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My father reciting to sister: Zohara do not go up the mountains

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Children's songs, Family, Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Longing song: my white flower

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Berber
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Proverb: had the owl been fine, the hunters would not have thrown it away

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Ancient customs attesting to the Jewish origins from the time of the destruction of the Second Temple

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Tishʿa BeʾAv and Yom Kippur

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Fasting, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Shabbat and its customs

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Prayer of thanks for the grain

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Berber
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Song in Berber

Name of speaker: 
Michaʾel Yifrach
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
51
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tiznit, Tirsal, Israel
Language: 
Berber
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Family song describing life in the village and praises the Lord

Name of speaker: 
ʾEsther Yifraḥ (ʾAsraf)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
44
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tirsal
Language: 
Berber
Conversation topics: 
Family, Folk songs
Documentation: 
Provided to Yaʿel Wecsler by Michaʾel Yifraḥ
Year of recording: 
1971
Translation: 

תרגום חלקי:

אתחיל ואשבח את אלוקינו כל עוד נשמה באפי.

כשלא נפגשים עם אדם אהוב זמן רב, והגעגועים רבים.

כשקוראים לעזרה, ומי שעונה הם אחיי הקרובים אליי ביותר. 

האיכר משבח את האדמה על שזכה לזרוע ולקצור.

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