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Piyyut for Shabbat by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Yadʿi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employee
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bab al-Ḥyder
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Relationships with the Arabs

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Yadʿi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employee
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bab al-Ḥyder
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Education and Tora studies

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Yadʿi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employee
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bab al-Ḥyder
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Synagogues
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Aliya to Israel and its arduous journey

Name of speaker: 
Mazzal Shimʿi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture and housekeeping
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Relationships between Arabs and Jews, Aliya and absorption

Name of speaker: 
Yona Yiḥya
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Khaw, Yarim
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Relationships with non-Jews, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Education, Aliya and absorption

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Shamaʿ
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide, agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Amluk
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Education, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Matchmaking and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Zecharya Yehud
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Orchard management, agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sa'dah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Absorption in Israel

Name of speaker: 
Zecharya Yehud
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Orchard management, agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sa'dah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Story and short song about the maʿabara (absorption camp)

Name of speaker: 
David Shamaʿ
Participants in the conversation: 
Mazzal Damimi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Stock-keeper
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Radʿa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Love for poetry and folk songs

Name of speaker: 
David Shamaʿ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Stock-keeper
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Radʿa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

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