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Bar Mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Ḥuta (Tamo Shuqrun)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and Ḥevra Qadisha volunteer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sefrou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Education
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Incident with a candle that almost caused a fire

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Childhood
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Folk medicine

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Healing the son by applying ʿaraq (drink)

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Studying the book of the "Hatikva" anthem and Israeli songs

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language, Relationships with non-Jews, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Proverbs

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Natural disasters: floods and earthquakes in Lebanon and Mexico

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Geographical space, Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and brit mila

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Family, rabbis and Ḥachamim (sages of Talmud)

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Persons
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Moral tales

Dedicated with love to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the preservation of the heritage of Lebanese Jewry

Name of speaker: 
Rozette Zaʿafrani (Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
French teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Lebanon
Speaker's community of origin: 
Beirut
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sermons and moral tales
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

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