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Spices and their healing virtues

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Pogroms and tension with the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Kiddush on Shabbat eve and going to the synagogue

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Shabbat, Synagogues
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

The marriage of orphaned children out of fear of annihilation

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Conversion, Relationships with non-Jews, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Pilgrimage to Rabbi Shalom Shabazi Tomb

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sacred tombs
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Women's occupations in Yemen

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods, Women
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Treating skin lesions with burning

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Engagement, ḥenna and wedding in Yemen

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Rosh Hashana blessings and praying at the synagogue

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022
More info: 

הדובר משלב בלשונו עברית (מסורת אל-ערוס)

Preparing for Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Saʿid ʿArusi
Participants in the conversation: 
Zecharya ʿArusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Merchant and Solel-Boneh worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
113
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Arous
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2022

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