Purim - Mother Tongue

Afghanistan

Herat

Algeria

El Oued (Souf)

Purim

Bukhara

Dushanbe

Shabbat and holidays

Samarkand

Shabbat and holidays

Egypt

Cairo

Relationship with non-Jews

Yom Kippur and Purim

Europe: Eastern

Europe: Western

Endingen

Purim

Lucerne

Purim

Zurich (Switzerland)

Purim

Georgia

Oni

Shabbat and holidays

Greece

Aigio

Confection

Purim

Song for Rosh Ḥodesh Adar

Ioannina

Description of Purim and Easter

Iran

Borujerd

Holiday customs

Isfahan

Holidays and women's schooling

Kerman

Purim in Kerman

Kermanshah

Holidays

Qasr-e Shirin

Jewish holidays

Shahandasht

Holidays

Tehran

Shabbat and holiday

Iraq

Baqubah

Purim

Basra

Scroll reading and sweet pastries for Purim

Kirkuk

Holidays

Tuz Khurmatu

Lighting Shabbat and Hanukka candles, women and reading the Megilla

Israel

Peqi'in

Fast of Esther and Purim

Tiberias

Hanukka, Purim and Passover

Kurdistan

Lebanon

Beirut (Wadi Abu Jamil)

Jewish holidays

Libya

Benghazi

Holidays and customs (Purim, girls' Shabbat and ḥenna)

Tripoli

Purim

Morocco

Asammer

Holidays

Asilah

Purim and Passover

Casablanca

Purim

Sukkot, Purim and holidays' foods

Marrakesh

Judeo-Arabic translation of the Book of Esther, mishloach manot (sending of portions) to the bride and Purim gifts

Purim and Purim money

Sukkot and Purim

Meknes

Holidays, Rabbi Meʾir Baʿal HaNes and Rabbi Toledano

Purim

Purim

Purim and Passover

ǝl-Qǝlʕa dǝ-sraghna'

Purim and Passover

Syria

Aleppo

Purim

Damascus

Fast of Esther and Purim

Holidays and festivals (public and religious)

Purim

Tunisia

Beja

Holidays and traditions during the months of Tevet and Adar

Djerba (Hara Zghira)

Hanukka, Tu BiShvat and Purim

Gabes

Shabbat and holiday

La Goulette

Purim

Moknine

Holidays

Nabeul

Jewish holidays

Nefta

Holidays and festivals

Tozeur

Holidays, festivals and fasting

Song of Queen Esther

Zarzis

Jewish holidays

Turkey

Adana

Holidays and teething ceremony

Istanbul

Shabbat and holidays

Izmir

Excitement during the reading of The Binding of Isaac and Book of Esther

Unknown

Holidays and teething ceremony

Yemen

Dhamar

Humorous recitation for Purim

Ḥabban

Holidays and Purim dance

Purim

Purim, Hanukka and Passover

ʿAden

Jewish holidays

ʿAfar (Sanaʿa)

Purim

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