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Cooking and preparations for Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

The transit stations on the journey to Israel, settling in a moshav (village), and hard work in agriculture

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Occupations and livelihoods, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Dating, dowery, Kiddushin (betrothal) and wedding

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Baking matzot for Passover

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Passover
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

His matchmaking to his wife and their wedding in Israel

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Passover Seder: the holiday table and the children's participation in the story of the exodus from Egypt

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Building large Sukkot and hosting guests in them

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Sukkot
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

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