Name of speaker:
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker:
Male
Occupation of speaker:
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording:
49
Speaker's country of origin:
Language:
Conversation topics:
Documentation:
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording:
2021
Translator:
Nathan Himmelfarb
Translation:
On Shavuot, the Iraqi Jews like to…they don’t (just) like to, they have a custom of making kahi and qemar. And Shavuot in Baghdad, they would go to the Prophet Ezekiel and visit his tomb. And on the morning of the holiday, they eat cheeses…they eat kahi and qemar. That’s the custom of Shavuot in Baghdad. When the wake up on Shabbat, all of the Iraqi Jews eat eggs and eggplant. And we, at home, like to eat pita…hot bread…and eggs and eggplant, salads and amba. And that’s the custom of all Iraqi Jews on Shabbat morning. On the evening of Shabbat, when we do the Shabbat blessings, we say Iraqi Shbahot (Jewish songs of praise). We do it…in our house, we like the Iraqi customs.