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Tale of the man and his nightshirt

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of an angry man

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
‘Ezra Mashiaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the merchant who befriended the angel of death

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the man and the porter

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
‘Ezra Mashiaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the old man who bequeathed all his property in his life

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of Jewish merchant and Muslim buyer

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Participants in the conversation: 
David Semaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Comparing life in Baghdad to life in Israel

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Moshe Muʿalem
Participants in the conversation: 
David Shemesh
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
David Shemesh
Year of recording: 
1974
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of guards caught stealing

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
ʾElisha Shina
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant, farmer and kosher food supplier
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1971
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Clarette ʿEinat-Shina
Year of recording: 
1974
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of two men arriving at the synagogue

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Moshe Muʿalem
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
David Shemesh
Year of recording: 
1974
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

World War II

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
ʾElisha Shina
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant, farmer and kosher food supplier
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1971
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Clarette ʿEinat-Shina
Year of recording: 
1974
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour