Judeo-Aramaic

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Translations

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2019

Life in Sulaymaniya

To my three daughters Tsipora, Rina and Mali, and three sons Daniel, Avi Simantov and Shay

Name of speaker:

Rivka Nadav

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Pensioner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

79

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education, Family, Life story

Documentation:

Alona Apkarian and Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2018

Nursery rhyme

To my mother Freḥa Mazor Z"L

Name of speaker:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Librarian and translator, initiator of meetings for Aramaic speakers "Lishana Deni"

Age of speaker at time of recording:

68

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Nursery rhymes

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2019

Translation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman (translatotion)

Nursery rhyme My life is to you, or your statur

Xayyi talox oh qoma

Will guard him night and day

Nat're sehra u-yoma

Let him grow big and rule

Payesh ru'wa hakoma

My life is to you, or to your head

Xayyi talox oh resha

That any harm will not hurt him

La 'al'qbe chu esha

Let him be wise and preacher

Payesh haxam darasha

Transcription:

Made by Mrs. Batya Mazor Hoffman

Xayyi talox oh qoma Nat're sehra u-yoma Payesh ru'wa hakoma Xayyi talox oh resha La 'al'qbe chu esha Payesh haxam darasha

Transcription:

Batya Mazor Hoffman (transcript)

Xayyi talox oh qoma

Nat're sehra u-yoma

Payesh ru'wa hakoma

Xayyi talox oh resha

La 'al'qbe chu esha

Payesh haxam darasha

Tafsir for Rosh Hashana in Aramaic

To my parents Lea and Jacob Z"L

Name of speaker:

Naʿim Shalom

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Taxi driver, ḥazzan

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Translations

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Description of community and concern for the poor

In memory of my wife Rivka daughter of Yeḥezkel Beloulou

Name of speaker:

Ḥacham Meʾir David

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, factory worker, housefather, anchor of the weekly Tora portion (Parashat Hashavua) in Kol Israel

Age of speaker at time of recording:

84

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community

Year of recording:

2018

Preserving religion in Zakho

Name of speaker:

ʿAziz Shemo-Cohen

Participants in the conversation:

Shlomo Shemo-Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Shoemaker, carpenter

Age of speaker at time of recording:

91

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2018

Sultana

To my parents Lea and Jacob Z"L

Name of speaker:

Naʿim Shalom

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Taxi driver, ḥazzan

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Sacred songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Shabbat and holidays

In memory of my wife Rivka daughter of Yeḥezkel Beloulou

Name of speaker:

Ḥacham Meʾir David

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, factory worker, housefather, anchor of the weekly Tora portion (Parashat Hashavua) in Kol Israel

Age of speaker at time of recording:

84

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Shabbat

Conversation topics:

Year of recording:

2018

The murder of a peddler

Name of speaker:

Shabtai (Shabo) Amrani

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, security guard

Age of speaker at time of recording:

80

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Challa

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community

Documentation:

Prof. Steve Fassberg

Year of recording:

2001

Translation:

For translation and transcription see: Steven E. Fassberg, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa, Leiden 2010, pp. 194-198

Medicine in Israel

In memory of my wife Rivka daughter of Yeḥezkel Beloulou

Name of speaker:

Ḥacham Meʾir David

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, factory worker, housefather, anchor of the weekly Tora portion (Parashat Hashavua) in Kol Israel

Age of speaker at time of recording:

84

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: