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The different Yemenite dialects

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Lice in the moshav (village)

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Ḥenna song

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Children's games

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
, Childhood
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Relationships with the Muslim neighbours

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Modesty, hospitality and relationship with the parents

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Clothing, Education, Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Funny stories from living in the moshav (village)

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Stories from home

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Medicine and products

To my Yemenite and Jewish people of all walks with love 

Name of speaker: 
Alice Madmoni
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥumar, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Night of lights

The poem is dedicated to anyone interested in preserving the spoken Kurdish-Aramaic language and in favor of the entire Jewish people throughout the generations.

Name of speaker: 
Ya'akov Maoz
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Jewish social thought lecturer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Documentation: 
Motti Gabay
Year of recording: 
2018
Translation: 

lel orota / Ya'akov Maoz / Orota sela, asirta la / Kolanei spiklu min tromnlei / Wachta yala shabsa didan / Vadit sham'ei haya m'teyalei / Nashai g'malizi il knishta / Mincha ve'arvit gibei m'salei / Shabsa kalo gimpasnila / K'ma basimaleya / O leilei. / Nasha g'da'er min m'salo'ei / Malchinei g'zavri ish-reshei / Damit g'yali imei il beisei Kulo g'zamri shalom Aleichem

Transcription: 

לֵיל אוֹרוֹתָא / יעקב מעוז

 

אוֹרוֹתָא סֶלָה, עָסִרְתָא לָה

קוֹלָאנֵי סְפִּקְלוּ מִן טְרוּמְבֵּלֵי

וַואכְתָּא יַאְלָה שַׁבְּסָה דִּידָן

וַועְדִת שַׁמְעֵי הָיָה מְתֵיאלֵי

 

נָאשֵׁי גְּמָלִיזִי אִל כְּנִישְׁתָּא

מִנְחָה וְעַרְבִית גִבֵּי מְסָאלֵי

שַׁבְּסָא כָּאלוֹ גִמְפַּסְנִילָה

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