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'Ḥad Gadya' from Switzerland (Ein Lähmchen ein Lähmchen)

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Shmuʾel Meʾir
Year of recording: 
2020

Piyyutim of Passover Haggada

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Hebrew (Endingen-Lengnau tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Shmuʾel Meʾir
Year of recording: 
2020

'Eḥad Mi Yodea' from Switzerland - (Eins will ich sie kennen)

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Shmuʾel Meʾir
Year of recording: 
2020

Tikkun leil Shavuot

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Shavuot
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

Shidduch (matchmaking)

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

Kiddush (wine blessing)

                                                                                                                                

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

The family's livelihood

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

Proverbs

                                                                                                                                  

 

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

Purim

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Purim
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

Women in the community

                                                                                              

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Participants in the conversation: 
Ḥaya Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Women
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

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