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Eḥad Mi Yodeaʿ from Morocco (version II)

Dedicated to the Benizri family and the community of Jews of Fes in Israel

Name of speaker: 
Raphael Ben ʿEzri (Benizri)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
School principal
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Delivered to Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2015

Passover Haggada from Fes

Dedicated to documenting the tradition of the Jews of the Holy City of Fes, with longing and yearning

Name of speaker: 
Pinḥas Benizri
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Textile factory manager at Kitan, Dimona
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Engagement and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Dina ʾElkayam
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes, Marrakesh
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Wedding
Documentation: 
Sarit Cohen
Year of recording: 
2020

Bar mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Dina ʾElkayam
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes, Marrakesh
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Sarit Cohen
Year of recording: 
2020

Daily life

Name of speaker: 
Dina ʾElkayam
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes, Marrakesh
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Health, Women
Documentation: 
Sarit Cohen
Year of recording: 
2020

Family and life at a retirement home

Name of speaker: 
Zohara (Rozet) Turjeman
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Moshe ben Pazi
Year of recording: 
2018

Song in Moroccan

Name of speaker: 
Zohara (Rozet) Turjeman
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Fes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Moshe ben Pazi
Year of recording: 
2018

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