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Foods amongst the Jews of Sanaʽa

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Traditional medicine

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

 
Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Grinding flour

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Men and women's education

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

 
Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Story of different dialects

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

 
Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

The non-Jew and the orchard

In memory of my dear parents: Raḥel daughter of Rabbi Yiḥya Ḥamami, and Rabbi Binyamin son of Yiḥya Yosef - that raised me, educated me and brought me to this day with wisdom, understanding, diligence and integrity

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Yosef
Participants in the conversation: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook - Chef
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Bereavement customs

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

On Shabbat I will Praise (song)

Dedicated to the next generations

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Tovy
Participants in the conversation: 
Itsḥak Tovy, Avraham Tovy
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Judaism teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
67
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2019

Joke

Dedicated to my children: Miriam, ʾAviva, 'Anat, Ilana, Shim'on, Hadassa, Yafit Z"L, Itsik, Moti and Kobi

 
Name of speaker: 
ʿAliza (ʿAisha) Zrihan
Participants in the conversation: 
Peraḥya (Pirḥa) Asraf
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Raffia hats and bags maker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
77
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler and Erez Sabag
Year of recording: 
2019