Egypt - Mother Tongue

Alexandria

Cairo

Prof. Jacob Choueka

Keeping Shabbat in Cairo

Prof. Yitzḥak Chave's life story

Relationships with the Muslims

The schools in Cairo

The spoken languages in Egypt

The spoken languages in Egypt

Writing in Judeo-Arabic

Yeshiva in Cairo

Rabbanit Marcel Sabato

Origins of the family

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur customs

Spoken languages and relationships with the neighbours

Use of Arabic and interaction between Jews and Arabs

Rabbanit Marsel Sabato

Relationships with 'Non-Jews'

Rosie Ḥefets

Birth, brit mila, bar and bat mitzva

Death and bereavement

Life in the community

Life story

Matchmaking and wedding

Relationship with non-Jews

Yom Kippur and Purim

ʾEli (ʾEliyahu) Behar

Aliya and absorption

Bat mitzva and wedding

Duties of the gabbai (synagogue warden)

Foods

Karaites in Egypt

Life story of the Behar family

Work and relationships with 'non-Jews'

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