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Grandparents and their work

Name of speaker: 
Ḥana ʾAlayev
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov) and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Registered nurse in the maternity ward
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1993
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent, Samarkand
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Help with raising children, birth and folk beliefs about birth

Name of speaker: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov
Participants in the conversation: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov), Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Dentist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Family, Folk beliefs, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Life at the parents' house, honoring parents and Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov
Participants in the conversation: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov), Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Dentist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Family, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Tora words

Name of speaker: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov
Participants in the conversation: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov), Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Dentist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Sermons and moral tales, Translated biblical texts
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Keeping kosher and mikve

Name of speaker: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov)
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Laboratory technician
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent, Samarkand
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Customs and traditions, Wedding, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Nursing family story

Name of speaker: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov)
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Laboratory technician
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent, Samarkand
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Childhood, Circle of life, Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Passover Haggada songs

Name of speaker: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov)
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Laboratory technician
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent, Samarkand
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Passover at her father's

Name of speaker: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov)
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Laboratory technician
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent, Samarkand
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov)
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Ḥana ʾAlayev and Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Laboratory technician
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent, Samarkand
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Aliya
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Meeting her husband

Name of speaker: 
Sara Sasnov (Mulokandov)
Participants in the conversation: 
Berta (Batya) Mulokandov, Bella (Bracha) Ḥefets (Mulokandov) and Ḥana ʾAlayev
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Nurse
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Year of immigration: 
1990
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tashkent
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

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