Holland, but also in the whole of the Sephardic Diaspora. Candidates for a dowry could apply by letter to the board of Dotar. Each year on Purim a lottery was held which decided on a few lucky winners. If related to a member of Dotar, the dowry could...
Experienced S&P Hazanavailable for RH and KPM me for details
מתוך פרשת דברים לרבינו הגאון רבי שלום משאש זצוק"ל. להאדרת תורת חכמי מרוקו.
1960 école des jardins , à droite un camarade chrétien,à gauche un camarade juif; nous n 'avons jamais ressenti aucune discrimination.
הלכות תשעה באב-מעמדו של צום תשעה באבההלכה 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/
Put on-line today New York Public Library ................................
In 1698, a fencing master Bondi di Mazo published a book called "La spada maestra di me, Bondi di Mazo da Venetia: Libro dove si trattano i vantaggi della nobilissima professione della scherma si del caminare, girare, & ritararri, come del ferire sicuramente, e difendersi". (The Masterly Sword, by Me, Bondi di Mazo from Venice: A Book wherein Are Treated the Benefits of the Most Noble Profession o...
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A quick question...which I'm afraid will have a long Answer or a very short one if it is no...was Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon a converso descend?...found this record in the Inquisitors and the Jews in the new World, by Seymour B. Leibman. Many Thanks.
Le mot dirham est d’origine grecqueL’étymologie de notre monnaie n’est pas arabe. Elle nous vient directement de la Grèce antique. Connue alors comme la drachme, cette monnaie à forte valeur était utilisée dans plusieurs Cités-Etats helléniques. La drachme est une pièce d’argent de 3,50 grammes, qui s’est répandue peu à peu, d’abord à l’est du bassin méditerranéen. Cette monnaie est d’ailleurs men...
Le Roi Hassan II du Maroc avait dit:
הכרת הטוב ב' - אחד הדברים הדברים החשובים ביותר לאורח חיים נכון לנו ולסובבים אותנו. שתפו לזכוי הרבים.
Hello all. It's an honor to join such an interesting group. I descend from a Lithuanian Jewish family. So, what am I doing here, on a Sephardic page? I am here due to DNA testing results and some old family legends. Here's a story of my research:In 2015 I took a Y37 test on FamilytreeDNA. Interestingly enough, amongst my matches there was a Mexican gentlemen named Parra. At the same time, I also m...
An 18th century example of a martelo. This one was used on Ros Hodes in the London Spanish and Portuguese community's former Bryanston Square synagogue to remind congregants to include Yangale veYabo in their reading of the Ngamida. On Shabbat a Mi Sheberakh would be made for the recipent of this sadly discarded mitsvah: 'Que klappera o martelo no teba'
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-500-years-an-italian-jewish-rebirth-1499987786
Le curieux clocher de la cathédrale St Pierre de Rabat.Un dimanche martin, sortie de messe à la cathédrale St Pierre.
הלכות בין המיצרים-התרת נדרים על מנת לאכול בשר מראש חודשההלכה 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/
Mishenet Zequenim (Support for the old)This charity, established in 1749, admitted 121 elderly Jewish men, aged at least 60, in the period 1800-1885. This according to a list compiled in about 1885. The list notes the date of admission, the name, a reference to another register now maybe lost and the date one left the house. Mostly this is also the date of death, but not always. Some left voluntar...
List of Sephardic families who settled in Zamosc, Poland:
The Brotherhood Mishenet Zequenim (Support for the old) was established in Amsterdam in 1750 by twelve men: Joseph Cohen d'Azevedo, dr. Ishac de Abm Dias, Moseh Abendana Mendes, Abraham Vaz d'Oliveira, Daniel de Jos. De la Penha, Jahacob Sasportas, Rephael Curiel, Selomoh Lumbrozo de Mattos, Aharon de Sel. Lopes Colaço, David Franco Mendez, Abraham de Raph. Mendes da Costa en Ishac de Crasto. The ...
A little living history - in Brazil Rabbi Haim Amsalem has been overseeing the conversion of the descendants of Portuguese Jews in Paraiba, north-east Brazil (formerly part of Dutch Brazil) and today performed the community's first Brit Mila. Muitos parabéns aos novos membros da Nação!