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Dowry and wedding gifts

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

How to turn to Hakadosh Baruch Hu (Almighty)

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Prayer
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Protection against ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Love song

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Ḥenna song

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Dialect differences between ʿAden and Sharʿab

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Folk medicine

In memory of Peri and Jacob Kalimi, and Yaʾir Cohen

 
Name of speaker: 
Rivka Cohen (Kalimi)
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥana ʾAssayag (Geʾula), Sara Tsadikian (Tori) and Shulamit Ganal (Basharat)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
68
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Takab, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Health
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Wedding customs and songs

In memory of Peri and Jacob Kalimi, and Yaʾir Cohen

 
Name of speaker: 
Rivka Cohen (Kalimi)
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥana ʾAssayag (Geʾula), Sara Tsadikian (Tori) and Shulamit Ganal (Basharat)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
68
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Takab, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Wedding, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Song for a bride at the bathhouse

Dedicated to my dear sister Camalia

Name of speaker: 
Ḥana Vaknin
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Worked at the Garage and Automobile Department of the Israel Post
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
64
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Izmir, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Women, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler and Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Courtesy and mutual responsibility

In memory of my parents, Levi and Zruia Kurt

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Kurt Sudek
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banking
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
65
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

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