Name of speaker:
Julie-Dalia Bitan
Gender of speaker:
Female
Occupation of speaker:
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording:
82
Year of immigration:
1950
Speaker's country of origin:
Speaker's community of origin:
Language:
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics:
Documentation:
Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Raḥamim Cohen
Year of recording:
2018
Translation:
General translation:
Every first day of a month they cooked a dish called “barkoksh”. It is a kind of a very thick couscous, in the size of rice grains. They processed the ground wheat with a sifter to make the barkoksh; ate it with thick soup that contains tomatoes, peppers, fūl and hummus beans. (she was asked if they added butter. She said no.)
Did they light a candle for Rosh Hodesh (first day of the month)?
Probably not. They kept on lighting candles on Shabbat, from...read more