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Piyyut for brit mila

Dedicated to the health of my wife and children 

Name of speaker: 
Raphaʾel Benyamini
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tekab
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Mor Rivka Lasri
Year of recording: 
2019

Piyyutim of Passover Haggada

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Shmuʾel Meʾir
Year of recording: 
2020

Mighty in sovereignty

Name of speaker: 
ʾIdi Maʿagan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Member of Kibbutz Lavi
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
98
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Eastern
Speaker's community of origin: 
Krakow, London
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Wedding song

Name of speaker: 
Menashe Shimʿon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Dweḥa
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Shabbat songs

Name of speaker: 
Menashe Shimʿon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Dweḥa
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Song of Songs including an intro prayer

Name of speaker: 
Menashe Shimʿon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Dweḥa
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim, Prayer
, Hebrew Bible
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Reading the Zohar

Name of speaker: 
Menashe Shimʿon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Dweḥa
Language: 
Aramaic (community tradition)
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
, Zohar
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Raise Your Hand My Lord

In memory of our father, Rabbi ʾAvraham Ḥai ʿEzra ZT"L

 

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi ʾAvraham Ḥai ʿEzra
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Sofer, prayer leader, poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
India
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cochin
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Unknown

Alas, Great Lament

In memory of our father, Rabbi ʾAvraham Ḥai ʿEzra ZT"L

 

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi ʾAvraham Ḥai ʿEzra
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Sofer, prayer leader, poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
India
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cochin
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Unknown

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